Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§460q–2 Establishment of units; publication in Federal Register; boundary descriptions

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LXXV— - WHISKEYTOWN-SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL RECREATION AREA › § 460q–2

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

When the Secretary of Agriculture decides the United States owns or has bought enough land, water, or rights inside the Shasta unit or the Clair Engle-Lewiston unit to begin efficient initial development and management under this subchapter, the Secretary must publish a notice and a detailed boundary description in the Federal Register. When the Secretary of the Interior makes the same finding for the Whiskeytown unit, the Secretary must publish a notice and boundary description in the Federal Register. After such a notice is published, each Secretary may keep acquiring the remaining property in the recreation area.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460q–2

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(a)When the Secretary of Agriculture determines that sufficient lands, waters, or interest therein are owned or have been acquired by the United States within the boundaries of the Shasta unit or within the boundaries of the Clair Engle-Lewiston unit to permit efficient initial development and administration for the purposes of this subchapter, he shall publish in the Federal Register a notice to that effect and a detailed description of the boundaries of such unit.

(b)When the Secretary of the Interior determines that sufficient lands, waters, or interest therein are owned or have been acquired by the United States within the boundaries of the Whiskeytown unit to permit efficient initial development and administration for the purposes of this subchapter, he shall publish in the Federal Register a notice to that effect and a detailed description of the boundaries of the unit.

(c)Following the publication of any such notice, the respective Secretaries may continue to acquire the remaining property within the recreation area.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460q–2

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73