16 U.S.C. § 459c–1: Description of area

Summary

Sets the boundaries of Point Reyes National Seashore to match the lands and waters shown on the "Boundary Map, Point Reyes National Seashore" (no. 612–80,008–E, May 1978) and the "Point Reyes and GGNRA Amendments" map (October 25, 1979). Those maps are on file and open to the public at National Park Service offices in Washington, D.C. After notifying in writing the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, the Secretary may make minor boundary changes by publishing a revised map or boundary description in the Federal Register. The seashore also includes a right-of-way near the northwest part of Bear Valley Ranch up to 400 feet wide, chosen by the Secretary, plus any nearby lands that would lose access because of that right-of-way.

Title 16, §459c–1

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(a)Boundary map; availability; publication in Federal Register

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)Bear Valley Ranch right-of-way

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.

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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

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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.

§459c–1 Description of Area

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Title 16, §459c–1

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