§110c — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

The law changes the borders around Mount Rainier. It adds about 240 acres to Mount Rainier National Park and removes about 31.5 acres from the park. It also moves about 31.5 acres into the Snoqualmie National Forest, removes about 30 acres from the Snoqualmie National Forest, and removes about 210 acres from the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. A map titled “Mount Rainier National Park Proposed 1987 Boundary Adjustments,” number 105–80,010B and dated January 1987, shows these changes and is on file at the National Park Service Washington office and Mount Rainier National Park, and at the Forest Service Washington, D.C. office and the two forests. Federal lands moved into the park are transferred to the Secretary of the Interior to manage as park land, subject to valid existing rights and park rules. The Interior Secretary can accept either shared or full federal jurisdiction and must tell the Governor of Washington in writing if the State gives jurisdiction. The Secretary can buy or accept non‑Federal lands inside the new park boundary from willing sellers. Lands moved into the Snoqualmie National Forest go to the Secretary of Agriculture to manage under National Forest rules. The new forest boundaries are treated as if they existed on January 1, 1965 for the purposes of sections 100506(c) and 200306 of title 54. Lands excluded from the park are returned to Washington when the State accepts.

Title 16, §110c

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(a)The boundaries of the Mount Rainier National Park as established in the Act of March 2, 1899 (30 Stat. 993), as amended; (16 U.S.C. 91–110b),11 See References in Text note below. are further revised to add to the Park approximately two hundred and forty acres, and to exclude from the park approximately thirty-one and one-half acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Mount Rainier National Park Proposed 1987 Boundary Adjustments”, numbered 105–80,010B and dated January 1987, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Washington office of the National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior and at Mount Rainier National Park.

(b)The boundaries of the Snoqualmie National Forest and of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, are hereby revised to include in the Snoqualmie National Forest approximately thirty-one and one-half acres, to exclude from the Snoqualmie National Forest approximately thirty acres, and to exclude from the Gifford Pinchot National Forest approximately two hundred and ten acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Mount Rainier National Park Proposed 1987 Boundary Adjustments”, numbered 105–80,010B, and dated January 1987, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Washington, District of Columbia office of the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture and at the Snoqualmie and Gifford Pinchot National Forests.

(c)(1)Federal lands, and interests therein formerly within the boundary of the Snoqualmie National Forest and the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, which are included within the boundary of the Mount Rainier National Park pursuant to this Act are, subject to valid existing rights, hereby transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for administration as part of the Park, and shall be subject to all the laws and regulations of the Park.

(2)The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept either concurrent or exclusive jurisdiction over lands and waters included within Mount Rainier National Park by this Act. The Secretary shall notify in writing the Governor of the State of Washington of the acceptance of any such jurisdiction ceded to the United States by the State. The existing exclusive Federal jurisdiction, where it exists in the Park, shall remain in effect until such time as the Secretary and the Governor shall agree upon the terms and conditions of concurrent legislative jurisdiction for said Park pursuant to section 251l of this title.

(3)The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire from willing sellers by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, bequest, or otherwise all non-Federal lands, waters, and interests therein included within the boundary of the Mount Rainier National Park pursuant to this Act.

(d)(1)Federal lands, and interests therein formerly within the boundary of the Mount Rainier National Park, which are excluded therefrom and are included within the boundaries of the Snoqualmie National Forest pursuant to this Act are, subject to valid existing rights, hereby transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture for administration as part of the Forest, and shall be subject to all the laws and regulations applicable to the National Forest System.

(2)For the purposes of section 100506(c) and 200306 of title 54, the boundaries of the Snoqualmie National Forest and the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, as modified pursuant to this Act, shall be treated as if they were the boundaries of those national forests on January 1, 1965.

(3)Effective upon acceptance thereof by the State of Washington, the jurisdiction which the United States acquired over those lands excluded from the boundaries of the Mount Rainier National Park by this Act is hereby retroceded to the State.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Act of March 2, 1899 (30 Stat. 993), as amended, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Mar. 2, 1899, ch. 377, 30 Stat. 993, which enacted section 91, 92, and 93 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. This Act, referred to in subsecs. (c) and (d), is Pub. L. 100–668, Nov. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 3961, which enacted section 110c of this title, amended section 90b, 90c–1, 90d–4, 251n, 256b, 256c, and 1274 of this title, and enacted provisions listed in a table of Wilderness Areas set out under section 1132 of this title and provisions set out as notes under section 90, 90b, and 251n of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

of 1988 Amendment note set out under section 90 of this title and Tables. Codification In subsec. (d)(2), “section 100506(c) and 200306 of title 54” substituted for “section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 903, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 460l–9)” on authority of Pub. L. 113–287, § 6(e), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272, which Act enacted Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.

§110c Boundary Adjustments