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[CITE: 16USC410ff-3]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
             SUBCHAPTER LIX-D--CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK
 
Sec. 410ff-3. Administration


(a) Authority of Secretary of the Interior; low-intensity, limited-entry 
        basis for administration

    Subject to the provisions of section 410ff of this title, the 
Secretary shall administer the park in accordance with the provisions of 
sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title, as amended and supplemented. In 
the administration of the park, the Secretary may utilize such statutory 
authority available for the conservation and management of wildlife and 
natural and cultural resources as he deems appropriate to carry out the 
purposes of this subchapter. The park shall be administered on a low-
intensity, limited-entry basis.

(b) Limited visitor use; establishment of appropriate visitor carrying 
        capacities

    In recognition of the special fragility and sensitivity of the 
park's resources, it is the intent of Congress that the visitor use 
within the park be limited to assure negligible adverse impact on the 
park resources. The Secretary shall establish appropriate visitor 
carrying capacities for the park.

(c) Comprehensive general management plan

    (1) Within three complete fiscal years from March 5, 1980, the 
Secretary, in consultation with The Nature Conservancy and the State of 
California, shall submit to the Committee on Interior and Insular 
Affairs of the United States House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate, a 
comprehensive general management plan for the park, pursuant to criteria 
stated in the provisions of section 1a-7(b) of this title. Such plan 
shall include alternative considerations for the design and operation of 
a public transportation system connecting the park with the mainland, 
with such considerations to be developed in cooperation with the State 
of California and the Secretary of Transportation. The Secretary shall 
seek the advice of the scientific community in the preparation of said 
plan, and conduct hearings for public comment in Ventura and Santa 
Barbara Counties.
    (2) Those aspects of such a plan which relate to marine mammals 
shall be prepared by the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the 
Secretary and the State of California.

(Pub. L. 96-199, title II, Sec. 204, Mar. 5, 1980, 94 Stat. 76.)

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of 
Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One 
Hundred Third Congress. Committee on Natural Resources of House of 
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Resources of House 
of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note 
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
