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[CITE: 16USC251j]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
                 SUBCHAPTER XXVII--OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK
 
Sec. 251j. Property retention rights of landowners; use and 
        occupancy improvements; plan to be submitted to Secretary; 
        approval evidenced by issuance of permit and certificate; 
        limitation on acquisition power of Secretary
        
    Notwithstanding the provisions of section 251i of this title, any 
noncorporate owner or owners, as of January 1, 1976, of property 
adjacent to Lake Ozette may retain title to such property: Provided, 
That such owner or owners consent to acquisition by the Secretary or \1\ 
scenic easements or other interests that allow only those improvements 
that the Secretary finds to be reasonably necessary for continued use 
and occupancy. Any such owner or owners who elects to improve his 
property or a portion thereof shall submit to the Secretary a plan which 
shall set forth the manner in which the property is to be improved and 
the use to which it is proposed to be put. If, upon review of such plan, 
the Secretary determines that it is compatible with the limitations of 
this section, he in his discretion may issue a permit to such owner and 
a certificate to that effect. Upon issuance of any such certificate and 
so long as such property is maintained and used in conformity therewith, 
the authority of the Secretary to acquire such property or interest 
therein without the consent of the owner shall be suspended.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``of''.
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(Pub. L. 94-578, title III, Sec. 320(g), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2741.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 251f, 251g, 251h, 251i, 
251l, 251m of this title.
