Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110
§410eeee–13 Improvement of Access at Cunard
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LIX–CCC — NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE › § 410eeee–13
Summary
The Secretary must quickly buy land and create public and commercial access to the river at Cunard. No time-of-day limits are allowed except to protect health or safety. Until then, motorized towing of rafts between Thurmond and Cunard is allowed when flow is under 3,000 cfs.
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Title 16, §410eeee–13
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(a)Development and improvement
The Secretary shall expeditiously acquire such lands, and undertake such developments and improvements, as may be necessary to provide for commercial and noncommercial access to the river near Cunard. No restriction shall be imposed on such access based on the time of day, except to the extent required to protect public health and safety.
(b)Interim measures
Pending completion of the developments and improvements referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary shall permit the motorized towing of whitewater rafts in the section of the national river between Thurmond and Cunard when the volume of flow in the river is less than three thousand cubic feet per second.
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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 460m–27 of this title.
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16 U.S.C. § 410eeee–13
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110