PUBLIC LAW 98-63—JULY 30, 1983 97 STAT. 329 visitors to the recreation area and the citizens of the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania: (1) Highway 209, as a federally owned road within the boundaries of the recreation area, is hereby closed to all commercial vehicular traffic upon enactment of this law, except for those commercial vehicular operations which are based within the recreation area, or which have business facilities in Monroe and Pike Counties, Penn- sylvania, operating, on the date of enactment, commercial vehicular traffic originating or terminating outside the recreation area, and except for those commercial vehicular operations which are neces- sary to provide services to businesses and persons located within or contiguous to the boundaries of the recreation area. (2) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed, not- withstanding any other law, to establish a commercial operation fee for the use, in accordance with subsection (1), of highway 209 for all commercial vehicles, except for commercial vehicular operations serving businesses or persons located in or contiguous to the bound- daries of the recreation area: Provided, That the fee schedule may not exceed $10 per trip: Provided further, That all fees received shall be set aside in a special account and are available, without further appropriation, for the management, operation, construction, and maintenance of highway 209 within the boundaries of the recreation area. (3) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall terminate on December 31, 1983. The provisions of subsection (2) of this section shall terminate three years from the enactment of this section unless construction of the 1-287 bypass in New Jersey or any other feasible, suitable alternative has been commenced. In the event construction has been commenced subsection (2) of this section will terminate ten years from the enactment of this section, or when construction of 1-287 or any other feasible, suitable alternative is completed, which ever occurs first. (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, procedural or substantive, 100 per centum Federal highway trust funds moneys are hereby allocated as part of the State's allocation, and are immediately available for obligation to the State of New Jersey for the construction of the 1-287 bypass in New Jersey or any other feasible, suitable alternative, such appropriation as may be made available by Congress from general appropriations to cover 100 per centum of the cost of the 1-287 bypass or the alternative route. The Congress finds that the Forest Service's proposal of March 15, 1983, to consider six million acres of the national forest for possible sale has met with considerable opposition; and the national forests are an important part of the national heritage of the United States; and the national forests provide and protect important resources; and the national forests provide unique opportunities for recreation; and it is inconsistent with past management practices to dispose of large portions of our national forests. It is, therefore, the sense of the Congress that it is not in the national interest to grant the authority to sell significant acreage of the national forest until such time as the Forest Service specifically identifies the tracts which are no longer needed by the Federal Government; inventories the tracts as to their public benefit value; provides opportunities for public review and discussion of the tracts; and completes all necessary environmental a.ssessments of such sales. Termination date. National forest acreage, Forest Service sale authority.
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