Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§459b–2 Establishment

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LXIII — NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS › § 459b–2

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

When the Secretary acquires land in the area named in section 459b that can be managed to meet the goals of sections 459b to 459b–8, the Secretary must create Cape Cod National Seashore by publishing a notice in the Federal Register as soon as practicable after August 7, 1961. That notice must give a clear description of the seashore boundaries to match section 459b. Right after publication, the Secretary must send a copy and a map by registered or certified mail to the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the board of selectmen of each town named in section 459b, publish the notice and map in newspapers that serve those towns, and record a certified copy of the notice, the map, and sections 459b to 459b–8 at the Barnstable County registry of deeds.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §459b–2

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(a)Notice in Federal Register

As soon as practicable after August 7, 1961, and following the acquisition by the Secretary of an acreage in the area described in section 459b of this title that is in the opinion of the Secretary efficiently administrable to carry out the purposes of sections 459b to 459b–8 of this title, the Secretary shall establish Cape Cod National Seashore by the publication of notice thereof in the Federal Register.

(b)Distribution of notice and map

Such notice referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall contain a detailed description of the boundaries of the seashore which shall encompass an area as nearly as practicable identical to the area described in section 459b of this title. The Secretary shall forthwith after the date of publication of such notice in the Federal Register (1) send a copy of such notice, together with a map showing such boundaries, by registered or certified mail to the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and to the board of selectmen of each of the towns referred to in section 459b of this title; (2) cause a copy of such notice and map to be published in one or more newspapers which circulate in each of such towns; and (3) cause a certified copy of such notice, a copy of such map, and a copy of sections 459b to 459b–8 of this title to be recorded at the registry of deeds for Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

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16 U.S.C. § 459b–2

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110