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PUBLIC LAW 92-326-JUNE 30, 1972

Public Law 92-326 AN ACT To provide for the establishment of the Tinicum National Environmental ('enter in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the preservation from imminent destruction, the last remaining true tidal marshland in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with its highly significant ecological features, including prime habitat for many species of wildlife, and a feeding and resting place for migratory wildfowl, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to establish the Tinicum National Environmental Center and administer same as a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System in accordance with the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, as amended (80 Stat. 927; 16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee). SEC. 2. In fulfillment of the purposes of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") shall acquire by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, by exchange of federally owned lands in the vicinity, or otherwise, such lands or interests therein, or other property in the counties of Delaware and Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as he may deem necessary for the purpose of preserving, restoring, and developing the natural area known as Tinicum Marsh. The area to be acquired for the foregoing purposes shall not exceed 1200 acres: Provided, however, That said limitation shall not preclude such boundary adjustments as may be deemed necessary for effective administration of the Tinicum National Environmental Center. Lands or interests therein, title to which is held by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or a political subdivision thereof, may be acquired only b}^ donation. A description by metes and bounds of the proposed Tinicum National Environmental Center shall be published in the Federal Register, and a scale drawing thereof shall be available in the Office of the Secretary, and such other place or places in the immediate vicinity of the proposed center as will afford all interested parties easy access to information respecting the proposed center. The area to be acquired will be generally bounded on the west by Wanamaker Avenue, on the south by Interstate Highway 1-95, on the east by the easterly edge of the Tinicum Wildlife Preserve and the lands owned by the United States Department of the Interior and the United States Army Corps of Engijieers, and on the north by the developed areas and parklands of Darby Township, Folcroft, Norwood, and Prospect Park Boroughs, exclusive of the portion of marshland which has been filled by the Folcroft Landfill Corporation. SEC. 3. The Secretary shall construct, administerj and maintain at an appropriate site within the Tinicum National Environmental Center hereby authorized a wildlife interpretative center for the purpose of promoting environmental education, and to afford visitors an opportunity for the study of wildlife in its natural habitat. SEC. 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any Federal property located within any of the areas described under the provisions of the second section of this Act may, with the concurrence of the head of the agency having custody thereof, be transferred without consideration to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary for use by him in carrying out the purposes of the Act. SEC. 5. The Secretary of the Interior may enter into cooperative agreements with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, political subdivisions thereof, corporations, associations, or individuals to carry out the provisions of the Act. 82-081 O - 73 - 28

June 30, 1972 [H. R. 7088]

Tinicum National Environmental Center, Pa. Establishment..

82 Stat. 359; 83 Stat. 283. Land acquisition.

Publication in Federal Register,

Boundaries.

Wildlife interpretative center.

Federal property, transfer.

Cooperative agreements.

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