§ 460gg-5. — Management plan for recreation area.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC460gg-5]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XCI--HELLS CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
Sec. 460gg-5. Management plan for recreation area
(a) Development and submission
Within five years from December 31, 1975, the Secretary shall
develop and submit to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of
the United States Senate and House of Representatives a comprehensive
management plan for the recreation area which shall provide for a broad
range of land uses and recreation opportunities.
(b) Consideration of historic, archeological and paleontological
resources; inventory; recommendation of areas for listing in
National Register of Historic Places; recommendation for
protection and research of resources
In the development of such plan, the Secretary shall consider the
historic, archeological, and paleontological resources within the
recreation area which offer significant opportunities for
anthropological research. The Secretary shall inventory such resources
and may recommend such areas as he deems suitable for listing in the
National Register of Historic Places. The Secretary's comprehensive plan
shall include recommendations for future protection and controlled
research use of all such resources.
(c) Scenic roads and other means of transit
The Secretary shall, as a part of his comprehensive planning
process, conduct a detailed study of the need for, and alternative
routes of, scenic roads and other means of transit to and within the
recreation area. In conducting such study the Secretary shall consider
the alternative for upgrading existing roads and shall, in particular,
study the need for and alternative routes of roads or other means of
transit providing access to scenic views of and from the Western rim of
Hells Canyon.
(d) Wilderness areas; review by Secretary; recommendations of President
to Congress; notice of hearings and meetings
The Secretary shall review, as to their suitability or
nonsuitability for preservation as wilderness, the areas generally
depicted on the map referred to in section 460gg of this title as the
``Lord Flat-Somers Point Plateau Wilderness Study Area'', and the ``West
Side Reservoir Face Wilderness Study Area'', and the ``Mountain Sheep
Wilderness Study Area'' and report his findings to the President. The
Secretary shall complete his review and the President shall, within five
years from December 31, 1975, advise the United States Senate and House
of Representatives of his recommendations with respect to the
designation of lands within such area as wilderness. In conducting his
review the Secretary shall comply with the provisions of section 1132(d)
of this title and shall give public notice at least sixty days in
advance of any hearings or other public meeting concerning the
wilderness study area. The Secretary shall administer all Federal lands
within the study areas so as not to preclude their possible future
designation by the Congress as wilderness. Nothing contained herein
shall limit the President in proposing, as part of this recommendation
to Congress, the designation as wilderness of any additional area within
the recreation area which is predominately of wilderness value.
(e) Public participation in reviews and preparation of plan; cooperation
of other Federal agencies
In conducting the reviews and preparing the comprehensive management
plan required by this section, the Secretary shall provide for full
public participation and shall consider the views of all interested
agencies, organizations, and individuals including but not limited to,
the Nez Perce Tribe of Indians, and the States of Idaho, Oregon, and
Washington. The Secretaries or Directors of all Federal departments,
agencies, and commissions having a relevant expertise are hereby
authorized and directed to cooperate with the Secretary in his review
and to make such studies as the Secretary may request on a cost
reimbursable basis.
(f) Continuation of ongoing activities
Such activities as are compatible with the provisions of this
subchapter, but not limited to, timber harvesting by selective cutting,
mining, and grazing may continue during development of the comprehensive
management plan, at current levels of activity and in areas of such
activity on December 31, 1975. Further, in development of the management
plan, the Secretary shall give full consideration to continuation of
these ongoing activities in their respective areas.
(Pub. L. 94-199, Sec. 8, Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1119.)
Change of Name
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate abolished
and replaced by Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate,
effective Feb. 11, 1977. See Rule XXV of Standing Rules of the Senate,
as amended by Senate Resolution No. 4 (popularly cited as the
``Committee System Reorganization Amendments of 1977''), approved Feb.
4, 1977.
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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 460gg of this title.
