§ 460ooo-5. — 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: 16USC460ooo-5]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXXVI--LAS CIENEGAS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA
Sec. 460ooo-5. Management plan
(a) Plan required
Not later than 2 years after December 6, 2000, the Secretary,
through the Bureau of Land Management, shall develop and begin to
implement a comprehensive management plan for the long-term management
of the public lands within the Conservation Area in order to fulfill the
purposes for which it is established, as set forth in section 460ooo-
3(a) of this title. Consistent with the provisions of this subchapter,
the management plan shall be developed--
(1) in consultation with appropriate departments of the State of
Arizona, including wildlife and land management agencies, with full
public participation;
(2) from the draft Empire-Cienega Ecosystem Management Plan/EIS,
dated October 2000, as it applies to Federal lands or lands with
conservation easements; and
(3) in accordance with the resource goals and objectives
developed through the Sonoita Valley Planning Partnership process as
incorporated in the draft Empire-Cienega Ecosystem Management Plan/
EIS, dated October 2000, giving full consideration to the management
alternative preferred by the Sonoita Valley Planning Partnership, as
it applies to Federal lands or lands with conservation easements.
(b) Contents
The management plan shall include--
(1) provisions designed to ensure the protection of the
resources and values described in section 460ooo-3(a) of this title;
(2) an implementation plan for a continuing program of
interpretation and public education about the resources and values
of the Conservation Area;
(3) a proposal for minimal administrative and public facilities
to be developed or improved at a level compatible with achieving the
resource objectives for the Conservation Area and with the other
proposed management activities to accommodate visitors to the
Conservation Area;
(4) cultural resources management strategies for the
Conservation Area, prepared in consultation with appropriate
departments of the State of Arizona, with emphasis on the
preservation of the resources of the Conservation Area and the
interpretive, educational, and long-term scientific uses of these
resources, giving priority 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 Conservation Area;
(5) wildlife management strategies for the Conservation Area,
prepared in consultation with appropriate departments of the State
of Arizona and using previous studies of the Conservation Area;
(6) production livestock grazing management strategies, prepared
in consultation with appropriate departments of the State of
Arizona;
(7) provisions designed to ensure the protection of
environmentally sustainable livestock use on appropriate lands
within the Conservation Area;
(8) recreation management strategies, including motorized and
nonmotorized dispersed recreation opportunities for the Conservation
Area, prepared in consultation with appropriate departments of the
State of Arizona;
(9) cave resources management strategies prepared in compliance
with the goals and objectives of the Federal Cave Resources
Protection Act of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.); and
(10) provisions designed to ensure that if a road or trail
located on public lands within the Conservation Area, or any portion
of such a road or trail, is removed, consideration shall be given to
providing similar alternative access to the portion of the
Conservation Area serviced by such removed road or trail.
(c) Cooperative agreements
In order to better implement the management plan, the Secretary may
enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate Federal, State, and
local agencies pursuant to section 1737(b) of title 43.
(d) Research activities
In order to assist in the development and implementation of the
management plan, the Secretary may authorize appropriate research,
including research concerning the environmental, biological,
hydrological, cultural, agricultural, recreational, and other
characteristics, resources, and values of the Conservation Area,
pursuant to section 1737(a) of title 43.
(Pub. L. 106-538, Sec. 6, Dec. 6, 2000, 114 Stat. 2566.)
References in Text
The Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979, referred to in
subsec. (b)(4), 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.
(b)(4), 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. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see section 470(a) of this title and Tables.
The Federal Cave Resources Protection Act of 1988, referred to in
subsec. (b)(9), is Pub. L. 100-691, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4546, which
is classified generally to chapter 63 (Sec. 4301 et seq.) of this title.
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title
note set out under section 4301 of this title and Tables.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 460ooo-4 of this title.
