§460zz–4 Administration

Summary

The Secretary must manage the Area under these rules. Only lands the Secretary directly controls are run like other National Park units. Lands and waters not under the Secretary’s control stay under State and local law. If these rules and other laws conflict, these rules control. The Secretary must talk and work with the State of Minnesota and local governments about how Federal lands in the Area are developed and run. Inside the Area, the Secretary may get land by donation, by buying with donated or appropriated money, by exchange, or by transfer. Land owned by the State or its local governments can only be taken by donation. Private land can only be taken with the owner’s consent unless the Secretary makes a special finding under the rules below. The Secretary may not use the no-consent power to take land for any use that was happening before January 1, 1987 and that fits the approved plan. To protect the Area, the Secretary must review local plans, laws, permits, variances, and enforcement to see if they match the approved management plan. The Secretary may make agreements with State or local governments to help review and monitor those rules. If local laws are missing, don’t match the plan, or aren’t enforced, the Secretary will notify the local government. The Secretary may then withhold or require repayment of Federal funds or grants until the local rules are fixed and enforced. If the State does not act within a 60-day period and the problem continues, the Secretary may, subject to available money, acquire land without the owner’s consent but only in the local area that failed to conform and only the land clearly needed to protect the Area. If the Secretary acquires an improved house, the owner may be allowed to keep living there for noncommercial residential use that fits the plan. The rules in other specified sections apply to those occupancy rights, but with the date January 1, 1987 used where a different date is listed.