§410n Drainage of Lands; Right-of-way

Summary

The Secretary must allow drainage through the park’s natural waterways and must allow building, operating, and keeping up man-made channels if that drainage is needed for reclamation by the State of Florida, a local government, or a drainage district for lands east of the park boundary in township 54 south, ranges 31 and 32 east; township 55 south, ranges 32 and 33 east; and township 56 south, range 33 east—unless, after notice and a hearing, the Secretary finds it would seriously harm the park’s plants or animals. Permission can only be given after the State of Florida approves a master drainage plan and the Secretary finds the plan is engineering-feasible and designed to limit harm to the park. Any right-of-way given can be revoked if conditions are broken, and the holder must remove work done and restore the land if the right-of-way is revoked.