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 PUBLIC LAW 99-645—NOV. 10, 1986

100 STAT. 3587

terests in wetlands which should be given priority with respect to Federal and State acquisition. (b) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall establish the plan required by subsection (a) after consultation with— (1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; (2) the Secretary of Commerce; (3) the Secretary of Agriculture; and (4) (the chief executive officer of) each State. (c) FACTORS TO B E CONSIDERED.—The Secretary, in establishing the plan required by subsection (a), shall consider— (1) the estimated proportion remaining of the respective types of wetlands which existed at the time of European settlement; (2) the estimated current rate of loss and the threat of future losses of the respective types of wetlands; and (3) the contributions of the respective types of wetlands to— (A) wildlife, including endangered and threatened species, migratory birds, and resident species;

(B) commercial and sport fisheries; (C) surface and ground water quality and quantity, and flood control; (D) outdoor recreation; and (E) other areas or concerns the Secretary considers appropriate. SEC. 302. REMOVAL OF RESTRICTION ON ACQUISITION.

Section 7(a)(1) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601-9(a)(l)) is amended by striking out "national wildlife refuge areas under section 7(a)(5) of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742f(5)) except migratory waterfowl areas which are authorized to be acquired by the Migratory Bird Conservation Act of 1929, as amended (16 U.S.C. 715-715s)''^ and inserting in lieu thereof "national wildlife refuge areas under section 7(a)(4) of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742(f)(a)(4)) and wetlands acquired under section 304 of the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986". SEC. 303. INCLUSION OF WETLANDS IN COMPREHENSIVE STATEWIDE OUTDOOR RECREATION PLANS.

Section 6 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601-8) is amended— (1) in subsection (d), by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "For fiscal year 1988 and thereafter each comprehensive statewide outdoor recreation plan shall specifically address wetlands within that State as an important outdoor recreation resource as a prerequisite to approval, except that a revised comprehensive statewide outdoor recreation plan shall not be required by the Secretary, if a State submits, and the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, approves, as a part of and as an addendum to the existing comprehensive statewide outdoor recreation glan, a wetlands priority plan developed in consultation with the tate agency with responsibility for fish and wildlife resources and consistent with the national wetlands priority conservation plan developed under section 301 of the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act or, if such national plan has not been completed, consistent with the provisions of that section";

State and local governments.

Fish and fishing. Water. Flood control.

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