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§ 4302. —  Definitions.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC4302]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
              CHAPTER 63--FEDERAL CAVE RESOURCES PROTECTION
 
Sec. 4302. Definitions

    For purposes of this chapter:

                              (1) Cave

        The term ``cave'' means any naturally occurring void, cavity, 
    recess, or system of interconnected passages which occurs beneath 
    the surface of the earth or within a cliff or ledge (including any 
    cave resource therein, but not including any vug, mine, tunnel, 
    aqueduct, or other manmade excavation) and which is large enough to 
    permit an individual to enter, whether or not the entrance is 
    naturally formed or manmade. Such term shall include any natural 
    pit, sinkhole, or other feature which is an extension of the 
    entrance.

                          (2) Federal lands

        The term ``Federal lands'' means lands the fee title to which is 
    owned by the United States and administered by the Secretary of 
    Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior.

                          (3) Indian lands

        The term ``Indian lands'' means lands of Indian tribes or Indian 
    individuals which are either held in trust by the United States for 
    the benefit of an Indian tribe or subject to a restriction against 
    alienation imposed by the United States.

                          (4) Indian tribe

        The term ``Indian tribe'' means any Indian tribe, band, nation, 
    or other organized group or community of Indians, including any 
    Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as defined 
    in, or established pursuant to, the Alaska Native Claims settlement 
    \1\ Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be capitalized.
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                          (5) Cave resource

        The term ``cave resource'' includes any material or substance 
    occurring naturally in caves on Federal lands, such as animal life, 
    plant life, paleontological deposits, sediments, minerals, 
    speleogens, and speleothems.

                            (6) Secretary

        The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Agriculture or the 
    Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate.

                           (7) Speleothem

        The term ``speleothem'' means any natural mineral formation or 
    deposit occurring in a cave or lava tube, including but not limited 
    to any stalactite, stalagmite, helictite, cave flower, flowstone, 
    concretion, drapery, rimstone, or formation of clay or mud.

                            (8) Speleogen

        The term ``speleogen'' means relief features on the walls, 
    ceiling, and floor of any cave or lava tube which are part of the 
    surrounding bedrock, including but not limited to anastomoses, 
    scallops, meander niches, petromorphs and rock pendants in solution 
    caves and similar features unique to volcanic caves.

(Pub. L. 100-691, Sec. 3, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4546.)

                       References in Text

    The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, referred to in par. (4), is 
Pub. L. 92-203, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 688, as amended, which is 
classified generally to chapter 33 (Sec. 1601 et seq.) of Title 43, 
Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Short Title note set out under section 1601 of Title 43 and Tables.



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