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§460ccc–3 Management plan

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER CXIV— - RED ROCK CANYON NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA › § 460ccc–3

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

By January 1, 1997, the Secretary must write and send a general management plan for the conservation area to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Natural Resources. The plan must say what uses and development are appropriate for the area and must be made with full public input. It must include a plan for ongoing visitor interpretation and public education; a proposal for administrative and public facilities, including the Red Rock Canyon visitor center; a cultural resources plan written with the Nevada State Historic Preservation Officer that focuses on preserving and using historic and archaeological resources and gives priority to enforcing the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 and the National Historic Preservation Act; a wildlife management plan written with Nevada state agencies and based on earlier studies; and a recreation plan that includes nonmotorized, dispersed recreation and is developed with Nevada state agencies. Unless limited by section 460ccc–5, nothing here changes the requirements of section 1782 of title 43 or section 5(a) of the National Forest and Public Lands of Nevada Enhancement Act of 1988 (102 Stat. 2751) as they apply to lands within or next to the conservation area as of November 16, 1990.

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Title 16, §460ccc–3

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(a)(1)No later than January 1, 1997, the Secretary shall develop and transmit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives, a general management plan for the conservation area, which shall describe the appropriate uses and development of the conservation area consistent with the purposes of this subchapter.
(2)The management plan described in paragraph (1) shall be developed with full public participation and shall include—
(A)an implementation plan for a continuing program of interpretation and public education about the resources and values of the conservation area;
(B)a proposal for administrative and public facilities to be developed, expanded, or improved for the conservation area including the Red Rock Canyon visitors center, to accommodate visitors to the conservation area;
(C)a cultural resources management plan for the conservation area prepared in consultation with the Nevada State Historic Preservation Officer, with emphasis on the preservation of the resources in the conservation area and the interpretive, educational, and long-term scientific uses of these resources, giving priority to the enforcement of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470aa et seq.) and the National Historic Preservation Act 11 See References in Text note below. within the conservation area;
(D)a wildlife resource management plan for the conservation area prepared in consultation with appropriate departments of the State of Nevada and using previous studies of the area; and
(E)a recreation management plan, including nonmotorized dispersed recreation opportunities for the conservation area in consultation with appropriate departments of the State of Nevada.
(b)Subject to section 460ccc–5 of this title, nothing in this subchapter is intended to alter the requirements of section 1782 of title 43, or section 5(a) of the National Forest and Public Lands of Nevada Enhancement Act of 1988 (102 Stat. 2751), as those requirements apply to the lands within, or adjacent to the conservation area as of November 16, 1990.

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References in Text

The Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(C), is Pub. L. 96–95, Oct. 31, 1979, 93 Stat. 721, which is classified generally to chapter 1B (§ 470aa et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 470aa of this title and Tables. The National Historic Preservation Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(C), is Pub. L. 89–665, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 915, which was classified generally to subchapter II (§ 470 et seq.) of chapter 1A of this title. The Act, except for section 1, was repealed and restated in division A (§ 300101 et seq.) of subtitle III of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs, by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of Title 54. section 5(a) of the National Forest and Public Lands of Nevada Enhancement Act of 1988, referred to in subsec. (b), is section 5(a) of Pub. L. 100–550, Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2751, which is not classified to the Code.

Amendments

1994—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 103–450 substituted “No later than January 1, 1997,” for “Within 3 full fiscal years following the fiscal year in which the date of enactment of this subchapter occurs,”. Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs” after “Committee on”.

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16 U.S.C. § 460ccc–3

Title 16Conservation

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Apr 6, 2026

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