16 U.S.C. § 460v–6 — Addition of lands to Forest; administration of land for Colorado River storage project by Secretary of the Interior

submitted 58 years ago by Pub. L. 90-540 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 151 words · no verdicts yet

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This law adds more public land to Ashley National Forest. It covers land used for the Colorado River storage project and land bought for the recreation area, as long as no one else already has a valid claim to it. Land the Interior Department still needs to run its dams and reservoirs stays under Interior's control.

This section adds land to Ashley National Forest, but only land where no one holds a valid existing claim that legally continues. The added land includes: all public land within the recreation area's outer boundaries that the government has gotten or set aside for the Colorado River storage project, if it isn't already part of Ashley National Forest; and all land the government acquired for the purpose of creating the recreation area. There is one exception. Land that lies within a reservoir's "flow lines" — the area a reservoir floods — or that the Colorado River storage project otherwise needs to operate, keeps being run by the Secretary of the Interior. This applies only to the extent the Secretary of the Interior decides that control is actually needed to operate the project.

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Subject to any valid claim or entry now existing and hereafter legally maintained, all public lands of the United States and all lands of the United States heretofore or hereafter acquired or reserved for use in connection with the Colorado River storage project within the exterior boundaries of the recreation area which have not heretofore been added to and made a part of the Ashley National Forest, and all lands of the United States acquired for the purpose of the recreation area, are hereby added to and made a part of the Ashley National Forest: Provided, That lands within the flow lines of any reservoir operated and maintained by the Department of the Interior or otherwise needed or used for the operation of the Colorado River storage project shall continue to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior to the extent he determines to be required for such operation.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 90–540, § 7, Oct. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 905.)

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1968Enacted · Pub. L. 90-540 · 82 Stat. 905

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 90-540 on 1968-10-01.

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