§ 460hhh-4. — Management plan.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC460hhh-4]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXIX--SPRING MOUNTAINS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
Sec. 460hhh-4. Management plan
(a) In general
(1) Procedures
Not later than 3 full fiscal years after August 4, 1993, the
Secretary shall develop a general management plan for the Recreation
Area as an amendment to the Toiyabe National Forest Land and
Resource Management Plan. Such an amendment shall reflect the
establishment of the Recreation Area and be consistent with the
provisions of this subchapter, except that nothing in this
subchapter shall require the Secretary to revise the Toiyabe
National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan pursuant to
section 1604 of this title. The provisions of the national forest
land and resource management plan relating to the recreation \1\
area \1\ shall also be available to the public in a document
separate from the rest of the forest plan.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be capitalized.
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(2) Contents
The management plan described in paragraph (1) shall be
developed with full public participation and shall include--
(A) implementation plans for a continuing program of
interpretation and public education about the resources and
values of the Recreation Area;
(B) proposals for public facilities to be developed,
expanded, or improved for the Recreation Area, including one or
more visitor centers to accommodate both local and out-of-State
visitors;
(C) plans for the management of natural and cultural
resources in the Recreation Area, with emphasis on the
preservation and long-term scientific use of archaeological
resources, with priority in development given to the enforcement
of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (16
U.S.C. 470aa et seq.) and the National Historic Preservation Act
(16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) within the Recreation Area;
(D) wildlife and fish resource management plans for the
Recreation Area prepared in consultation with appropriate
departments of the State of Nevada and using other available
studies of the Recreation Area;
(E) recreation management plans for the Recreation Area in
consultation with appropriate departments of the State of
Nevada;
(F) wild horse and burro herd management plans for the
Recreation Area prepared in consultation with appropriate
departments and commissions of the State of Nevada; and
(G) an inventory of all lands within the Recreation Area not
presently managed as National Forest lands that will permit the
Secretary to evaluate possible future acquisitions.
(3) Consultation
The plans for the management of natural and cultural resources
described in paragraph (2)(C) shall be prepared in consultation with
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation established by title
II of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470i et
seq.) and the Nevada State Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.
(b) Wilderness study areas
(1) Recommendations
The general management plan for the Recreation Area shall
include the recommendations of the Bureau of Land Management as to
the suitability or nonsuitability for preservation as wilderness
those lands within the Recreation Area identified as the Mt.
Stirling, La Madre Mountains, and Pine Creek Wilderness Study Areas
on the Bureau of Land Management Wilderness Status Map, dated March
1990.
(2) Management
Pending submission of a recommendation and until otherwise
directed by Act of Congress, the Secretary, acting through the Chief
of the Forest Service, shall manage the lands and waters within the
wilderness study areas referred to in paragraph (1) so as to
maintain their potential for inclusion within the National
Wilderness Preservation System.
(Pub. L. 103-63, Sec. 6, Aug. 4, 1993, 107 Stat. 298.)
References in Text
The Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979, referred to in
subsec. (a)(2)(C), is Pub. L. 96-95, Oct. 31, 1979, 93 Stat. 721, as
amended, which is classified generally to chapter 1B (Sec. 470aa et
seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 470aa of this title and
Tables.
The National Historic Preservation Act, referred to in subsec.
(a)(2)(C) and (3), is Pub. L. 89-665, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 915, as
amended, which is classified generally to subchapter II (Sec. 470 et
seq.) of chapter 1A of this title. Title II of the Act is classified
generally to part B (Sec. 470i et seq.) of subchapter II of chapter 1A
of this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code,
see section 470(a) of this title and Tables.
