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16 U.S.C. § 460yyy–1Establishment of the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area

submitted 17 years ago by Pub. L. 111-11 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 176 words · no verdicts yet

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This law creates the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area in New Mexico. It protects the area's rare cave system and its historic, scientific, and cultural value. The Secretary had to send Congress an official map and legal description of the boundaries.

(a) Establishment; purposes: This section creates the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area in Lincoln County, New Mexico. Its purpose is to protect, conserve, and enhance the unique and nationally important historic, cultural, scientific, archaeological, natural, and educational underground cave resources of the Fort Stanton-Snowy River cave system. (b) Area included: The Conservation Area covers the land within the boundaries shown on a map titled "Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area," dated December 15, 2008. (c) Map and legal description: As soon as practical after March 30, 2009, the Secretary had to send Congress a map and legal description of the Conservation Area. This map and description count as if they were written directly into the law, except the Secretary is allowed to fix minor errors in them. Both the map and legal description are kept on file for the public to view at the relevant Bureau of Land Management offices.
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(a) Establishment; purposes

There is established the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area in Lincoln County, New Mexico, to protect, conserve, and enhance the unique and nationally important historic, cultural, scientific, archaeological, natural, and educational subterranean cave resources of the Fort Stanton-Snowy River cave system.

(b) Area included

The Conservation Area shall include the area within the boundaries depicted on the map entitled “Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area” and dated December 15, 2008.

(c) Map and legal description
(1) In general

As soon as practicable after March 30, 2009, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a map and legal description of the Conservation Area.

(2) Effect

The map and legal description of the Conservation Area shall have the same force and effect as if included in this subchapter, except that the Secretary may correct any minor errors in the map and legal description.

(3) Public availability

The map and legal description of the Conservation Area shall be available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 111–11, title II, § 2202, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1099.)

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  • 2009Enacted · Pub. L. 111-11 · 123 Stat. 1099

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 111-11 on 2009-03-30.

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