§ 3103. — Maps.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC3103]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 51--ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 3103. Maps
(a) Filing and availability for inspection; discrepancies; coastal areas
The boundary maps described in this Act shall be on file and
available for public inspection in the office of the Secretary or the
Secretary of Agriculture with regard to the National Forest System. In
the event of discrepancies between the acreages specified in this Act
and those depicted on such maps, the maps shall be controlling, but the
boundaries of areas added to the National Park, Wildlife Refuge and
National Forest System shall, in coastal areas not extend seaward beyond
the mean high tide line to include lands owned by the State of Alaska
unless the State shall have concurred in such boundary extension and
such extension is accomplished under the notice and reporting
requirements of this Act.
(b) Changes in land management status; publication in Federal Register;
filing; clerical errors; boundary features and adjustments
As soon as practicable after December 2, 1980, a map and legal
description of each change in land management status effected by this
Act, including the National Wilderness Preservation System, shall be
published in the Federal Register and filed with the Speaker of the
House of Representatives and the President of the Senate, and each such
description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this
Act: Provided, however, That correction of clerical and typographical
errors in each such legal description and map may be made. Each such map
and legal description shall be on file and available for public
inspection in the office of the Secretary. Whenever possible boundaries
shall follow hydrographic divides or embrace other topographic or
natural features. Following reasonable notice in writing to the Congress
of his intention to do so the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture
may make minor adjustments in the boundaries of the areas added to or
established by this Act as units of National Park, Wildlife Refuge, Wild
and Scenic Rivers, National Wilderness Preservation, and National Forest
Systems and as national conservation areas and national recreation
areas. For the purposes of this subsection, a minor boundary adjustment
shall not increase or decrease the amount of land within any such area
by more than 23,000 acres.
(c) Lands included within unit; acquisition of land by Secretary
Only those lands within the boundaries of any conservation system
unit which are public lands (as such term is defined in this Act) shall
be deemed to be included as a portion of such unit. No lands which,
before, on, or after December 2, 1980, are conveyed to the State, to any
Native Corporation, or to any private party shall be subject to the
regulations applicable solely to public lands within such units. If the
State, a Native Corporation, or other owner desires to convey any such
lands, the Secretary may acquire such lands in accordance with
applicable law (including this Act), and any such lands shall become
part of the unit, and be administered accordingly.
(Pub. L. 96-487, title I, Sec. 103, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2376.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 96-487, Dec. 2, 1980, 94
Stat. 2371, as amended, known as the Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code,
see Short Title note set out under section 3101 of this title and
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