§ 460ooo-3. — Establishment of the Las Cienegas National Conservation 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: 16USC460ooo-3]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXXVI--LAS CIENEGAS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA
Sec. 460ooo-3. Establishment of the Las Cienegas National
Conservation Area
(a) In general
In order to conserve, protect, and enhance for the benefit and
enjoyment of present and future generations the unique and nationally
important aquatic, wildlife, vegetative, archaeological,
paleontological, scientific, cave, cultural, historical, recreational,
educational, scenic, rangeland, and riparian resources and values of the
public lands described in subsection (b) of this section while allowing
livestock grazing and recreation to continue in appropriate areas, there
is hereby established the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area in the
State of Arizona.
(b) Areas included
The Conservation Area shall consist of approximately 42,000 acres of
public lands in the Arizona counties of Pima and Santa Cruz, as
generally depicted on the map entitled ``Sonoita Valley Acquisition
Planning District and Las Cienegas National Conservation Area'' and
dated October 2, 2000.
(c) Maps and legal description
As soon as practicable after December 6, 2000, the Secretary shall
submit to Congress a map and legal description of the Conservation Area.
In case of a conflict between the map referred to in subsection (b) of
this section and the map and legal description submitted by the
Secretary, the map referred to in subsection (b) of this section shall
control. The map and legal description shall have the same force and
effect as if included in this subchapter, except that the Secretary may
correct clerical and typographical errors in such map and legal
description. Copies of the map and legal description shall be on file
and available for public inspection in the Office of the Director of the
Bureau of Land Management, and in the appropriate office of the Bureau
of Land Management in Arizona.
(d) Forest lands
Any lands included in the Coronado National Forest that are located
within the boundaries of the Conservation Area shall be considered to be
a part of the Conservation Area. The Secretary of Agriculture shall
revise the boundaries of the Coronado National Forest to reflect the
exclusion of such lands from the Coronado National Forest.
(Pub. L. 106-538, Sec. 4, Dec. 6, 2000, 114 Stat. 2564.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 460ooo, 460ooo-2, 460ooo-4,
460ooo-5, 460ooo-7 of this title.
