16-U.S.C.-460II-2
§460Ii-2 – §460Ii-2. Administration, Protection, and Development
Pathway
Title 16 > Chapter 1 > Subchapter XCIII > Section 460ii-2
Details
- Reference: Section 460ii-2
- Legend: §460Ii-2 – §460Ii-2. Administration, Protection, and Development
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(a) Applicability of statutory provisions; consideration of Federal, State, and local plans
The Secretary shall administer, protect, and develop the recreation area in accordance with sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title, and in accordance with any other statutory authorities available to him for the conservation and management of historic and natural resources, including fish and wildlife, to the extent he finds such authority will further the purposes of this subchapter. In developing and administering the recreation area, the Secretary shall take into consideration applicable Federal, State, and local recreation plans and resource use and development plans, including, but not limited to, the Atlanta Regional Commission Chattahoochee Corridor Study, dated July 1972.
(b) Cooperative agreements
The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with the State of Georgia, political subdivisions of the State, and other entities to ensure standardized acquisition, planning, design, construction, and operation of the recreation area.
(c) Consultation with Secretary of Army
In planning for the development and public use of the recreation area, the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of the Army to assure that public use of adjacent or related water resource development or flood control projects and that of the recreation area are complementary.
(d) Establishment, regulations governing, etc., of fishing zones
In administering the recreation area, the Secretary may permit fishing in waters under his jurisdiction in accordance with applicable State and Federal laws and regulations. The Secretary, after consultation with the appropriate State agency responsible for fishing activities, may designate zones where, and establish periods when, fishing shall be permitted and issue such regulations as he may determine to be necessary to carry out the provisions of this subsection. Except in emergencies, such regulations shall be put into effect only after consultation with the appropriate State agency.
(Pub. L. 95–344, title I, §103, Aug. 15, 1978, 92 Stat. 475; Pub. L. 106–154, §2(c), (e)(1), Dec. 9, 1999, 113 Stat. 1737, 1738.)
Amendments
1999—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–154, §2(e)(1), substituted of this subchapter for of this subchapter and chapter 43 of this title.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–154, §2(c), added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: The Secretary is authorized and encouraged to enter into cooperative agreements with the State or its political subdivisions whereby he may assist in the planning for and interpretation of non-Federal publicly owned lands within or adjacent or related to the recreation area to assure that such lands are used in a manner consistent with the findings and purposes of this subchapter and chapter 43 of this title.
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