PUBLIC LAW 99-647—NOV. 10, 1986
100 STAT. 3629
significant historical and cultural resources of the Corridor and consistent with such protection provide adequate and appropriate outdoor recreational opportunities and economic activities within the Corridor. (2) In determining whether or not to approve the Plan, the Secretary shall consider whether: (A) the Commission has afforded adequate opportunity, including public hearings, for public and governmental involvement in the preparation of the plan; (B) he has received adequate assurances from appropriate State officials that the recommended implementation program identified in the plan will be initiated within a reeisonable time after the date of approval of the plan and such program will ensure effective implementation of the State and local aspects of the plan. (3) If the Secretary disapproves the plan, he shall advise the Commission in writing of the reasons therefore and shall indicate any recommendations for revisions. Following completion of any necessary revisions to the plan, the Secretary shall have forty-five days to either approve or disapprove the plan. (c) IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN.—(1) After review and approval of the plan by the Secretary and the Governors of Massachusetts and Rhode Island as provided in subsections (a) and (b) the Commission shall give priority to actions which assist in— (A) preserving and interpreting the historic resources of the valley; (B) completing State and local parks in the Corridor; and (C) supporting public and private efforts in economic revitalization consistent with the goals of the Cultural Heritage Plan. (2) Priority actions to be carried out under paragraph (1) shall State and local include—
(A) assisting the States in appropriate preservation treatment of the Blackstone Canal; (B) assisting the States in designing, establishing, and maintaining visitor centers and other interpretive exhibits in the Corridor; (C) encouraging private landowners adjacent to the canal or river to retain or reestablish, where possible, vegetative, or other buffers as specified in the State park plans; (D) assisting in the enhancement of public awareness of an appreciation for the historical and architectural and geological resources and sites in the Corridor; (E) assisting the State or any local government or any nonprofit organization in the restoration of any historic building in the Corridor; (F) encouraging, by appropriate means, enhanced economic and industrial development in the Corridor consistent with the goals of the plan; (G) encouraging local governments to adopt land use policies consistent with the goals of the State park and the plan and to take actions to implement those policies; and (H) ensuring that clear, consistent signs identifying access points and sites of interest is put in place.
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