Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§410eeee–8 General management plan; submission to Congressional committees

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LIX–CCC— - NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE › § 410eeee–8

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Within three years from November 10, 1978, the Secretary must send a general management plan to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. The plan must cover how to protect the river’s resources; plans for visitor use and transportation (locations, timing, costs); visitor capacity limits for all areas; and any proposed boundary changes with reasons.

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Title 16, §410eeee–8

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Within three years from November 10, 1978, the Secretary shall develop and transmit to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, a general management plan for the protection and development of the national river consistent with the purposes of this subchapter, indicating—

(1)measures for the preservation of the area’s resources;

(2)indications of types and general intensities of development (including visitor circulation and transportation patterns, systems and modes) associated with public enjoyment and use of the area, including general locations, timing of implementation, and anticipated costs;

(3)identification of and implementation commitments for visitor carrying capacities for all areas of the unit; and

(4)indications of potential modifications to the external boundaries of the unit, and the reasons therefor.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 460m–22 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 410eeee–8

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73