An Act to provide for the establishment of the Tinicum Environmental Center in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes
PL 92-326 (H.R.7088), enacted 06/30/1972

86 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 92-326-JUNE 30, 1972 
391 
Public Law 92-326 
AN ACT 
To provide for the establishment of the Tinicum National Environmental ('enter 
in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes. 
June 3 0, 1972 
[H. R. 7088] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, for the pres-
ervation from imminent destruction, the last remaining true tidal 
marshland in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with its highly 
significant ecological features, including prime habitat for many 
species of wildlife, and a feeding and resting place for migratory 
wildfowl, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to 
establish the Tinicum National Environmental Center and administer 
same as a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System in accordance 
with the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 
1966, as amended (80 Stat. 927; 16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee). 
SEC. 2. In fulfillment of the purposes of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") shall acquire 
by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, by 
exchange of federally owned lands in the vicinity, or otherwise, such 
lands or interests therein, or other property in the counties of Delaware 
and Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as he may deem 
necessary for the purpose of preserving, restoring, and developing the 
natural area known as Tinicum Marsh. The area to be acquired for 
the foregoing purposes shall not exceed 1200 acres: Provided, hoioever, 
That said limitation shall not preclude such boundary adjustments 
as may be deemed necessary for effective administration of the Tinicum 
National Environmental Center. Lands or interests therein, title to 
which is held by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or a political 
subdivision thereof, may be acquired only b}^ donation. A description 
by metes and bounds of the proposed Tinicum National Environ-
mental Center shall be published in the Federal Register, and a scale 
drawing thereof shall be available in the Office of the Secretary, and 
such other place or places in the immediate vicinity of the proposed 
center as will afford all interested parties easy access to information 
respecting the proposed center. 
The area to be acquired will be generally bounded on the west by 
Wanamaker Avenue, on the south by Interstate Highway 1-95, on 
the east by the easterly edge of the Tinicum Wildlife Preserve and the 
lands owned by the United States Department of the Interior and the 
United States Army Corps of Engijieers, and on the north by the 
developed areas and parklands of Darby Township, Folcroft, Nor-
wood, and Prospect Park Boroughs, exclusive of the portion of marsh-
land which has been filled by the Folcroft Landfill Corporation. 
SEC. 3. The Secretary shall construct, administerj and maintain at 
an appropriate site within the Tinicum National Environmental Center 
hereby authorized a wildlife interpretative center for the purpose of 
promoting environmental education, and to afford visitors an oppor-
tunity for the study of wildlife in its natural habitat. 
SEC. 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any Federal 
property located within any of the areas described under the provi-
sions of the second section of this Act may, with the concurrence of the 
head of the agency having custody thereof, be transferred without 
consideration to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary for 
use by him in carrying out the purposes of the Act. 
SEC. 5. The Secretary of the Interior may enter into cooperative 
agreements with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, political sub-
divisions thereof, corporations, associations, or individuals to carry 
out the provisions of the Act. 
Tinicum 
National Environ-
mental Center, Pa. 
Establishment.. 
82 Stat. 359; 
83 Stat. 283. 
Land acquisi-
tion. 
Publication in 
Federal Register, 
Boundaries. 
Wildlife inter-
pretative center. 
Federal property, 
transfer. 
Cooperative 
agreements. 
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[86 STAT. 
Record-
keeping. 
Appropriation. 
SEC. 6. (a) Each party with whom a cooperative agreement is entei-ed 
into under this Act shall keep such records as the Secretary shall 
prescribe, including records which fully disclose the amount and dis-
position of any funds received under the cooperative agreement, the 
total cost of any project or undertaking in connection with the coopera-
tive agreement entered into, and the amount and nature of that portion 
of the cost of the project or undertaking supi)lied by other sources, and 
such other records as will facilitate an effective audit. 
(b) The Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United 
States, or any of tneir duly authorized representatives, shall have 
access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, docu-
ments, papers, and records of the party to the cooperative agreement 
that are pertinent to the cooperative agreements entered into under 
this Act. 
SEC. 7. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated $2,250,000 
to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved June 30, 1972. 
June 30, 1972 
[H. R. 9580] 
Public Law 92-327 
AN ACT 
To authorize tlie Commissioner «
t
f the District of Columbia to enter into agree-
ments w'itli tlie Commonwealtli of Virginia and the State of Maryland con-
cerning fees for the operation of certain motor vehicles, and the enforcement 
of traffic laws. 
D.c. 
Interstate agree-
ment, authoriza-
tion. 
Motor vehicle 
fees. 
41 Stat. 69; 
84 Stat. 1930. 
F e e s, unif ormit y. 
Traffic law 
enforcement. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Howie of liepreaentat'n-eH of the 
United States of Anie/ica In Congress assenihfed, That the Commis-
sioner of the District of Columbia may enter into an interstate agree-
ment with the Commonwealth of Virginia or with the State of 
Maryland, or with both, which shall stipulate that any person— 
(1) who operates in the District of Columbia and in the State 
which is a party to the agreement a single unit motor vehicle which 
has three or more axles and which is designed to unload itself; 
(2) who has registered that motor vehicle in the District of 
(^olumbia or in that State; and 
(3) who but for the agreement is required to pay the fee for 
an annual hauling permit prescribed by the fifth paragraph under 
the heading "General Expenses'" in the first section of the Act 
of July 11,1919 (D.C. Code, sec. 5-316), and a similar fee imposed 
on the motor vehicle by that State; 
shall not be required to pay a fee described in paragraph (3) which 
is imposed by a jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction in which the 
motor vehicle is registered. If the Commissioner enters into an inter-
state agreement under this Act, he may adjust the annual hauling 
permit fees of the District of Columbia referred to in paragraph (3) 
so that the total amount of fees (including registration and inspection 
fees) required for the operation in the District of Columbia and in each 
State which is a party to such agreement of the vehicles referred to in 
paragraph (1) shall be uniform. 
SEC. 2. The Commissioner of the District of Columbia may enter 
into an interstate agreement with the Commonwealth of Virginia or 
with the State of Maryland, or with both, pursuant to which the parties 
to such agreement may assist each other in the enforcements of its laws 
relating to traffic (including parking violations). 
Approved June 30, 1972.