Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§460p–1 Designation of Area; Acreage Limitation; Boundaries; Publication in Federal Register

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LXXIV— SPRUCE KNOB-SENECA ROCKS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA › § 460p–1

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture must set up the Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area in and next to the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia as soon as possible after September 28, 1965. The area must not exceed one hundred thousand acres and will include places like Spruce Knob, Smoke Hole, and Seneca Rock, mainly in the South Branch Potomac River drainage. Its boundaries must match the March 1965 map called “Proposed Spruce Knob‑Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area,” which is kept on file for public inspection in the Forest Service Chief’s office at the Department of Agriculture. The Secretary must also publish a notice in the Federal Register with a map showing those boundaries.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460p–1

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The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter called the “Secretary”) shall—

(1)designate as soon as practicable after September 28, 1965, the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area within and adjacent to, and as a part of, the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia, not to exceed in the aggregate one hundred thousand acres comprised of the area including Spruce Knob, Smoke Hole, and Seneca Rock, and lying primarily in the drainage of the South Branch of the Potomac River, the boundaries of which shall be those shown on the map entitled “Proposed Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area”, dated March 1965, which is on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; and

(2)publish notice of the designation in the Federal Register, together with a map showing the boundaries of the recreation area.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460p–1

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60