§ 410ff-3. — Administration.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC410ff-3]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LIX-D--CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 410ff-3. Administration
(a) Authority of Secretary of the Interior; low-intensity, limited-entry
basis for administration
Subject to the provisions of section 410ff of this title, the
Secretary shall administer the park in accordance with the provisions of
sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title, as amended and supplemented. In
the administration of the park, the Secretary may utilize such statutory
authority available for the conservation and management of wildlife and
natural and cultural resources as he deems appropriate to carry out the
purposes of this subchapter. The park shall be administered on a low-
intensity, limited-entry basis.
(b) Limited visitor use; establishment of appropriate visitor carrying
capacities
In recognition of the special fragility and sensitivity of the
park's resources, it is the intent of Congress that the visitor use
within the park be limited to assure negligible adverse impact on the
park resources. The Secretary shall establish appropriate visitor
carrying capacities for the park.
(c) Comprehensive general management plan
(1) Within three complete fiscal years from March 5, 1980, the
Secretary, in consultation with The Nature Conservancy and the State of
California, shall submit to the Committee on Interior and Insular
Affairs of the United States House of Representatives and the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate, a
comprehensive general management plan for the park, pursuant to criteria
stated in the provisions of section 1a-7(b) of this title. Such plan
shall include alternative considerations for the design and operation of
a public transportation system connecting the park with the mainland,
with such considerations to be developed in cooperation with the State
of California and the Secretary of Transportation. The Secretary shall
seek the advice of the scientific community in the preparation of said
plan, and conduct hearings for public comment in Ventura and Santa
Barbara Counties.
(2) Those aspects of such a plan which relate to marine mammals
shall be prepared by the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the
Secretary and the State of California.
(Pub. L. 96-199, title II, Sec. 204, Mar. 5, 1980, 94 Stat. 76.)
Change of Name
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of
Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House
of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One
Hundred Third Congress. Committee on Natural Resources of House of
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Resources of House
of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
