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[84 STAT. 1077]
PUBLIC LAW 91-000—MMMM. DD, 1970
[84 STAT. 1077]

84 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 91-479-OCT. 21, 1970

Imnting and fishing on lands and waters under his jurisdiction in accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan and the United States applicable thereto. The Secretary, after consultation with the appropriate agency of the State of Michigan, may designate zones and establish periods where and when no hunting shall be permitted for reasons of public safety, administration, or public use and enjoyment and issue regulations, consistent w4th this section, as he may determine necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. SEC. 6. (a) The administration, protection, and development of the lakeshore shall be exercised by the Secretary, subject to the provisions of this Act and of the Act of August 25, 1916 (89 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, relating to the areas administered and supervised by the Secretary through the National Park Service; except that authority otherwise available to the Secretary for the conservation and management of natural resources may h& utilized to the extent he finds such authority will further the purposes of this Act. (b) In the administration, protection, and development of the area. the Secretary shall prepare and implement a land and water use management plan, which shall include specific provisions for— (1) development of facilities to provide the benefits of public recreation; (2) protection of scenic, scientific, and historic features contributing to public enjoyment; and (3) such protection, management, and utilization of renewable natural resources as in the judgment of tihe Secretary is consistent with, and will further the purpose of, public recreation and protection of scenic, scientific, and historic features contributing to public enjoyment. (c) Within four years from the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall review the area within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and shall report to the President, in accordance with subsections 3(c) and 3(d) of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1132 (c) and (d), his reconrnienidation as to the suitability or nonsuitability of any area within the lakeshore for preservation as wilderness, and any designation of smy such area as a wilderness shall be accomplished in accordance with said subsections of the Wilderness Act. (d) I n developing the lakeshore the Secretary shall provide public use areas in such places and manner as he determines will not diminish the value or enjoyment for the owner or occupant of any improved property located thereon. SEC. 7. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as prohibiting any governmental jurisdiction in the State of Michigan from assessing taxes upon any interest in real estate retained under the provisions of section 10 of this Act to the owner of such interest. SEC. 8. (a) The Secretary is authorized to acquire by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, transfer funds, transfer from any Federal agency, or exchange lands and interests therein for the purposes of this Act. When an individual tract of land is only partly within the area designated, the Secretary may acquire the entire tract by any of the above methods to avoid the payment of severance costs. Land so acquired outside the designated area may be exchanged by the Secretary for non-Federal lands within such area, and any portion of the land not utilized for such exchanges may be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 377), as amended (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.).

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