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§450jj–7 Development and Management Plan for East Saint Louis, Illinois, Portion of Memorial

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LXI— NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS › § 450jj–7

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission must make and send a development and management plan to the Secretary for the East Saint Louis, Illinois part of the Memorial within two years from August 24, 1984. The plan must show steps to protect the area, describe the types and general scale of visitor use and transportation (with locations, timing, and cost estimates), set any visitor capacity limits, note possible boundary changes with reasons and costs, ensure Illinois management fits the Missouri side, and outline cooperation with other governments and private groups plus ways to boost local involvement and jobs. The plan must also cover needs and opportunities to improve the East Saint Louis waterfront and nearby areas in ways that match the Memorial, and must include cost estimates and recommendations for federal, state, and local administrative or legislative actions.

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Title 16, §450jj–7

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(a)Within two years from August 24, 1984, the Commission shall develop and transmit to the Secretary a development and management plan for the East Saint Louis, Illinois, portion of the Memorial. The plan shall include—

(1)measures for the preservation of the area’s resources;

(2)indications of types and general intensities of development (including visitor circulation and transportation patterns, systems, and modes) associated with public enjoyment and use of the area, including general locations, timing of implementation, and cost estimates;

(3)identification of any implementation commitments for visitor carrying capacities for all areas of the area;

(4)indications of potential modifications to the external boundaries of the area, the reasons therefore,11 So in original. Probably should be “therefor,”. and cost estimates;

(5)measures and commitments for insuring that the development, management, and operation of the area in the State of Illinois are compatible with the portion of the Memorial in the State of Missouri;

(6)opportunities and commitments for cooperative activities in the development, management, and operation of the East Saint Louis portion of the Memorial with other Federal, State, and local agencies, and the private sector; and

(7)effective and appropriate ways to increase local participation in the management of the East Saint Louis portion of the Memorial to help reduce the day-to-day operational and management responsibilities of the National Park Service and to increase opportunities for local employment.

(b)The plan shall also identify and include—

(1)needs, opportunities, and commitments for the aesthetic and economic rehabilitation of the entire East Saint Louis, Illinois, waterfront and adjacent areas, in a manner compatible with and complementary to, the Memorial, including the appropriate commitments and roles of the Federal, State, and local governments and the private sector; and

(2)cost estimates and recommendations for Federal, State, and local administrative and legislative actions.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 450jj–7

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60