Sec. 802. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE
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## SEC. 802 FINDINGS AND PURPOSE **[**[54 U.S.C. 320101 note](/us/usc/t54/s320101)**]** ###
(a)Findings Congress finds the following: ####
(1)The Ohio & Erie Canal, which opened for commercial navigation in 1832, was the first inland waterway to connect the Great Lakes at Lake Erie with the Gulf of Mexico via the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and a part of a canal network in Ohio that was one of America’s most extensive and successful systems during a period in history when canals were essential to the Nation’s growth. ####
(2)The Ohio & Erie Canal spurred economic growth in the State of Ohio that took the State from near bankruptcy to the third most economically prosperous State in the Union in just 20 years. ####
(3)A 4-mile section of the Ohio & Erie Canal was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966 and other portions of the Ohio & Erie Canal and many associated structures were placed on the National Register of Historic Places. ####
(4)In 1974, 19 miles of the Ohio & Erie Canal were declared nationally significant under National Park Service new area criteria with the designation of Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area. ####
(5)The National Park Service found the Ohio & Erie Canal nationally significant in a 1975 study entitled “Suitability/Feasibility Study, Proposed Ohio & Erie Canal”. ####
(6)A 1993 Special Resources Study of the Ohio & Erie Canal Corridor conducted by the National Park Service entitled “A Route to Prosperity” has concluded that the corridor is eligible as a National Heritage Corridor. ####
(7)Local governments, the State of Ohio, and private sector interests have embraced the heritage corridor concept and desire to enter into partnership with the Federal Government to preserve, protect, and develop the corridor for public benefit. ###
(b)Purposes The purposes of this title are— ####
(1)to preserve and interpret for the educational and inspirational benefit of present and future generations the unique and significant contributions to our national heritage of certain historic and cultural lands, waterways, and structures within the 87-mile Ohio & Erie Canal Corridor between Cleveland and Zoar; ####
(2)to encourage within the corridor a broad range of economic opportunities enhancing the quality of life for present and future generations; ####
(3)to provide a management framework to assist the State of Ohio, its political subdivisions, and nonprofit organizations, or combinations thereof, in preparing and implementing an integrated Corridor Management Plan and in developing policies and programs that will preserve, enhance, and interpret the cultural, historical, natural, recreation, and scenic resources of the corridor; and ####
(4)to authorize the Secretary to provide financial and technical assistance to the State of Ohio, its political subdivisions, and nonprofit organizations, or combinations thereof, in preparing and implementing a Corridor Management Plan.
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