§ 460vv-7. — Botanical areas.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC460vv-7]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CVII--WINDING STAIR MOUNTAIN NATIONAL RECREATION AND
WILDERNESS AREA
Sec. 460vv-7. Botanical areas
(a) Designation
In order to protect and interpret to the public area within the
Ouachita National Forest which contain unique plant species and unique
plant communities that are significant in their occurrence, variety and
location, the following lands are hereby designated as botanical areas:
(1) Certain lands in the Ouachita National Forest, Oklahoma,
which comprise approximately eight thousand and twenty-six acres as
generally depicted on a map entitled ``Robert S. Kerr Memorial
Arboretum, Nature Center and Botanical Area--Proposed'', dated March
1988, which shall be known as the ``Robert S. Kerr Memorial
Arboretum, Nature Center and Botanical Area''.
(2) Certain lands in the Ouachita National Forest, Oklahoma,
which comprise approximately four hundred acres as generally
depicted on a map entitled ``Beech Creek Botanical Area--Proposed'',
dated March 1988, which shall be known as the ``Beech Creek
Botanical Area''.
(b) Map and description
The Secretary of Agriculture shall, as soon as practicable after
October 18, 1988, file a map and a legal description of the botanical
areas with the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the
Committee on Agriculture of the United States House of Representatives
and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the United
States Senate. Each such map and legal description shall have the same
force and effect as if included in this subchapter; except that
correction of clerical and typographical errors in such legal
description and map may be made. The map and legal description shall be
on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief
of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
(c) Administration
The Secretary shall administer the botanical areas in accordance
with the laws, rules and regulations applicable to the national forests
in such manner as will best further the purposes of this section, as set
forth in subsection (a) of this section. Except as provided in section
460vv-14 of this title, vegetative manipulation, including the cutting
of trees, shall be permitted in such areas only when necessary for the
protection and interpretation of the unique plant species and unique
plant communities within the area. The Secretary may permit expansion of
roads, improvements, and other facilities in the vicinity of the Robert
S. Kerr Nature Center.
(Pub. L. 100-499, Sec. 9, Oct. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 2495.)
Change of Name
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.
