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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§459c–4 Point Reyes National Seashore

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LXIII— NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS › § 459c–4

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

As soon as possible after September 13, 1962, and once the Secretary gets the land that can be managed, the Secretary must create Point Reyes National Seashore by publishing a notice in the Federal Register. The notice must give boundaries that match the area already defined. Right after that notice is published, the Secretary must mail the notice and a map by registered or certified mail to the Governor and local governments, publish the notice and map in local newspapers, and file certified copies, the map, and the law setting up the seashore in the county land records.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §459c–4

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(a)As soon as practicable after September 13, 1962, and following the acquisition by the Secretary of an acreage in the area described in section 459c–1 of this title, that is in the opinion of the Secretary efficiently administrable to carry out the purposes of sections 459c to 459c–7 of this title, the Secretary shall establish Point Reyes National Seashore by the publication of notice thereof in the Federal Register.
(b)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 459c–1 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 State and to the governing body of each of the political subdivisions involved; (2) cause a copy of such notice and map to be published in one or more newspapers which circulate in each of the localities; and (3) cause a certified copy of such notice, a copy of such map, and a copy of sections 459c to 459c–7 of this title to be recorded at the registry of deeds for the county involved.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Amended Description of Boundaries of Point Reyes National Seashore; Publication in Federal Register Pub. L. 93–550, title II, § 202, Dec. 26, 1974, 88 Stat. 1744, provided that: “The Secretary of the Interior shall, as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this title [Dec. 26, 1974], publish an amended description of the boundaries of the Point Reyes National Seashore in the Federal Register, and thereafter he shall take such action with regard to such amended description and the map referred to in section 201 of this title [amending section 459c–1 of this title] as is required in the second sentence of subsection (b) of section 4 of the act of September 13, 1962, as amended [subsec. (b) of this section].”

Reference

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 459c–4

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60