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PUBLIC LAW 93-402-AUG. 30, 1974
Public Law 93-402 AN ACT To establish the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife
Refuge.
August 30, 1974 [H. R. 3620]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) there is sJ!,'^n^'J^\i^nai established a national wildlife refuge to be known as the "Great wiidufe'Refuge, Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge" (hereinafter referred to in va.-N. s e 668dd u this Act as the "Refuge"). The Refuge shall consist of— ^^ note. ^ (1) those lands and waters, comprising forty-nine thousand Description. ninety-seven and eleven one-thousandths acres, of which a 40 per centum undivided interest therein was granted to the United States of America by The Nature Conservancy by deed dated February 22, 1973, and which are more particularly described in exhibit A of the deed, dated February 21, 1973, by which such interest in such lands and waters was granted to The Nature Conservancy by the Union Camp Corporation (and such deeds shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Department of the Interior); and (2) such additional lands and waters and interests therein as the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to in this Act as the "Secretary") may acquire after the date of the enactment of this Act pursuant to section 3 of this Act. (b) Until such time as the remaining undivided interest in the lands and waters described in subsection (a)(1) of this section is granted to the Secretary, he shall lease such remaining interest on such terms and conditions as he deems appropriate. Administration. SEC. 2. Subject to such restrictions, conditions, and reservations as 16 USC 668dd are specified in the deeds referred to in the first section of this Act, note. the Secretary shall administer the lands and waters and interests therein within the Refuge in accordance with the provisions of the 2\"ational Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee), except that the Secretary may utilize such additional statutory authority as may be available to him for the conservation and management of wildlife and natural resources, the development of outdoor recreation opportunities, and interpretative education as he deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Act. I n the administration of the Refuge, the Secretary and the Chief of Engineers, Corps of Engineers, shall enter into such consultations and take such cooperative actions as they deem necessary and appropriate to insure that any navigational or other uses made of the Dismal .'Uvamp Canal do not adversely affect the Refuge and, in this regard, particular attention shall be given by the Secretary and the Chief of Engineers with respect to maintaining an appropriate water level in Lake Drumniond. a SEC. 3. The Secretary may acquire by donation, purchase with a c L u insdi si, o w.a t e r s, q t n donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, such lands and waters 16 USC 668dd and interests therein (including in-holdings) that are adjacent to the note.
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