§ 460vv-9. — Beech Creek National Scenic 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: 16USC460vv-9]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CVII--WINDING STAIR MOUNTAIN NATIONAL RECREATION AND
WILDERNESS AREA
Sec. 460vv-9. Beech Creek National Scenic Area
(a) Designation
In order to protect and enhance certain scenery and wildlife within
the Ouachita National Forest, Oklahoma, certain lands within such
national forest, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Beech Creek
National Scenic Area--Proposed'', dated March 1988, are hereby
designated as the ``Beech Creek National Scenic Area'' (hereinafter in
this subchapter referred to as the ``national scenic area'').
(b) Map and description
The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter in this section referred
to as the ``Secretary'') shall, as soon as practicable after October 18,
1988, file a map and a legal description of the national scenic area
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 national scenic area 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. Timber
management practices within the area shall promote a mixed hardwood and
conifer forest with species and age class diversity approximating
natural succession and with significant mast production and den trees
for wildlife. Unevenaged management shall be the timber management
practice in the area, except that the Secretary is authorized to use
evenaged management practices in order to promote public safety or to
mitigate the effects of fire, insects, and disease.
(Pub. L. 100-499, Sec. 11, Oct. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 2496.)
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.
