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[78 STAT. 931]
PUBLIC LAW 88-000—MMMM. DD, 1964
[78 STAT. 931]

78 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 88-587-SEPT. 11, 1%4

931

(f) The Secretary shall furnish to an;^ party in interest upon request a certificate indicating the property with respect to which the Secretary's authority to acquire by condemnation is suspended. wners' SEC. 4. (a) Owners of improved property acquired by the Secretary of Oproperty.u s e may reserve for themselves and their successors or assigns a right of use and occupancy of the improved property for noncommercial residential purposes for a term that is not more than twenty-five years. The value of the reserved right shall be deducted from the fair market value paid for the property. (b) A right of use and occupancy reserved pursuant to this section shall be subject to termination by the Secretary upon his determination that the use and occupancy is not consistent with an applicable zoning ordinance approved by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of this Act, and upon tender to the owner of the right an amount equal to the fair market value of that portion of the right which remains unexpired on the date of termmation. SEC. 5. The Secretary shall permit hunting, fishing, and shell- Hunting and fishing on lands and waters under his administrative jurisdiction ^'^^'"swithin the Fire Island National Seashore in accordance with the laws of New York and the United States of America, except that the Secretary may designate zones where, and establish periods when, no hunting shall be permitted for reasons of public safety, administration, or public use and enjoyment. Any regulations of the Secretary under this section shall be issued a:lfter consultation with the Conservation Department of the State of New York. SEC. 6. The Secretary may accept and use for purposes of this Act any real or personal property or moneys that may be donated for such purposes. SEC. 7. (a) The Secretary shall administer and protect the Fire sunken Forest Island National Seashore with the primary aim of conserving the ^'•^^'•^• natural resources located there. The area known as the Sunken Forest Preserve shall be preserved from bay to ocean in as nearly its present state as possible, without developing roads therein, but continuing the present access by those trails already existing and limiting new access to similar trails limited in number to those necessary to allow visitors to explore and appreciate this section of the seashore. (b) Access to that section of the seashore lying between the easterly boundary of the Brookhaven town park at Davis Park and the westerly boundary of the Smith Point County Park shall be provided by ferries and footpaths only, and no roads shall be constructed in this section except such minimum roads as may be necessary for park maintenance vehicles. No development or plan for the' convenience of visitors shall be undertaken therein which would be incompatible with the preservation of the flora and fauna or the physiographic conditions now prevailing, and every effort shall be exerted to maintain and preserve this section of the seashore as well as that set forth in the preceding paragraph in as nearly their present state and condition as possible. (c) I n administering, protecting, and developing the entire Fire Island National Seashore, the Secretary shall be guided by the provisions of this Act and the applicable provisions of the laws relatmsr to the national park system, and the Secretary may utilize any other statutory authority available to him for the conservation and development of natural resources to the extent he finds that such authority will further the purposes of this Act. Appropriate user fees may be collects! notwithstanding any limitation on such authority by any provision of law.