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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

102 STAT. 1042

PUBLIC LAW 100-406—AUG. 19, 1988 (2) The term "lands and waters" includes interests in lands and waters, (3) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

Real property. Water.

Public information.

SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF REFUGE.

(a)(1) The Secretary is authorized and directed to establish, as herein provided, a national wildlife refuge to be known as the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge. (2) There shall be included within the boundaries of the refuge those lands, marshes, tidal flats, submerged lands, and open waters in the State of Washington generally depicted on a map entitled "Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge^', dated December, 1987, which comprise approximately one thousand eight hundred acres. (3) Said boundary map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, and in appropriate offices of the Fish and Wildlife Service in the State of Washington. (b) BOUNDARY REVISIONS.—The Secretary may make such minor revisions in the boundaries designated under subsection (a) as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the refuge and to facilitate the acquisition of property within the refuge. (c) ACQUISITION.—(1) The Secretary shall, not later than the 3rd anniversary of the effective date of this Act, acquire by transfer or purchase, or both, the approximately one thousand seven hundred eleven acres of lands and waters owned by the Port of Grays Harbor within the refuge and identified as Management Unit 12, Area 1, in the Grays Harbor Estuary Management Plan. (2) The appropriate Federal agencies may consider the transfer of any lands and waters to the Secretary under paragraph (c)(1) as compensation to satisfy, in whole or in part, obligations resulting from water-dependent activities by the Port of Grays Harbor under section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344): Provided, That there are no practicable alternatives to such water-dependent activities which would have less adverse impact on the aquatic ecosystem: Provided further, That appropriate and practicable steps have been taken which will minimize, rectify, and reduce adverse impacts to the aquatic ecosystem from those waterdependent activities which can not be avoided. (3) The Secretary is authorized to acquire up to sixty-eight acres of lands and waters owned by the city of Hoquiam within the boundaries of the Refuge, and to compensate the lessees on such lands and waters for improvements and relocation costs. SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.

Real property. Water.

Recreation. Education.

(a) GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall administer all lands, waters, and interests therein, acquired under section 4 in accordance with the provisions of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee). (b) OTHER AUTHORITY.—Consistent with the provisions of section 5(a) of this Act, the Secretary may utilize such additional statutory authority as may be available to him for the conservation and development of fish, wildlife, and natural resources, the development of outdoor recreation opportunities, and interpretative education as he considers appropriate to carry out the purposes of the refuge.