Us Code § 251n - Additional boundary revision
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§ 251n. Additional boundary revision
(a) The boundary of Olympic National Park, Washington, is hereby revised to include within the park—
(1) all submerged lands and waters of Lake Ozette, Washington, and the Ozette River, Washington;
(2) all surveyed and unsurveyed islands, above the point of lowest low tide, lying off the coast of the State of Washington in the Pacific Ocean between latitudes 48 degrees 23 minutes north and 47 degrees 34 minutes north: Provided, That such lands as are identified in this paragraph shall continue to be open to fishing and to the taking of shellfish in conformity with the laws and regulations of the State of Washington;
(3) those lands between mean high tide and the lowest low tide beginning in section 22, township 24 north, range 13 west Willamette meridian, at the common boundary between the Olympic National Park and the Quinault Indian Reservation, to section 18, township 32 north, range 15 west Willamette meridian, at the common boundary between the Olympic National Park and the Makah Indian Reservation, except those lands directly adjacent to and west of the Hoh, Ozette, and Quillayute Indian Reservations: Provided, That such lands as are identified in this paragraph shall continue to be open to fishing and to the taking of shellfish in conformity with the laws and regulations of the State of Washington; and
(4) approximately nine thousand six hundred and thirty-eight acres, and to exclude from the park approximately three thousand three hundred and fifty-two acres, as generally depicted on the maps entitled "Boundary Modifications, Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park", numbered 149/60,030A, sheets 1 through 9, and dated September 1986, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior.
(b) The boundary of Olympic National Forest, Washington, is hereby revised to include in the national forest approximately three thousand three hundred and fifty-two acres and to exclude from the national forest approximately nine thousand three hundred and twenty-four acres, as generally depicted on the maps entitled "Boundary Modifications, Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park", numbered 149/60,030A, sheets 1 through 9, and dated September 1986, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
(Pub. L. 99–635, §1(a), (b), Nov. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 3527; Pub. L. 100–668, title I, §104(c)(1)–(3), Nov. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 3962.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1988—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 100–668, §104(c)(1), (2), inserted ", above the point of lowest low tide," after "islands", substituted "34 minutes north" for "38 minutes north", and inserted proviso at end.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–668, §104(c)(3), substituted "sheets 1 through 9" for "sheets 1 through 10".
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction of Exchanged Park and Forest Lands; Authorization of Appropriations
Pub. L. 99–635, §§2–5, Nov. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 3528, 3529, as amended by Pub. L. 100–668, title I, §104(c)(4)–(6), Nov. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 3962, provided that:
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"(b) Federal lands, waters, and interests therein formerly within the boundary of Olympic National Park which are excluded therefrom pursuant to section 1 of this Act [16 U.S.C. 251n] are, subject to valid existing rights, hereby transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture for administration as part of Olympic National Forest, and shall be subject to all the laws and regulations applicable to the National Forest System: Provided, That any lands deleted from the park and included within the Buckhorn Wilderness, Mount Skokomish Wilderness, or The Brothers Wilderness pursuant to this Act [enacting this section and this note] shall be managed in accordance with the provisions of the Washington State Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–339, Act of July 3, 1984, 98 Stat. 301).
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"(b) For the purpose of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 903, as amended; [former] 16 U.S.C. 460l–9) [see 54 U.S.C. 100506(c), 200306], the boundary of the Olympic National Forest, as modified pursuant to section 1 of this Act [16 U.S.C. 251n], shall be treated as if it was the boundary of that national forest on January 1, 1965.
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