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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

i^ 100 STAT. 3502

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PUBLIC LAW 99-625—NOV. 7, 1986

that is provided after consultation under section 7(a)(3), that opinion shall be treated as the opinion issued after consultation under section 7(a)(2) unless the Secretary finds, after notice and opportunity for comment in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United States Code, that a significant change has been made with respect to the action or that a significant change has occurred regarding the information used during the initial consultation. The interested party may petition the Secretary to make a finding under the preceding sentence. The Secretary may implement any reasonable and prudent alternatives specified in any opinion referred to in this subsection through appropriate agreements with any such Federal agency, prospective permit or license applicant, or other interested party. (f) CONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of implementing the plan, no act by the Service, an authorized State agency, or an authorized agent of the Service or such an agency with respect to a sea otter that is necessary to effect the relocation or management of any sea otter under the plan may be treated as a violation of any provision of the Act or the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.).

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SEC. 2. ATCHAFALAYA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. 98 Stat. 2776.

98 Stat. 1369.

Section 303 of the Act entitled "An Act to extend the Wetlands Loan Act", approved October 26, 1984 (16 U.S.C. 668dd note), is amended— (1) by striking out "minor" in subsection (a)(2); and (2) by striking out "Public Law 98-396" in subsection (b) and inserting "appropriations Acts". SEC. 3. DUCK STAMP ACT.

Water. Gifts and property. Real property.

The first sentence of section 2(b) of the Act of March 16, 1934 (16 U.S.C. 718b), commonly known as the Duck Stamp Act, is amended by inserting "available for obligation and" before "attributable to". SEC. 4 CONVEYANCE OF FISH HATCHERY TO STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. . Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey, without reimbursement, to the State of New Hampshire no later than December 31, 1986, all of the right, title, and interest including the water rights, of the United States in and to the fish hatchery property located in the northwest corner of Berlin township in the White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire, and known as the Berlin National