Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§460o–4 Land and Water Use Management Plan; Adoption, Implementation, and Revision; Provisions

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LXXIII — DELAWARE WATER GAP NATIONAL RECREATION AREA › § 460o–4

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior must make, carry out, and can update a land and water use plan for the area under the rules in section 460o–3. The plan must put priorities in this order: help public outdoor recreation first; protect scenic, scientific, and historic features that people enjoy second; and allow use of natural resources only if the Secretary finds it fits with, and does not seriously harm, public recreation or those protected features.

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Title 16, §460o–4

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In the administration of the area for the purposes of this subchapter, the Secretary of the Interior, subject to provisions of section 460o–3 of this title, shall adopt and implement, and may from time to time revise, a land and water use management plan, which shall include specific provision for, in order of priority—

(1)public outdoor recreation benefits;

(2)preservation of scenic, scientific, and historic features contributing to public enjoyment;

(3)such utilization of natural resources as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior is consistent with, and does not significantly impair, public recreation and protection of scenic, scientific, and historic features contributing to public enjoyment.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460o–4

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102