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§459f–3 Establishment of Seashore; Notice in Federal Register

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LXIII— NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS › § 459f–3

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

When the Secretary finds the United States owns or has bought enough land, water, or rights inside the area shown on the map in section 459f to make a unit that can be managed, the Secretary must establish the Assateague Island National Seashore and publish a notice in the Federal Register. The notice must give a clearer map or description of the seashore’s boundaries, and the outer borders should match the area described in section 459f as closely as possible.

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Title 16, §459f–3

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When the Secretary determines that land, water areas, or interests therein within the area generally depicted on the map referred to in section 459f of this title are owned or have been acquired by the United States in sufficient quantities to provide an administrable unit, he shall declare the establishment of the Assateague Island National Seashore by publication of notice thereof in the Federal Register. Such notice shall contain a refined description or map of the boundaries of the seashore as the Secretary may find desirable, and the exterior boundaries shall encompass an area as nearly as practicable identical to the area described in section 459f of this title.

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16 U.S.C. § 459f–3

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60