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[CITE: 16USC230a]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
          SUBCHAPTER XXV--JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
 
                            Part A--Generally
 
Sec. 230a. Acquisition of property


(a) Authority of Secretary; manner and place; donation of State lands; 
        mineral rights

    Within the Barataria Marsh Unit the Secretary is authorized to 
acquire not to exceed eight thousand six hundred acres of lands, waters, 
and interests therein (hereinafter referred to as the ``core area''), as 
depicted on the map referred to in section 230 of this title, by 
donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange. The 
Secretary may also acquire by any of the foregoing methods such lands 
and interests therein, including leasehold interests, as he may 
designate in the French Quarter of New Orleans for development and 
operation as an interpretive and administrative facility. Lands, waters, 
and interests therein owned by the State of Louisiana or any political 
subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation. In acquiring 
property pursuant to this part, the Secretary may not acquire right to 
oil and gas without the consent of the owner, but the exercise of such 
rights shall be subject to such regulations as the Secretary may 
promulgate in furtherance of the purposes of this part.

(b) Guidelines or criteria; consultation

    With respect to the lands, waters, and interests therein generally 
depicted as the ``park protection zone'' on the map referred to in 
section 230 of this title, the Secretary shall, no later than six months 
from November 10, 1978, in consultation with the affected State and 
local units of government, develop a set of guidelines or criteria 
applicable to the use and development of properties within the park 
protection zone to be enacted and enforced by the State or local units 
of government.

(c) Values; preservation and protection

    The purpose of any guideline developed pursuant to subsection (b) of 
this section shall be to preserve and protect the following values 
within the core area:
        (1) fresh water drainage patterns from the park protection zone 
    into the core area;
        (2) vegetative cover;
        (3) integrity of ecological and biological systems; and
        (4) water and air quality.

(d) State authority; cession to Secretary

    Where the State or local units of government deem it appropriate, 
they may cede to the Secretary, and the Secretary is authorized to 
accept, the power and authority to confect and enforce a program or set 
of rules pursuant to the guidelines established under subsection (b) of 
this section for the purpose of protecting the values described in 
subsection (c) of this section.

(e) Values; protective acquisitions

    The Secretary, upon the failure of the State or local units of 
government to enact rules pursuant to subsection (b) of this section or 
enforce such rules so as to protect the values enumerated in subsection 
(c) of this section, may acquire such lands, servitudes, or interests in 
lands within the park protection zone as he deems necessary to protect 
the values enumerated in subsection (c) of this section.

(f) Boundaries; revision

    The Secretary may revise the boundaries of the park protection zone, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, to include or exclude 
properties, but only with the consent of Jefferson Parish.

(g) Acadian villages and towns

    The Secretary is authorized to acquire lands or interests in lands 
by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds or exchange, 
not to exceed approximately 20 acres, in Acadian villages and towns. Any 
lands so acquired shall be developed, maintained and operated as part of 
the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park.

(Pub. L. 95-625, title IX, Sec. 902, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3535; Pub. 
L. 96-87, title IV, Sec. 401(q)(1), Oct. 12, 1979, 93 Stat. 666; Pub. L. 
100-250, Sec. 1(b), Feb. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 16.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 100-250 added subsec. (g).
    1979--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-87 substituted ``eight thousand six 
hundred acres'' for ``eight thousand acres''.


                          ``Secretary'' Defined

    Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, see section 2 of Pub. 
L. 95-625, set out as a note under section 2503 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 230d of this title.
