16 U.S.C. § 460aa–13 — Area analysis for park or park administrative unit proposal
submitted 54 years ago by Pub. L. 92-400 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 370 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of the Interior must study the recreation area and nearby Pioneer Mountains to decide if they should become a national park, and report to Congress by December 31, 1974. Any recommendation must weigh economic, environmental, and land-use effects, and include a master plan, cost estimate, and draft legislation. Congress may spend up to $50,000 on this study.
(a) Report to Congress: The Secretary of the Interior, consulting appropriate federal, state, and local agencies, must thoroughly study the natural, economic, and cultural value of the recreation area and the nearby Pioneer Mountains, to judge whether a national park or other park-system unit should be created there. The Secretary must send Congress a report of the results and recommendations by December 31, 1974.
(b) Considerations manifested in report to Congress: The report must show the Secretary considered, among other things —
(1) the realistic alternative uses of the land and their short- and long-term effects on — but not limited to — (A) the state and local economy, (B) the natural and cultural environment, (C) managing water resources, (D) managing grazing, timber, mineral, and other commercial activity, (E) managing fish and wildlife, (F) letting existing homes, campsites, and commercial and public recreation businesses continue and develop further, and (G) how recreation areas, wilderness areas, and park land relate to each other; and
(2) creating a national park in the mountain peaks and highlands, together with whatever part of the recreation area is needed to properly run and provide access to the park — leaving the valleys and lowlands open for multiple-use purposes.
(c) Master plan, cost estimates and proposed legislation: Any recommendation to create a park-system unit must come with: (1) a master plan for developing and running it, showing proposed boundaries, roads, visitor facilities, and management ideas; (2) an estimate of the federal cost to acquire, develop, and run it; and (3) draft legislation to actually create it.
(d) Authorization of appropriations: Congress may spend up to $50,000 to carry out this section.
The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, shall make a comprehensive analysis of the natural, economic, and cultural values of the recreation area and the adjacent Pioneer Mountains for the purpose of evaluating the potentiality of establishing therein a national park or other unit of the national park system. He shall submit a report of the results of the analysis along with his recommendations to the Congress by December 31, 1974.
His report shall show that in making the aforesaid recommendations he took into consideration, among other things—
the feasible alternative uses of the land and the long- and short-term effect of such alternative uses upon, but not limited to, the following—
the State and local economy,
the natural and cultural environment,
the management and use of water resources,
the management of grazing, timber, mineral, and other commercial activities,
the management of fish and wildlife resources,
the continued occupancy of existing homesites, campsites, commercial and public recreation enterprises, and other privately owned properties and the future development of the same,
the interrelation between recreation areas, wilderness areas and park lands, and
the establishment of a national park in the mountain peaks and upland areas together with such portions of the national recreation area as may be necessary and appropriate for the proper administration and public use of and access to such parks lands, leaving the valleys and low-lying lands available for multiple-use purposes.
Any recommendation for the establishment of a unit of the national park system shall be accompanied by (1) a master plan for the development and administration of such unit, indicating proposed boundaries, access or other roads, visitor facilities, and proposed management concepts applicable to such unit; (2) a statement of the estimated Federal cost for acquisition, development, and operation of such unit; and (3) proposed legislation for establishment of such park administrative unit.
There are authorized to be appropriated not more than $50,000 to carry out the provisions of this section.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 92–400, § 14, Aug. 22, 1972, 86 Stat. 615.)
- 1972Enacted · Pub. L. 92-400 · 86 Stat. 615
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