§ 3191. — Management plans.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC3191]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 51--ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION
SUBCHAPTER VI--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Sec. 3191. Management plans
(a) Development; transmittal to Congressional committees
Within five years from December 2, 1980, the Secretary shall develop
and transmit to the appropriate Committees of the Congress a
conservation and management plan for each of the units of the National
Park System established or to which additions are made by this Act.
(b) National Park service plan requirements
Each plan for a unit established, redesignated, or expanded by
subchapter LIX-F of chapter 1 of this title shall identify management
practices which will carry out the policies of this Act and will
accomplish the purposes for which the concerned National Park System
unit was established or expanded and shall include at least the
following:
(1) Maps indicating areas of particular importance as to
wilderness, natural, historical, wildlife, cultural, archeological,
paleontological, geological, recreational, and similar resources and
also indicating the areas into which such unit will be divided for
administrative purposes.
(2) A description of the programs and methods that will be
employed to manage fish and wildlife resources and habitats,
cultural, geological, recreational, and wilderness resources, and
how each conservation system unit will contribute to overall
resources management goals of that region. Such programs should
include research, protection, restoration, development, and
interpretation as appropriate.
(3) A description of any areas of potential or proposed
development, indicating types of visitor services and facilities to
be provided, the estimated costs of such services and facilities,
and whether or not such services and facilities could and should be
provided outside the boundaries of such unit.
(4) A plan for access to, and circulation within, such unit,
indicating the type and location of transportation routes and
facilities, if any.
(5) A description of the programs and methods which the
Secretary plans to use for the purposes of (A) encouraging the
recognition and protection of the culture and history of the
individuals residing, on December 2, 1980, in such unit and areas in
the vicinity of such unit, and (B) providing and encouraging
employment of such individuals.
(6) A plan for acquiring land with respect to such unit,
including proposed modifications in the boundaries of such unit.
(7) A description (A) of privately owned areas, if any, which
are within such unit, (B) of activities carried out in, or proposed
for, such areas, (C) of the present and potential effects of such
activities on such unit, (D) of the purposes for which such areas
are used, and (E) of methods (such as cooperative agreements and
issuance or enforcement of regulations) of controlling the use of
such activities to carry out the policies of this Act and the
purposes for which such unit is established or expanded.
(8) A plan indicating the relationship between the management of
such unit and activities being carried out in, or proposed for,
surrounding areas and also indicating cooperative agreements which
could and should be entered into for the purpose of improving such
management.
(c) Consideration of factors
In developing, preparing, and revising a plan under this section the
Secretary shall take into consideration at least the following factors:
(1) The specific purposes for which the concerned conservation
system unit was established or expanded.
(2) Protection and preservation of the ecological,
environmental, wildlife, cultural, historical, archeological,
geological, recreational, wilderness, and scenic character of the
concerned unit and of areas in the vicinity of such unit.
(3) Providing opportunities for Alaska Natives residing in the
concerned unit and areas adjacent to such unit to continue
performing in such unit activities which they have traditionally or
historically performed in such unit.
(4) Activities being carried out in areas adjacent to, or
surrounded by, the concerned unit.
(d) Hearing and participation
In developing, preparing, and revising a plan under this section the
Secretary shall hold at least one public hearing in the vicinity of the
concerned conservation unit, hold at least one public hearing in a
metropolitan area of Alaska, and, to the extent practicable, permit the
following persons to participate in the development, preparation, and
revision of such plan:
(1) The Alaska Land Use Council and officials of Federal
agencies whose activities will be significantly affected by
implementation of such plan.
(2) Officials of the State and of political subdivisions of the
State whose activities will be significantly affected by
implementation of such plan.
(3) Officials of Native Corporations which will be significantly
affected by implementation of such plan.
(4) Concerned local, State, and National organizations and
interested individuals.
(Pub. L. 96-487, title XIII, Sec. 1301, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2472.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), 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 Tables.
Subchapter LIX-F of chapter 1 of this title, referred to in subsec.
(b), commences with section 410hh of this title.
