§698u–2 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

Creates the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve to protect, restore, and explain the Spring Hill Ranch area of the Flint Hills in Kansas for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Preserve includes lands and land interests totaling approximately 10,894 acres, shown on the map titled “Boundary Map, Flint Hills Prairie National Monument,” number NM–TGP 80,000, dated June 1994, and described in the deed filed at 8:22 a.m. on June 3, 1994, with the Register of Deeds in Chase County, Kansas (Book L–106, pages 328 through 339). If the map and the legal description disagree, the legal description controls, unless the Secretary finds a small survey discrepancy and corrects the map. The map will be kept on file for public inspection in National Park Service offices.

Title 16, §698u–2

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(a)In order to provide for the preservation, restoration, and interpretation of the Spring Hill Ranch area of the Flint Hills of Kansas, for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations, there is established the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.

(b)The Preserve shall consist of the lands and interests in land, including approximately 10,894 acres, generally depicted on the map entitled “Boundary Map, Flint Hills Prairie National Monument” numbered NM–TGP 80,000 and dated June 1994, more particularly described in the deed filed at 8:22 a.m. on June 3, 1994, with the Office of the Register of Deeds in Chase County, Kansas, and recorded in Book L–106 at pages 328 through 339, inclusive. In the case of any difference between the map and the legal description, the legal description shall govern, except that if, as a result of a survey, the Secretary determines that there is a discrepancy with respect to the boundary of the Preserve that may be corrected by making minor changes to the map, the Secretary shall make changes to the map as appropriate, and the boundaries of the Preserve shall be adjusted accordingly. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior.

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2000—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–176 substituted “on

June 3, 1994,” for “of

June 3, 1994,”.

§698u–2 Establishment of Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

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Title 16, §698u–2

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