Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 112 Part 5.djvu/207

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PUBLIC LAW 105-313—OCT. 30, 1998 112 STAT. 2965 (1) To replace the special use permit with a legal framework under which the Tribe can live permanently and govern the Tribe's own affairs in a modern community within the Park. (2) To protect the Park outside the boundaries of the Miccosukee Reserved Area from adverse effects of structures or activities within that area, and to support restoration of the South Florida ecosystem, including restoring the environment of the Park. SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 16 USC 410 note. In this Act: (1) ADMINISTRATOR. — The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (2) EVERGLADES. — The term "Everglades" meeins the areas within the Florida Water Conservation Areas, Everglades National Park, and Big Cypress National Preserve. (3) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term "Federal agency" means an agency, as that term is defined in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code. (4) MICCOSUKEE RESERVED AREA; MRA. — (A) IN GENERAL.— The term "Miccosukee Reserved Area" or "MRA" means, notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to the limitations specified in section 6(d) of this Act, the portion of the Everglades National Park described in subparagraph (B) that is depicted on the map entitled "Miccosukee Reserved Area" numbered NPS-160/41,038, and dated September 30, 1998, copies of which shall be kept available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, and shall be filed with appropriate officers of Miami-Dade County and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida. (B) DESCRIPTION. —The description of the lands referred to in subparagraph (A) is as follows: "Beginning at the western boimdary of Everglades National Park at the west line of sec. 20, T. 54 S., R. 35 E., thence E. following the Northern boundary of said Park in T. 54 S., Rs.35and36E., toapointinsec.19,T.54S., R. 36 E., 500 feet west of the existing road known as Seven Mile Road, thence 500 feet south from said point, thence west paralleling the Park boundary for 3,200 feet, thence south for 600 feet, thence west, paralleling the Park boundary to the west line of sec. 20, T. 54 S., R. 35 E., thence N. 1,100 feet to the point of beginning.". (5) PARK. —The term "Park" means the Everglades National Park, including any additions to that Park. (6) PERMIT. —The term "permit", unless otherwise specified, means any federally issued permit, license, certificate of public convenience and necessity, or other permission of any kind. (7) SECRETARY. — The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior or the designee of the Secretary. (8) SOUTH FLORIDA ECOSYSTEM.—The term "South Florida ecosystem" has the meaning given that term in section 528(a)(4) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-303).