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 100 STAT. 3628

PUBLIC LAW 99-647—NOV. 10, 1986

determined by the Commission. Any such conveyance shall be made— (A) as soon as practicable after such acquisition; (B) without consideration; and (C) on the condition that the real property or interest in real property so conveyed is used for public purposes. (h) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—For purposes of carrying out the plan, the Commission may enter into cooperative agreements with the State of Massachusetts and the State of Rhode Island, with any political subdivision of each State, or with any person. Any such cooperative agreement shall, at a minimum, ^tablish procedures for providing notice to the Commission of any action proposed by the State of Massachusetts and the State of Rhode Island, such political subdivision, or such person which may affect the implementation of the plan. (i) ADVISORY GROUPS.—The Commission may establish such advisory groups as the Commission deems necessary to ensure open communication with, and assistance from, the State of Massachusetts and the State of Rhode Island, political subdivisions of the State of Massachusetts and the State of Rhode Island, and interested persons. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION

State and local governments.

SEC 6. (a) PREPARATION OF PLAN.—Within one year after the Commission conducts its first meeting, it shall submit a Cultural Heritage and Land Management Plan to the Secretary and the Governors of Massachusetts and Rhode Island for review and approval for ninety days. The plan shall be based on existing State plans, but shall coordinate those plans and present a unified historic preservation and interpretation plan for the Corridor. The plan shall— (1) provide an inventory which includes any property in the Corridor which should be preserved, restored, managed, developed, maintained, or acquired because of its national historic or cultural significance; _ (2) establish standards and criteria applicable to the construction, preservation, restoration, alteration, and use of all properties within the Corridor; (3) develop an historic interpretation plan to interpret the history of the valley; (4) contain policies for land use management which consider and detail the application of appropriate land and water management techniques, including but not limited to local zoning, use of easements and development of intei^vemmental cooperative agreements, so as to protect the Corridor's historical, cultural, scenic and natural resources and enhance water quality of the Blackstone River in a manner consistent with supporting economic revitalization efforts; (5) contain a coordination and consistency component which details the ways in which local. State and Federal programs may best be coordinated to promote the purposes of this Act; and (6) contain a p n ^ a m for State and local government implementation of ^ e plan. (b) APPROVAL OF THE PLAN.—(I) No plan submitted to the Secretary under this section shall be approved unless the Secretary finds that the plan, if implemented, would adequately protect the

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