§ 273d. — Administration, protection, and development.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC273d]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXXI--CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 273d. Administration, protection, and development
(a) Authority of Secretary
The National Park Service, under the direction of the Secretary,
shall administer, protect, and develop the park, subject to the
provisions of sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title, as amended and
supplemented.
(b) Easements and rights-of-way
The Secretary shall grant easements and rights-of-way on a
nondiscriminatory basis upon, over, under, across, or along any
component of the park area unless he finds that the route of such
easements and rights-of-way would have significant adverse effects on
the administration of the park.
(c) Report by Secretary
Within three years from December 18, 1971, the Secretary of the
Interior shall report to the President, in accordance with subsections
3(c) and 3(d) of the Wilderness Act [16 U.S.C. 1132 (c) and (d)], his
recommendations as to the suitability or nonsuitability of any area
within the park for preservation as wilderness, and any designation of
any such area as a wilderness shall be in accordance with said
Wilderness Act [16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.].
(Pub. L. 92-207, Sec. 5, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 740.)
References in Text
The Wilderness Act, referred to in subsec. (c), is Pub. L. 88-577,
Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890, as amended, which is classified generally
to chapter 23 (Sec. 1131 et seq.) of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out
under section 1131 of this title and Tables.
