§460n–1 Boundaries of area; filing of map with Federal Register; revision; donations of land; property acquisition and exclusion

Summary

The Lake Mead National Recreation Area is defined by a map called "boundary map, RA–LM–7060–B, revised July 17, 1963." That map is kept at the National Park Service and a copy had to be filed with the Federal Register within thirty days following October 8, 1964. A copy is also kept at the park superintendent’s office. The Secretary of the Interior can change the park’s boundaries, but the total area after any change must not be larger than it is now. New boundary maps must be prepared, filed, and made available to the public the same way. The Secretary may accept gifts of land or buy land inside the boundaries. He may swap private land inside the park for federal land he controls, even if other laws would otherwise limit that, as long as the swap is about equal in fair market value; cash can be used to balance values. Boundary changes must not hurt valid existing rights or cancel earlier land withdrawals for reclamation or power. Lands held for reclamation or power remain primarily for those uses while they are needed. The Secretary must exclude from the park any Bureau of Reclamation property the Secretary believes should be left out in the national interest.