§460xx — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

Creates the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area in Cochise County, Arizona to protect the riverbank and nearby water, wildlife, archaeological and paleontological sites, and scientific, cultural, educational, and recreational resources. The area covers about 56,431 acres shown on map AZ–040–OZ (January 1988). As soon as possible after November 18, 1988, the Secretary of the Interior must file that map and a legal description with the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The filed map is legally binding and will be kept for public viewing at BLM offices.

Title 16, §460xx

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In order to protect the riparian area and the aquatic, wildlife, archeological, paleontological, scientific, cultural, educational, and recreational resources of the public lands surrounding the San Pedro River in Cochise County, Arizona, there is hereby established the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “conservation area”).

(b)The conservation area shall consist of public lands as generally depicted on a map entitled “San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area—Proposed” numbered AZ–040–OZ, dated January 1988, and consisting of approximately 56,431 acres.

(c)As soon as is practicable after November 18, 1988, a map and legal description of the conservation area shall be filed by the Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Secretary”) with the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate. Each such map shall have the same force and effect as if included in this subchapter. Such map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, and in the Bureau of Land Management offices of the State Director for Arizona, and the district office responsible for the management of the conservation area.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Third Congress.

Short Title

Pub. L. 100–696, § 1, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4571, provided: “That this Act [enacting this section, sections 460xx–1 to 460xx–6, 460yy, 460yy–1, 460zz to 460zz–11 of this title, sections 2081 to 2086, 2101 to 2106, 2121, and 2122 of Title 2, The Congress, and section 640d–31 of Title 25, Indians, amending section 2101, 2102, and 2106 of Title 2 and section 640d–11 of Title 25, and enacting provisions set out as notes under section 431 of this title and section 2101 of Title 2] be cited as the ‘Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988’.”

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