§ 3931. — National wetlands inventory project.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC3931]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 59--WETLANDS RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER IV--WETLANDS INVENTORY AND TREND ANALYSIS
Sec. 3931. National wetlands inventory project
(a) In general
The Secretary, acting through the Director of the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service, shall continue the National Wetlands Inventory
Project and shall--
(1) produce, by September 30, 1988, National Wetlands Inventory
maps for the areas that have been identified by the Service as top
priorities for mapping, including--
(A) the entire coastal zone of the United States;
(B) floodplains of major rivers; and
(C) the Prairie Pothole region;
(2) produce, by September 30, 1998, National Wetlands Inventory
maps for those portions of the contiguous United States for which
final maps have not been produced earlier;
(3) produce, by September 30, 2000, National Wetlands Inventory
maps for Alaska and other noncontiguous portions of the United
States;
(4) produce, by September 30, 1990, and at ten-year intervals
thereafter, reports to update and improve the information contained
in the report dated September 1982 and entitled ``Status and Trends
of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitat in the Coterminous United States,
1950's to 1970's'';
(5) produce, by April 30, 1990, a report that provides--
(A) an assessment of the estimated total number of acres of
wetland habitat as of the 1780's in the areas that now comprise
each State; and
(B) an assessment of the estimated total number of acres of
wetlands in each State as of the 1980's, and the percentage of
loss of wetlands in each State between the 1780's and the
1980's;
(6) produce, by September 30, 2004, a digital wetlands data base
for the United States based on the final wetlands maps produced
under this section; and
(7) archive and make available for dissemination wetlands data
and maps digitized under this section as such data and maps become
available.
(b) Notice
The Secretary shall notify the appropriate State and local units of
government at such time as he proposes to begin map preparation under
subsection (a) of this section in an area. Such notice shall include,
but is not limited to, the identification of the area to be mapped, the
proposed schedule for completion, and the identification of a source for
further information.
(Pub. L. 99-645, title IV, Sec. 401, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3588; Pub.
L. 101-233, Sec. 18, Dec. 13, 1989, 103 Stat. 1978; Pub. L. 102-440,
title III, Sec. 305, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2235.)
Amendments
1992--Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 102-440, Sec. 305(1), substituted ``by
September 30, 2000'' for ``as soon as practicable''.
Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 102-440, Sec. 305(2), which directed
amendment of par. (4) by substituting a semicolon for ``. And'', was
executed by making the substitution for ``. and'', to reflect the
probable intent of Congress.
Subsec. (a)(6), (7). Pub. L. 102-440, Sec. 305(3), (4), added pars.
(6) and (7).
1989--Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 101-233 added par. (5).
