94 STAT. 596
Publication in Federal Register.
PUBLIC LAW 96-285—JUNE 28, 1980 The Secretary of the Army shall transfer to the Secretary jurisdiction over all lands and waters, and interests therein, acquired under paragraph (2) and the Secretary shall include all such lands, waters, and interests in the refuge. The Secretary and the Secretary of the Army may only enter into contracts or incur obligations to purchase lands and waters, and interests therein with appropriated funds to the extent budget authority has been provided in advance in appropriation Acts. 0?) ESTABLISHMENT.—At such time as sufficient lands and waters, and interests therein, have been acquired under subsection (a)(1) and (2) to constitute an area that can be administered for refuge purposes, the Secretary shall establish the Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge by publication of notice to that effect in the Federal Register. (c) ADJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary may make such minor adjustments with respect to the boundary of the refuge as may be necessary to facilitate the acquisition of lands and waters, and interests therein, for the refuge and to facilitate the administration of the refuge. (d) ARMY ACQUISITIONS IN UEU OF CERTAIN OTHER MITIGATION
ACTIONS.—The land and waters and interests therein, which the Secretary of the Army is required to acquire under subsection (a)(2) of this section, shall when acquired in total be in lieu of and in satisfaction of the mitigation acquisitions which otherwise would be required for the following Corps of Engineers water resources projects and modifications thereof: the Tensas River project, the TensasCocodrie Pumping Plant, the Sicily Island Levee, the Bushley Bayou Levee, the Below Red River Levee, and that portion of the Red River Waterway Project below River Mile 104. Should any of these projects not be authorized or implemented, the Secretary of the Army, in consultation with the Secretary, may substitute additional projects with similar mitigation requirements which may be authorized for construction in the future and which are located wholly within the State of Louisiana and within the area depicted on the Corps of Engineers map entitled "Tensas National Wildlife Refuge Mitigation Area" dated April 1980 and on file in the Office of the Chief of Engineers, which mitigation area includes the basins of the Tensas, Bouef, Ouachita and Black Rivers and the Red River basin below River Mile 104. ADMINISTRATION
Timber management.
SEC. 4. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall administer all lands and waters, and interests therein, acquired under this Act in accordance with the provisions of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee) to conserve the diversity of fish and wildlife and their habitat within the refuge; except that the Secretary may utilize such additional statutory authority as may be available to him for the conservation and development of wildlife and natural resources, the development of outdoor recreation opportunities, and interpretative education, as he deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of the refuge. The Secretary shall give special consideration to the management of the timber on the refuge to insure continued commercial production and harvest compatible with the purposes for which the refuge is established and the needs of fish and wildlife which depend upon a dynamic and diversified hardwood forest. O> FLOOD CONTROL.—The Secretary shall administer the refuge as t) part of an overall Federal management plan for the use of water and related land resources for the area. This Act shall not preclude the
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