§460o–2 Designation of area; boundaries

Summary

Soon after September 1, 1965, once the Army transfers control of the lands shown on the map in section 460o–1 and the Interior Secretary decides those lands form a manageable unit, the Interior Secretary must officially create the area by publishing a notice in the Federal Register. The notice must give a detailed boundary that, as much as possible, matches the map. Before that official step, the Interior Secretary must manage the transferred lands and waters in line with the project and with the goal of creating the area. The Interior Secretary may later change the boundary by publishing an updated description in the Federal Register and may add lands by buying or swapping them, with or without money to make values fair. Any new boundary cannot include more acreage than the first detailed boundary. Lands bought for recreation may keep existing uses if the Army Secretary agrees and the Interior Secretary concurs, so long as those uses fit the area’s purposes.