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§460dddd–2 San Rafael Swell Recreation Area Advisory Council

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER CXLI — SAN RAFAEL SWELL RECREATION AREA › § 460dddd–2

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must create the San Rafael Swell Recreation Area Advisory Council within 180 days after March 12, 2019. The council will advise the Secretary on making and carrying out the Recreation Area Management Plan and must follow the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) and section 1739 of title 43. The Secretary will appoint seven members who, as much as possible, should represent Emery County; motorized and nonmotorized recreation users; grazing permit holders; conservation groups; people with knowledge of the area’s historical uses; and an elected leader from a federally recognized tribe with ties to the area.

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Title 16, §460dddd–2

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(a)Establishment
Not later than 180 days after March 12, 2019, the Secretary shall establish an advisory council, to be known as the “San Rafael Swell Recreation Area Advisory Council”.
(b)Duties
The Council shall advise the Secretary with respect to the preparation and implementation of the Management Plan for the Recreation Area.
(c)Applicable law
The Council shall be subject to—
(1)the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.); and
(d)Members
The Council shall include 7 members, to be appointed by the Secretary, of whom, to the maximum extent practicable—
(1)1 member shall represent the Emery County Commission;
(2)1 member shall represent motorized recreational users;
(3)1 member shall represent nonmotorized recreational users;
(4)1 member shall represent permittees holding grazing allotments within the Recreation Area or wilderness areas designated in this part;
(5)1 member shall represent conservation organizations;
(6)1 member shall have expertise in the historical uses of the Recreation Area; and
(7)1 member shall be appointed from the elected leadership of a Federally recognized Indian Tribe that has significant cultural or historical connections to, and expertise in, the landscape, archeological sites, or cultural sites within the County.

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The Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is Pub. L. 92–463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, which was set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and was substantially repealed and restated in chapter 10 (§ 1001 et seq.) of Title 5 by Pub. L. 117–286, §§ 3(a), 7, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4197, 4361. For disposition of sections of the Act into chapter 10 of Title 5, see Disposition Table preceding section 101 of Title 5. This part, referred to in subsec. (d)(4), is part II (§§ 1211–1255) of subtitle C of title I of Pub. L. 116–9, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 667, which enacted this subchapter, amended section 1274 of this title, enacted provisions set out as notes under section 1274 of this title, and enacted provisions listed in a table of Wilderness Areas set out under section 1132 of this title and in a table of National Monuments set out under section 320301 of Title 54, National Parks Service and Related Programs.

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16 U.S.C. § 460dddd–2

Title 16, Conservation

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Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110