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NATIONAL HERITAGE AREAS 497 PUBLIC LAW 111–11—MAR. 30, 2009 123 STAT. 1254
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established the Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area in the States of Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
(2) BOUNDARIES.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The boundaries of the Heritage Area
shall be as generally depicted on the map.
(B) REVISION.—The boundaries of the Heritage Area
may be revised if the revision is—
(i) proposed in the management plan;
(ii) approved by the Secretary in accordance with
subsection (e)(4); and
(iii) placed on file in accordance with paragraph
(3).
(3) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The map shall be on file and
available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service and the local coordinating entity. (4) LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY.—The Freedom’s Way Heritage Association, Inc., shall be the local coordinating entity
for the Heritage Area.
(d) DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES OF LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY.—
(1) DUTIES OF THE LOCAL COORDINATING ENTITY.—To fur- ther the purposes of the Heritage Area, the local coordinating entity shall—
(A) prepare, and submit to the Secretary, in accordance with subsection (e), a management plan for the Heritage Area;
(B) assist units of local government, regional planning organizations, and nonprofit organizations in implementing the approved management plan by—
(i) carrying out programs and projects that recog- nize and protect important resource values within the Heritage Area;
(ii) establishing and maintaining interpretive exhibits and programs within the Heritage Area;
(iii) developing recreational and educational opportunities in the Heritage Area;
(iv) increasing public awareness of, and apprecia- tion for, natural, historic, and cultural resources of the Heritage Area;
(v) protecting and restoring historic buildings in the Heritage Area that are consistent with the themes of the Heritage Area; and
(vi) ensuring that signs identifying points of public access and sites of interest are posted throughout the Heritage Area;
(C) consider the interests of diverse units of govern-
ment, businesses, organizations, and individuals in the Heritage Area in the preparation and implementation of the management plan;
(D) conduct meetings open to the public at least quar- terly regarding the development and implementation of the management plan;
(E) submit an annual report to the Secretary for each fiscal year for which the local coordinating entity receives Federal funds under this section specifying—
Management plan.
123 STAT. 1255
Public information. Deadlines.
Deadline. Reports.