Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§460rrr–4 Management plan

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER CXXIX— - RIO GRANDE NATURAL AREA › § 460rrr–4

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Within 4 years after October 12, 2006, the Secretary and the Commission must work with Colorado state agencies, local governments, and private landowners to make management plans for the Natural Area. The Secretary makes the plan for federal land. The Commission makes the plan for non‑federal land and sends it to the Secretary for approval. If the Secretary disapproves, the Secretary must say why and let the Commission send revisions. Both must cooperate so the two plans line up. The plans must use existing federal, state, and local plans from October 12, 2006, and, for federal land, follow section 1712 of title 43, be as consistent as possible with nearby Bureau of Land Management plans, and be an amendment to the San Luis Resource Management Plan. Plans must list the Area’s resources and properties to protect, restore, manage, or acquire, and recommend policies (including intergovernmental agreements) to protect resources and keep the Area quiet and natural. The Secretary must publish notice of the plans in the Federal Register.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460rrr–4

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(a)Not later than 4 years after October 12, 2006, the Secretary and the Commission, in coordination with appropriate agencies in the State of Colorado, political subdivisions of the State, and private landowners in the Natural Area, shall prepare management plans for the Natural Area as provided in subsection (b).

(b)(1)The Secretary shall prepare a management plan relating to the management of Federal land in the Natural Area.

(2)(A)The Commission shall prepare a management plan relating to the management of the non-Federal land in the Natural Area.

(B)(i)The Commission shall submit to the Secretary the management plan prepared under subparagraph (A) for approval or disapproval.

(ii)If the Secretary disapproves the management plan submitted under clause (i), the Secretary shall—

(I)notify the Commission of the reasons for the disapproval; and

(II)allow the Commission to submit to the Secretary revisions to the management plan submitted under clause (i).

(3)The Secretary and the Commission shall cooperate to ensure that the management plans relating to the management of Federal land and non-Federal land are consistent.

(c)The management plans shall—

(1)take into consideration Federal, State, and local plans in existence on October 12, 2006, to present a unified preservation, restoration, and conservation plan for the Natural Area;

(2)with respect to Federal land in the Natural Area—

(A)be developed in accordance with section 1712 of title 43;

(B)be consistent, to the maximum extent practicable, with the management plans adopted by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management for land adjacent to the Natural Area; and

(C)be considered to be an amendment to the San Luis Resource Management Plan of the Bureau of Land Management; and

(3)include—

(A)an inventory of the resources contained in the Natural Area (including a list of property in the Natural Area that should be preserved, restored, managed, developed, maintained, or acquired to further the purposes of the Natural Area); and

(B)a recommendation of policies for resource management, including the use of intergovernmental cooperative agreements, that—

(i)protect the resources of the Natural Area; and

(ii)provide for solitude, quiet use, and pristine natural values of the Natural Area.

(d)The Secretary shall publish notice of the management plans in the Federal Register.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460rrr–4

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73