Pennsylvania Act 1965-576 — EXCLUDING CERTAIN FOREST AND GAME LANDS FROM LAND USE AGREEMENT

Act text

EXCLUDING CERTAIN FOREST AND GAME LANDS FROM LAND USE AGREEMENT
             Act of Jan. 26, (1966) 1965, P.L. 1623, No. 576          Cl. 32
                                  AN ACT

     Excluding certain forest and game lands from new land use
        agreements including camp sites and providing for their use
        by the Department of Forests and Waters, the Pennsylvania
        Game Commission and the general public.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  The area of State forest and game lands of
     approximately forty-two thousand acres located in parts of
     Clearfield, Elk and Cameron Counties, formerly leased to the
     Curtiss-Wright Corporation, having been returned to the
     Department of Forests and Waters and the Pennsylvania Game
     Commission free of camps and leases, together with the area of
     land of approximately eight thousand one hundred acres at
     Quehanna, Pennsylvania, known as the "core area," acquired by
     the Department of Forests and Waters under Project 70, the same
     being free of industrial buildings, camps and leases, are hereby
     excluded from new land use agreements and use as camp sites
     except those for research and education, and except those
     concerned with the industrial development of the nuclear reactor
     site, consisting of approximately seven acres of land, and with
     the nuclear reactor safety zone, consisting of approximately
     five hundred twenty-three acres of land, other provisions of
     existing law to the contrary notwithstanding.
        (1 amended Dec. 10, 1968, P.L.1164, No.368)
        Section 2.  The Department of Forests and Waters and the
     Pennsylvania Game Commission shall apply on these lands the same
     principles of forest protection, management and timber
     harvesting practiced on other State forest and game lands while
     permitting the general public to see, use and enjoy these lands
     in their natural condition within the limitations prescribed by
     this act.
        Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.