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§460p–1 Designation of area; acreage limitation; boundaries; publication in Federal Register

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LXXIV— - SPRUCE KNOB-SENECA ROCKS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA › § 460p–1

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture must create the Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area as soon as possible after September 28, 1965. The area will be part of and next to the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia and may not be larger than 100,000 acres. It will include Spruce Knob, Smoke Hole, and Seneca Rock and lie mainly in the South Branch of the Potomac River drainage. The boundaries must match the map titled "Proposed Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area," dated March 1965, which is on file in the Forest Service chief’s office and open for public inspection. The Secretary must also publish a notice in the Federal Register and include a map that shows the recreation area boundaries.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460p–1

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The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter called the “Secretary”) shall—
(1)designate as soon as practicable after September 28, 1965, the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area within and adjacent to, and as a part of, the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred thousand acres comprised of the area including Spruce Knob, Smoke Hole, and Seneca Rock, and lying primarily in the drainage of the South Branch of the Potomac River, the boundaries of which shall be those shown on the map entitled “Proposed Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area”, dated March 1965, which is on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; and
(2)publish notice of the designation in the Federal Register, together with a map showing the boundaries of the recreation area.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460p–1

Title 16Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73