Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§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

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must quickly buy any needed land and build or improve facilities so both businesses and the public can get to the river near Cunard. Access cannot be limited by time of day unless it is needed to protect public health or safety. Until those projects are finished, the Secretary must allow motorized towing of whitewater rafts in the river stretch between Thurmond and Cunard when the river’s flow is less than three thousand cubic feet per second.

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Title 16, §410eeee–13

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(a)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)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

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60