§272 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

Arches National Park is created. It includes the lands, waters, and interests shown on a boundary map titled “Boundary Map, Proposed Arches National Park, Utah” dated September 1969, subject to any valid existing rights. Effective on October 30, 1998, the park also includes the area known as the Lost Spring Canyon Addition, approximately 3,140 acres, shown on a map dated April 1997. These maps are kept at the National Park Service offices and are open to the public. Arches National Monument is abolished. Any funds that were for the monument may now be used for the park. Federal lands or waters left out of the monument by this law will be managed by the Secretary of the Interior under the rules that apply to other U.S. public lands.

Title 16, §272

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(a)(1)Subject to valid existing rights, the lands, waters, and interests therein within the boundary generally depicted on the map entitled “Boundary Map, Proposed Arches National Park, Utah,” numbered RPSSC–138–20, 001E and dated September 1969, are hereby established as the Arches National Park (hereinafter referred to as the “park”).

(2)Effective on October 30, 1998, the boundary of the park shall include the area consisting of approximately 3,140 acres and known as the “Lost Spring Canyon Addition”, as depicted on the map entitled “Boundary Map, Arches National Park, Lost Spring Canyon Addition”, numbered 138/60,000–B, and dated April 1997.

(3)The maps described in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

(b)The Arches National Monument is hereby abolished, and any funds available for purposes of the monument shall be available for purposes of the park. Federal lands, waters, and interests therein excluded from the monument by this subchapter shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) in accordance with the laws applicable to the public lands of the United States.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1998—Pub. L. 105–329 inserted section designation and catchline and in subsec. (a) inserted subsec. heading, inserted par. (1) designation and heading before first sentence, added par. (2), inserted par. (3) designation and heading before second sentence and substituted “The maps described in paragraphs (1) and (2)” for “Such map”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title

of 1998 Amendment Pub. L. 105–329, § 1, Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 3060, provided that: “This Act [enacting section 272g of this title, amending this section and section 272a, 272b, and 272d of this title, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 272g of this title] may be cited as the ‘Arches National Park Expansion Act of 1998’.”

§272 Establishment of Park