gress notification that the designation of the Area
under this Act should be withdrawn.
(b) PUBLIC HEARING.—Before the Secretary makes
a determination referred to in subsection (a)(1) regarding
the National Heritage Area, the Secretary or a designee
shall hold a public hearing within the Area.
(c) TIME OF WITHDRAWAL OF DESIGNATION.—The
withdrawal of the designation of the Area under this Act
shall become final 90 legislative days after the Secretary
submits to the Congress the notification referred to in sub-
section (a)(2) regarding the Area.
SEC. 9. CRITERIA.
After designation under section 4, the Area shall re-
tain its designation as a National Heritage Area only if
the Area meets each of the following criteria:
(1) ASSEMBLAGE OF RESOURCES.—The Area is
an assemblage of natural, historic, or cultural re-
sources that—
(A) together represent distinctive aspects
of American heritage worthy of recognition,
conservation, interpretation, and continuing
use; and
(B) are best managed as such an assem-
blage, through partnerships among public and
private entities.
(2) 
TRADITIONS, 
CUSTOMS, 
BELIEFS, 
OR
FOLKLIFE.—The Area reflects traditions, customs,
beliefs, or folklife, or some combination thereof, that
are a valuable part of the story of the Nation.
(3) CONSERVATION
OF
NATURAL, CULTURAL,
OR HISTORIC FEATURES.—The Area provides out-
standing opportunities to conserve natural, cultural,
or historic features, or some combination thereof.
(4) RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL OPPOR-
TUNITIES.—The Area provides outstanding rec-
reational and educational opportunities.
(5) THEMES AND INTEGRITY OF RESOURCES.—
The Area has an identifiable theme or themes, and
resources important to the theme or themes retains
integrity capable of supporting interpretation.
(6) SUPPORT.—Residents, nonprofit organiza-
tions, other private entities, and governments within
the Area demonstrate support for designation of the
Area and for management of the Area as appro-
priate for the designation.
(7) AGREEMENTS.—The principal organization
and units of government supporting the designation
are willing to commit to agreements to work in part-
nership to implement the Plan for the Area.
(8) CONSISTENCY
WITH
ECONOMIC
VIABIL-
ITY.—The Plan is consistent with continued eco-
nomic viability in the affected communities.
SEC. 10. MANAGEMENT PLAN.
(a) SUBMISSION OF PLAN.—No assistance or funding
may be provided under this Act after the date which is
2 years after the designation of the Area under this Act
unless the Corporation submits a Management Plan to the
Governor and the Secretary on or before such date. Such
submission shall include a written certification that the
Plan has been endorsed or disapproved by the Commis-
sion.
(b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—A Management Plan sub-
mitted under this Act for the Area shall present com-
prehensive recommendations for conservation, funding,
management, and development of the Area. The Plan shall
be prepared with public participation. The Plan shall take
into consideration existing Federal, State, county, and
local plans and involve residents, public agencies, and pri-
vate organizations in the Area. The Plan shall include a
description of actions that political subdivisions of the
Commonwealth and private organizations are rec-
ommended to take to protect the resources of the Area.
The Plan shall specify existing and potential sources of
funding for the conservation, management, and develop-
ment of the Area. The Plan also shall include the follow-
ing, as appropriate:
(1) An inventory of the resources contained in
the Area, including a list of property in the Area
that should be conserved, restored, managed, devel-
oped, or maintained because of natural, cultural, or
historic significance of the property as it relates to
the Area.
(2) A recommendation of policies for resource
management. Such recommendation shall consider
and detail application of appropriate land and water
management techniques, including development of
intergovernmental cooperative agreements to manage
the historical, cultural, and natural resources and
the recreational opportunities of the Area in a man-
ner consistent with the support of appropriate and
compatible economic viability.
(3) A program, including plans for restoration
and construction, for implementation of the Plan by
the management entity specified in the Compact for
the Area and specific commitments, for the first 5
years of operation of the Plan, by the partners iden-
tified in the Compact.
(4) An analysis of means by which Federal,
State, and local programs may best be coordinated
to promote the purpose of this Act.
(5) An interpretive plan for the Area.
SEC. 11. TECHNICAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE.
(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may
provide technical assistance to the Commonwealth, politi-
cal subdivisions of the Commonwealth, or the Corporation
regarding Plan revisions and implementation.
(b) ASSISTANCE UNDER PROGRAM.—If the Congress
establishes a National Heritage Areas Program or similar
program within the Department of the Interior to assist
National Heritage Areas, the Oil Region National Herit-
age Area shall be eligible for the technical and grant as-
sistance available to National Heritage Areas under such
program.
SEC. 12. PRIVATE PROPERTY PROTECTION.
(a) LIMITATION ON INCLUSION OF PRIVATE PROP-
ERTY
IN NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.—No privately
owned property shall be included within the boundaries of
the Area unless the government of the county, city, or
township in which the property is located agrees to be so
included and submits notification of such agreement to the
Secretary. If, at any time after the designation of the
Area, the government of the county, city, or township
which submitted such notification requests to be removed
from the Area, the Secretary and Governor shall revise
the Compact for the Area to exclude the county, city, or
township from the Area.
(b) ACCESS TO PRIVATE PROPERTY.—No provision
of this Act shall be construed to require any private prop-
erty owner to permit public access to such private prop-
erty. No provision of this Act shall be construed to modify
any provision of Commonwealth law with regard to public
access to or use of private lands.
(c) PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS
IN OIL REGION NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA.—No provi-
sion of this Act shall be construed to require any private
property owner located within the boundary of the Area
to participate in or be associated with the Area.
SEC. 13. LACK OF EFFECT ON LAND USE REGULATION.
(a) LACK OF EFFECT ON AUTHORITY OF GOVERN-
MENTS.—No provision of this Act shall be construed to
modify, enlarge, or diminish any authority of the Federal
Government, Commonwealth government, or political sub-
divisions of the Commonwealth to regulate any use of land
as provided for by law or regulation.
(b) LACK OF ZONING OR LAND USE POWERS OF EN-
TITY.—No provision of this Act shall be construed to
grant powers of zoning or land use to the management
entity for the Area.
(c) NO CONDITIONING OF APPROVAL AND ASSIST-
ANCE BY SECRETARY ON LAND USE RESTRICTIONS.—
The Secretary may not, as a condition of approving the
Compact or the determination of eligibility for technical
assistance under this Act, require enactment or modifica-
tion of land use restrictions.
SEC. 14. FISHING AND HUNTING SAVINGS CLAUSE.
(a) NO DIMINISHMENT OF STATE AUTHORITY.—The
designation of the Area under this Act shall not diminish
the authority of the Commonwealth to manage fish and
wildlife, including the regulation of fishing and hunting
within such Area.
(b) NO CONDITIONING OF APPROVAL AND ASSIST-
ANCE BY SECRETARY ON FISHING AND HUNTING RE-
STRICTIONS.—The Secretary may not, as a condition of
the approval of the Compact or the determination of eligi-
bility for technical assistance under this Act, require limi-
tations on fishing, hunting, or trapping, and neither the
Secretary nor any other Federal agency may condition the
receipt, in connection with the National Heritage Area
status of the Area, of any other form of assistance from
the Secretary or such agencies on such limitations.
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