16 U.S.C. § 410ppp: Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park

to help preserve, protect, and interpret the nationally significant resources that exemplify the industrial heritage of the Blackstone River Valley for the benefit and inspiration of future generations; to support the preservation, protection, and interpretation of the urban, rural, and agricultural landscape features (including the Blackstone River and Canal) of the region that provide an overarching context for the industrial heritage of the Blackstone River Valley; the nationally significant sites and districts that convey the industrial history of the Blackstone River Valley; and the significance of the Blackstone River Valley to the past and present of the United States; and to support and enhance the network of partners in the protection, improvement, management, and operation of related resources and facilities throughout the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor. The term “National Heritage Corridor” means the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor. The term “Park” means the Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park established by subsection (c)(1). The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior. the State of Massachusetts; and the State of Rhode Island. There is established in the States a unit of the National Park System, to be known as the “Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park”. Blackstone River State Park; and Old Slater Mill National Historic Landmark District. Slatersville Historic District. Ashton Historic District. Whitinsville Historic District. Hopedale Village Historic District. Blackstone River and the tributaries of Blackstone River. Blackstone Canal. The Secretary may acquire land or interests in land that are considered contributing historic resources in the historic sites and districts described in paragraph (2)(B) for inclusion in the Park boundary by donation, purchase from a willing seller with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange. No land or interest in land may be acquired for the Park by condemnation. On a determination by the Secretary that a sufficient quantity of land or interests in land has been acquired to constitute a manageable park unit, the Secretary shall establish a boundary for the Park by publishing a boundary map in the Federal Register. The Secretary may include in the Park boundary any resources that are the subject of an agreement with the States or a subdivision of the States entered into under paragraph (4)(D). On the acquisition of additional land or interests in land under subparagraph (A), or on entering an agreement under subparagraph (C), the boundary of the Park shall be adjusted to reflect the acquisition or agreement by publishing a Park boundary map in the Federal Register. The maps referred to in this paragraph shall be available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. The Secretary may acquire not more than 10 acres in Woonsocket, Rhode Island 1 for the development of administrative, curatorial, maintenance, or visitor facilities for the Park. 1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma. Land owned by the States or a political subdivision of the States may be acquired under this paragraph only by donation. this subsection; and the National Park Service Organic Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); 2 and 2 See References in Text note below. the Act of August 21, 1935 ( 16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.). 2 in consultation with the States and other interested parties; and in accordance with section 100502 of title 54 . the Blackstone Valley Visitor Center, Pawtucket, Rhode Island; the Captain Wilbur Kelly House, Blackstone River State Park, Lincoln, Rhode Island; the Museum of Work and Culture, Woonsocket, Rhode Island; the River Bend Farm/Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park, Uxbridge, Massachusetts; the Worcester Blackstone Visitor Center, located at the former Washburn & Moen wire mill facility, Worcester, Massachusetts; the Route 295 Visitor Center adjacent to Blackstone River State Park; and the Blackstone River Bikeway. The Secretary may provide technical assistance, visitor services, interpretive tours, and educational programs to sites and resources in the National Heritage Corridor that are located outside the boundary of the Park and associated with the purposes for which the Park is established. to provide technical assistance, interpretation, and educational programs in the historic sites and districts described in paragraph (2)(B); and subject to the availability of appropriations and clauses (ii) and (iii), to provide not more than 50 percent of the cost of any natural, historic, or cultural resource protection project in the Park that is consistent with the general management plan prepared under subparagraph (B). As a condition of the receipt of funds under clause (i)(II), the Secretary shall require that any Federal funds made available under a cooperative agreement entered into under this paragraph are to be matched on a 1-to-1 basis by non-Federal funds. the amount provided by the Secretary to the project under clause (i)(II); or an amount equal to the increase in the value of the project that is attributable to the funds, as determined by the Secretary at the time of the conversion, use, or disposal. Any cooperative agreement entered into under this subparagraph shall provide for reasonable public access to the resources covered by the cooperative agreement. the role of John H. Chafee in the preservation of the resources of the Blackstone River Valley and the heritage corridor that bears the name of John H. Chafee; and the decades of the service of John H. Chafee to the people of Rhode Island and the United States. The Secretary shall display a memorial at an appropriate location in the Park that recognizes the role of John H. Chafee in preserving the resources of the Blackstone River Valley for the people of the United States.