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[CITE: 16USC460u-21]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
           SUBCHAPTER LXXIX--INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE
 
Sec. 460u-21. Public access study


(a) Preservation of lakeshore and conservation of energy

    The Secretary in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, 
shall conduct a study of various modes of public access into and within 
the lakeshore which are consistent with the preservation of the 
lakeshore and conservation of energy by encouraging the use of 
transportation modes other than personal motor vehicles.

(b) Utilization of clearinghouse resources and facilities

    In carrying out the study, the Secretary shall utilize to the 
greatest extent practicable the resources and facilities of the 
organizations designated as clearinghouses under section 6506 of title 
31 as implemented by Office of Management and Budget Circular A-95, and 
which have comprehensive planning responsibilities in the regions where 
the lakeshore is located, as well as any other agencies or organizations 
which the Secretary may designate. The Secretary shall make provision 
for timely and substantive consultations with the appropriate agencies 
of the States of Indiana and Illinois, local elected officials, and the 
general public in the formulation and implementation of the study.

(c) Adequacy of access facilities

    The study shall address the adequacy of access facilities for 
members of the public who desire to visit and enjoy the lakeshore. 
Consideration shall be given to alternatives for alleviating the 
dependence on automobile transportation. The study of public 
transportation facilities shall cover the distance from cities of 
thirty-five thousand population or more within fifty miles of the 
lakeshore.

(d) Access proposals; retention of lakeshore values

    The study shall include proposals deemed necessary to assure 
equitable visitor access and public enjoyment by all segments of the 
population, including those who are physically or economically 
disadvantaged. It shall provide for retention of the natural, scenic, 
and historic values for which the lakeshore was established, and shall 
propose plans and alternatives for the protection and maintenance of 
these values as they relate to transportation improvements.

(e) Renovation and preservation of South Shore Railroad

    The study shall examine proposals for the renovation and 
preservation of a portion of the existing South Shore Railroad passenger 
car fleet. The study shall consider the historic value of the existing 
rolling stock and its role in transporting visitors into and within the 
lakeshore.

(f) Alternative improvement plans; cost estimates; sources of funding

    The study shall present alternative plans to improve, construct, and 
extend access roads, public transportation, and bicycle and pedestrian 
trails. It shall include cost estimates of all plans considered in this 
study, and shall discuss existing and proposed sources of funding for 
the implementation of the recommended plan alternatives.

(g) Submittal to Congress

    The study shall be completed and presented to the Congress within 
two complete fiscal years from the effective date of this provision.

(h) Authorization of appropriations

    Effective October 1, 1981, there is hereby authorized to be 
appropriated not to exceed $200,000 for this study.

(Pub. L. 89-761, Sec. 21, as added Pub. L. 96-612, Sec. 1(11), Dec. 28, 
1980, 94 Stat. 3576.)

                       References in Text

    The effective date of this provision, referred to in subsec. (g), 
probably means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 96-612, which was 
approved Dec. 28, 1980.

                          Codification

    In subsec. (b), ``section 6506 of title 31'' substituted for ``title 
IV of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968 [42 U.S.C. 4231 et 
seq.]'' on authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 
Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and 
Finance.
