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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

PUBLIC LAW 99-647—NOV. 10, 1986

100 STAT. 3625

Public Law 99-647 99th Congress An Act To establish the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Nov. 10, 1986 [S. 1374]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR

SECTION 1. That for the purpose of preserving and interpreting for Conservation.

the educational and inspirational benefit of present and future generations the unique and significant contributions to our national heritage of certain historic and cultural lands, waterways and structures within the Blackstone River Valley in the States of Massachusetts and Rhode Island there is hereby established the Blackstone River Valley Nationed Heritage Corridor (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Corridor"). It is the purpose of this Act to provide a management framework to gissist the States of Massachusetts and Rhode Island and their units of local government in the development and implementation of integrated cultural, historical and land resource management programs in order to retain, enhance and interpret the significant values of the lands, waters and structures of the Corridor.

Cultural programs. Public lands. Historic preservation. 16 USC 46 note.

BOUNDARIES AND ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 2. (a) BOUNDARIES.—The boundaries shall include those lands generally depicted on a map entitled Blackstone River Valley National Herit^e Corridor, numbered BRV-80-80,000 and dated October 1986. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Department of the Interior in Washington, DC and the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Departments of Environmental Management. The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter referred to as the "Secretary") shall publish in the Federal Register, as soon as practical after the date of enactment of this Act a detailed description and map of the boundaries established under this subsection. (b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Corridor shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

Public information. District of Columbia. Federal Register, publication.

BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR COMMISSION

SEC. 3. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established a commission to be known as the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Commission (hereafter known as the "Commission") whose purpose shall be to assist Federal, State and local authorities in the development and implementation of an integrated resource management plan for those lands and waters as specified in section 2. (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Commission shall be composed of nineteen members appointed by the Secretary as follows:

State and local governments.