§ 542d. — Comprehensive 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: 16USC542d]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER II--SCENIC AREAS
Sec. 542d. Comprehensive management plan
(a) Boundaries
The research site shall consist of approximately thirty-one thousand
acres, including a principle \1\ research facility of approximately one
thousand acres. The boundaries are depicted on a map entitled ``Langmuir
Research Site'', dated August 1980, which is on file and available for
public inspection in the office of the Chief, Forest Service, United
States Department of Agriculture.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``principal''.
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(b) Development of plan
As soon as practicable, after December 19, 1980, the Secretary of
Agriculture shall develop a comprehensive management plan for the
research site consistent with requirements of the National Forest
Management Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-588) (16 U.S.C. 1604), which shall
be incorporated into the initial Cibola National Forest land and
resource management plan as provided for under that Act.
(c) Adjustment in boundaries
Following timely notice in writing to the Committee on Natural
Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources of the Senate of his intention to do so, the
Secretary may make minor adjustments in the boundaries of the research
site to provide for more effective management or to encourage further
research activity. For the purposes of this subsection, minor boundary
adjustments shall not increase or decrease the amount of land within the
research site by more than seven thousand acres.
(d) Consultation with other public interest groups
In developing the plan, the Secretary shall consult with the
National Science Foundation, the New Mexico Institute of Mining and
Technology, the New Mexico Academy of Science and appropriate
conservation, wilderness, wildlife, industry, and other public interest
groups.
(e) Objectives of plan
The plan shall prescribe specific research and management objectives
necessary for the protection, management, and regulation of the research
site as outlined in subsection (f) of this section.
(f) Management of site in accordance with the objectives
The research site shall be managed in accordance with the following
objectives:
(1) The principal research facility shall be managed primarily
for scientific research purposes. Dispersed recreation, grazing, and
other uses which the Secretary determines to be compatible with
scientific research may be permitted.
(2) The research site shall be managed to enhance scientific
research objectives. Scientific research activities and associated
research equipment and structures shall be permitted within the
research site in accordance with the plan.
(3) Roads shall be limited to those necessary for scientific
research activities and other reasonable activities as determined by
the Secretary. Motor vehicle use shall be restricted to roads
designated in the plan.
(4) The landing of small instrumented research rockets shall be
permitted to continue in portions of the research site designated
for such purposes in the plan.
(Pub. L. 96-550, title II, Sec. 205, Dec. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 3225; Pub.
L. 103-437, Sec. 6(d)(32), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4584.)
References in Text
The National Forest Management Act of 1976, referred to in subsec.
(b), is Pub. L. 94-588, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2949, as amended, which
enacted sections 472a, 521b, 1600, and 1611 to 1614 of this title,
amended sections 500, 515, 516, 518, 576b, and 1601 to 1610 of this
title, repealed sections 476, 513, and 514 of this title, and enacted
provisions set out as notes under sections 476, 513, 528, 594-2, and
1600 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code,
see Short Title of 1976 Amendment note set out under section 1600 of
this title and Tables.
Amendments
1994--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-437 substituted ``Natural Resources''
for ``Interior and Insular Affairs'' after ``Committee on''.
Change of Name
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.
