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§459c–1 Description of Area

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LXIII— NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS › § 459c–1

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Summary

Names the lands, waters, and submerged lands that belong to Point Reyes National Seashore by referring to two official maps: map no. 612–80,008–E (May 1978) and the Point Reyes and GGNRA Amendments map (October 25, 1979). Copies are kept at the National Park Service offices in Washington, D.C. The Secretary can make small boundary changes when needed, but must notify the House Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in writing and publish the change in the Federal Register. Also includes a right-of-way up to 400 feet wide near the northwest part of Bear Valley Ranch, chosen by the Secretary, and any nearby land that would lose access because of that right-of-way.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §459c–1

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(a)The Point Reyes National Seashore shall consist of the lands, waters, and submerged lands generally depicted on the map entitled “Boundary Map, Point Reyes National Seashore”, numbered 612–80,008–E and dated May 1978, plus those areas depicted on the map entitled “Point Reyes and GGNRA Amendments, dated October 25, 1979”. The map referred to in this section shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, Washington, District of Columbia. After advising the Committee on Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate in writing, the Secretary may make minor revisions of the boundaries of the Point Reyes National Seashore when necessary by publication of a revised drawing or other boundary description in the Federal Register.
(b)The area referred to in subsection (a) shall also include a right-of-way to the aforesaid tract in the general vicinity of the northwesterly portion of the property known as “Bear Valley Ranch”, to be selected by the Secretary, of not more than four hundred feet in width, together with such adjoining lands as would be deprived of access by reason of the acquisition of such right-of-way.

Legislative History

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Amendments

1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs” after “Committee on”. 1980—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–199 inserted “, plus those areas depicted on the map entitled ‘Point Reyes and GGNRA

Amendments

, dated
October 25, 1979’ ” after “dated May 1978”. 1978—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–625 substituted as a description of the area the lands generally depicted on Boundary Map numbered 612–80,008–E and dated May 1978 for prior such depiction on Boundary Map numbered 612–80,008–B, and dated August 1974; included submerged lands in the description; made the map specifically available in the Washington, District of Columbia, Office; and authorized minor revisions of boundaries and publication thereof in the Federal Register after advising Congressional committees. 1974—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–550 substituted as a boundary description Boundary Map No. 612–80,008–B, and dated August 1974, on file in the office of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, for a boundary map designated NS–PR–7001, dated
June 1, 1960, on file with the Director of the National Park Service, Washington, D.C., and all measurements relating thereto. 1966—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89–666 inserted “to the aforesaid tract in the general vicinity of the northwesterly portion of the property known as ‘Bear Valley Ranch’ ” after “right-of-way”, struck out “from the intersection of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Haggerty Gulch” after “aforesaid tract” and included such adjoining lands as would be deprived of access by reason of the right-of-way.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 459c–1

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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