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. |