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§546a Boundaries

Title 16 › Chapter 2— NATIONAL FORESTS › Subchapter II— SCENIC AREAS › § 546a

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The scenic area includes all of Saint Helena Island in Lake Michigan, Michigan, and every rock, pinnacle, island, and islet within one-eighth mile of its shore. When the scenic area is created, the Hiawatha National Forest boundary will be expanded to cover those lands, and for the rules in section 100506 of title 54 those new boundaries count as if they existed on January 1, 1965. Only for the purpose of payments to local governments under section 6902 of title 31, lands the United States buys under sections 546 to 546a–5 are treated as entitlement lands.

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Title 16, §546a

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(a)The scenic area shall comprise all of Saint Helena Island, in Lake Michigan, Michigan, and all associated rocks, pinnacles, islands, and islets within one-eighth mile of the shore of Saint Helena Island.
(b)Upon establishment of the scenic area, the boundaries of the Hiawatha National Forest shall be extended to include all of the lands within the scenic area. All such extended boundaries shall be deemed boundaries in existence as of January 1, 1965, for the purposes of section 100506 of title 54.
(c)Solely for purposes of payments to local governments pursuant to section 6902 of title 31, lands acquired by the United States under sections 546 to 546a–5 of this title shall be treated as entitlement lands.

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2014—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 113–287 substituted “section 100506 of title 54” for “section 460l–9 of this title”.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 546a

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Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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