Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§460uu–48 Cooperative agreements with Federal, State and local public departments and agencies
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER CVI— - EL MALPAIS NATIONAL MONUMENT AND CONSERVATION AREA › Part Part E— - General Provisions › § 460uu–48
Summary
Secretary may work with government agencies, tribes, and nonprofits to interpret prehistoric and historic civilizations in western New Mexico and eastern Arizona, and may help build and run an orientation center near Grants, New Mexico by I‑40, with landowner consent per the required plan.
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Title 16, §460uu–48
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In order to encourage unified and cost effective interpretation of prehistoric and historic civilizations in western New Mexico, the Secretary is authorized and encouraged to enter into cooperative agreements with other Federal, State and local public departments and agencies, Indian tribes, and nonprofit entities providing for the interpretation of prehistoric and historic civilizations in New Mexico and eastern Arizona. The Secretary may, pursuant to such agreements, cooperate in the development and operation of a multiagency orientation center and programs on lands and interests in lands inside and outside of the boundaries of the monument and the conservation area generally, with the concurrence of the owner or administrator thereof, and specifically in or near Grants, New Mexico, adjacent to Interstate 40 in accordance with the plan required pursuant to section 460uu–41 of this title.
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16 U.S.C. § 460uu–48
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73