Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§460zz–1 Establishment

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER CXI— - MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL RIVER AND RECREATION AREA › Part Part A— - Mississippi National River and Recreation Area › § 460zz–1

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area. It covers the state-designated Mississippi Critical Area along the Mississippi River and nearby lands in the Saint Paul–Minneapolis metro area, shown on map MI–NRA/80,000 dated April 1987. That map is available for public viewing at the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C., and at the Metropolitan Council in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Secretary of the Interior must publish a detailed boundary description and map in the Federal Register as soon as possible after November 18, 1988.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460zz–1

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(a)There is hereby established the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Area”) which shall consist of the State designated Mississippi Critical Area encompassing that portion of the Mississippi River and adjacent lands generally within the Saint Paul-Minneapolis Metropolitan Area, as depicted on the map entitled Mississippi National River and Recreation Area numbered MI–NRA/80,000 and dated April 1987. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the Department of the Interior in Washington, District of Columbia, and in the offices of the Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities Area in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

(b)The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) shall publish in the Federal Register, as soon as practicable after November 18, 1988, a detailed description and map of the boundaries established under subsection (a).

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460zz–1

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73