Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§460zz–11 Tri-rivers Management Board

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter CXI— MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL RIVER AND RECREATION AREA › Part B— Tri-Rivers Management › § 460zz–11

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Interior Secretary and the Army Secretary must appoint members to a Tri‑Rivers Management Board, or to a similar Minnesota group, to coordinate land use and management for the Mississippi, Saint Croix, and Minnesota Rivers within the Saint Paul–Minneapolis area. They may assign federal staff to the Board if the Board repays the cost. Up to $100,000 a year is authorized, and federal funding cannot be more than one‑third of the Board’s yearly operating costs.

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Title 16, §460zz–11

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(a)In furtherance of the integrated management of those portions of the Mississippi, Saint Croix, and Minnesota Rivers within the Saint Paul-Minneapolis Metropolitan Area, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army are authorized and directed to appoint representatives to a Tri-Rivers Management Board (hereinafter referred to as the “Board”), or any similar organization, which may be established by the State of Minnesota to assist in the development and implementation of consistent and coordinated land use planning and management policy for such portions of such rivers.

(b)Upon request of the Board, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any personnel to the Board.

(c)There is hereby authorized to carry out the purposes of this part the sum of $100,000 annually; except that the Federal contribution to the Board shall not exceed one-third of the annual operating costs of the Board.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460zz–11

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60