Title 16ConservationRelease 119-73

§460mmm–5 Maps and legal descriptions

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER CXXIV— - McINNIS CANYONS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA › § 460mmm–5

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must send Congress a copy of the map and a written legal description of the Conservation Area and the Wilderness as soon as possible after October 24, 2000. The map and the written descriptions are legally binding as if they were printed in the law, but the Secretary may fix clerical and typographical errors. Copies must be kept for the public to see at the Bureau of Land Management Director’s office, at the Grand Junction District Office in Colorado (or the proper Colorado BLM office if Grand Junction is not the right one), and at the proper BLM office in Utah. If the map and the descriptions disagree, the map controls, subject to section 460mmm–4(l)(3).

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460mmm–5

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)As soon as practicable after October 24, 2000, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a copy of the Map and a legal description of the Conservation Area and of the Wilderness.
(b)The Map and legal descriptions shall have the same force and effect as if included in this subchapter, except that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in the Map and the legal descriptions.
(c)Copies of the Map and the legal descriptions shall be on file and available for public inspection in—
(1)the Office of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management;
(2)the Grand Junction District Office of the Bureau of Land Management in Colorado;
(3)the appropriate office of the Bureau of Land Management in Colorado, if the Grand Junction District Office is not deemed the appropriate office; and
(4)the appropriate office of the Bureau of Land Management in Utah.
(d)Subject to section 460mmm–4(l)(3) 11 So in original. Probably should be section “460mmm–4(l)(5)”. of this title, in the case of a discrepancy between the Map and the descriptions, the Map shall control.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460mmm–5

Title 16Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73