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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 2304. Procedures applicable to formulation and implementation of transportation plans and projects developed pursuant to plans
(a) Public notice and meeting
The Secretary shall, during the formulation of any transportation
plan authorized pursuant to section 2302 of this title -
(1) give public notice of intention to formulate such a plan by
publication in the Federal Register and in a newspaper or
periodical having general circulation in the vicinity of the
affected unit of the national park system;
(2) following such notice hold a public meeting at a location
or locations convenient to the affected unit of the National Park
System.
(b) Notice and opportunity to comment given to State and local
governments; report to Congressional committees
Prior to the implementation of any project developed pursuant to
the transportation plan formulated pursuant to subsection (a) of
this section, the Secretary shall -
(1) establish procedures, including but not limited to public
meetings, to give State and local governments and the public
adequate notice and an opportunity to comment on the proposed
transportation project; and
(2) submit, when the proposed project would involve an
expenditure in excess of $100,000 in any fiscal year, a detailed
report to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
United States Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of
the United States House of Representatives. The Secretary may
proceed with the implementation of such plan only after sixty
days (not counting days on which the Senate or House of
Representatives has adjourned for more than three consecutive
days) have elapsed following submission of the plan.
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