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 114 STAT. 2763A-300 PUBLIC LAW 106-554—APPENDIX D (2) assisting State, local governments, and nonprofit organizations in designing, establishing, and maintaining visitor centers, museums, and other interpretive exhibits in the Corridor; (3) assisting in the public awareness and appreciation for the historic, cultural, natural, scenic, and recreational resources and sites in the Corridor; (4) assisting the State of New York, local governments, and nonprofit organizations in the preservation and restoration of any historic building, site, or district in the Corridor; (5) encouraging, by appropriate means, enhanced economic development in the Corridor consistent with the goals of the Canalway Plan and the purposes of this title; and (6) ensuring that clear, consistent signs identifying access points and sites of interest are put in place in the Corridor. (d) ANNUAL REPORTS AND AUDITS. — For any year in which Federal funds have been received under this title, the Commission shall submit an smnual report and shall make available an audit of all relevant records to the Governor and the Secretary identifying its expenses and any income, the entities to which any grants or technical assistance were made during the year for which the report was made, and contributions by other parties toward achieving Corridor purposes. SEC. 806. CANALWAY PLAN. (a) CANALWAY PLAN REQUIREMENTS.— The Canalway Plan shall— (1) include a review of existing plans for the Corridor, including the Canal Recreationway Plan and Canal Revitalization Program, and incorporate them to the extent feasible to ensure consistence with local, regional, and State planning efforts; (2) provide a thematic inventory, survey, and evaluation of historic properties that should be conserved, restored, developed, or maintained because of their natural, cultural, or historic significance within the Corridor in accordance with the regulations for the National Register of Historic Places; (3) identify public and private-sector preservation goals and strategies for the Corridor; (4) include a comprehensive interpretive plan that identifies, develops, supports, and enhances interpretation and education programs within the Corridor that may include— (A) research related to the construction and history of the canals and the cultural heritage of the canal workers, their families, those that traveled along the canals, the associated farming activities, the landscape, and the communities; (B) documentation of and methods to support the perpetuation of music, art, poetry, literature and folkways associated with the canals; and (C) educational and interpretative programs related to the Erie Canalway developed in cooperation with State and local governments, educational institutions, and nonprofit institutions; (5) include a strategy to further the recreational development of the Corridor th^t will enable users to uniquely experience the canal system;

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