PUBLIC LAW 95-625—NOV. 10, 1978
92 STAT. 3501
Register at such time as he determines that sufficient property to constitute an administrable unit has been acquired. Pending such Administration, establishment and thereafter, the Secretary shall administer the property acquired pursuant to this section in accordance with this section and provisions of law generally applicable to units of the National Park Svstem, including the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535) 16 USC 1 et seq. 16 USC 461 note. and the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666). (c) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be Appropriation necessary for lands and interests in lands and $200,000 for develop- authorizations. ment to carry out the provisions of this section. SAXTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
SEC. 507. (a) The Congress finds that'— (1) there are significant scenic, recreational, educational, scientific, natural, archeological, and public health benefits provided by the Santa Monica Mountains and adjacent coastline area; (2) there is a national interest in protecting and preserving these benefits for the residents of and visitors to the area; and (3) the State of California and its local units of government have authority to prevent or minimize adverse uses of the Santa Monica Mountains and adjacent coastline area and can, to a great extent, protect the health, safety, and general welfare by the use of such authority. (b) There is hereby established the Santa Monica Mountains National Keereation Area (hereinafter referred to as the "recreation area"). The Secretary shall manage the recreation area in a manner which will preserve and enhance its scenic, natural, and historical setting and its public health value as an airshed for the Southern California metropolitan area while providing for the recreational and educational need of the visiting public. (c)(1) The recreation area shall consist of the lands and waters and interests generally depicted as the I'ecreation area on the map entitled "Boundary Map, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. California, and Santa Monica Mountains Zone", numbered SMM-NRA 80,000, and dated May 1978, which shall be on file and available for inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, Washington, District of Columbia, and in the offices of the General Services Administration in the Federal Office Building in West Los Angeles, California, and in the main public library in Ventura, California. After advising the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs 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 recreation area when necessary by publication of a revised drawing or other boundary description in the Federal Register. (2) Not later than ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, after consultation with the Governor of the State of California, the California Coastal Commission, and the Santa Monica Mountains Comprehensive Planning Commission, shall commence acquisition of lands, improvements, waters, or interests therein within the recreation area. Such acquisition may be by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, transfer from any Federal agency, exchange, or otherwise. Any lands or interests therein owned by the State of California or any political subdivision thereof (including any park district or other public entity) may be acquired only by
16 USC 460kk.
Establishment. Management.
Description.
Boundary revisions, notice to congressional committees and publication in Federal Register. Lands, waters, and interests, acquisition and consultation.
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