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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

100 STAT. 3588

PUBLIC LAW 99-645—NOV. 10, 1986 (2) in subsection (e)(1), by inserting, in the first sentence thereof, after "For the acquisition of land, waters, or interests in land or waters" the following: ", or wetland areas and interests therein as identified in the wetlands provisions of the comprehensive plan"; and (3) in subsection (fK3), by adding at the end thereof the following: ": Provided, That wetland areas and interests therein as identified in the wetlands provisions of the comprehensive plan and proposed to be acquired as suitable replacement property within that same State that is otherwise acceptable to the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, shall be considered to be of reasonably equivalent usefulness with the property proposed for conversion.".

SEC. 304. FEDERAL ACQUISITION. 16 USC 3922.

The Secretary is authorized to purchase wetlands or interests in wetlands, which are not acquired under the authority of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act of 1929 (16 U.S.C. 715-715s), consistent with the wetlands priority conservation plan established under section 301.

16 USC 3923.

SEC. 305. RESTRICTION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN IN ACQUISITIONS.

Agriculture and agricultural commodities.

The powers of condemnation or eminent domain shall not be used in the acquisition of wetlands under any provision of this Act where such wetlands have been constructed for the purpose of farming or ranching, or result from conservation activities associated with farming or ranching. TITLE IV—WETLANDS INVENTORY AND TREND ANALYSIS SEC. 401. NATIONAL WETLANDS INVENTORY PROJECT.

16 USC 3931.

Alaska. Reports.

State and local governments.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, shall continue the National Wetlands Inventory Project and shall— (1) produce, by September 30, 1988, National Wetlands Inventory maps for the areas that have been identified by the Service as top priorities for mapping, including— v ! (A) the entire coastal zone of the United States; (B) floodplains of major rivers; and

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(C) the Prairie Pothole region; (2) produce, by September 30, 1998, National Wetlands InvenI tory maps for those portions of the contiguous United States for which final maps have not been produced earlier; (3) produce, as soon as practicable. National Wetlands Inventory maps for Alaska and other noncontiguous portions of the United States; and (4) produce, by September 30, 1990, and at ten-year intervals thereafter, reports to update and improve the information con"• tained in the report dated September 1982 and entitled "Status and Trends of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitat in the Coterminous United States, 1950's to 1970's". (b) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall notify the appropriate State and local units of government at such time as he proposes to begin map preparation under subsection (a) in an area. Such notice shall include, but is not limited to, the identification of the area to be mapped, the proposed schedule for completion, and the identification of a source for further information.