Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§460q–2 Establishment of Units; Publication in Federal Register; Boundary Descriptions

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LXXV— WHISKEYTOWN-SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL RECREATION AREA › § 460q–2

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

When enough land, water, or related rights owned by the United States lie inside the Shasta or Clair Engle–Lewiston units, the Secretary of Agriculture must publish a Federal Register notice that includes the unit boundaries. The Secretary of the Interior must do the same for the Whiskeytown unit. After that notice is published, the appropriate Secretary may keep buying any remaining property inside the recreation area.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460q–2

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(a)When the Secretary of Agriculture determines that sufficient lands, waters, or interest therein are owned or have been acquired by the United States within the boundaries of the Shasta unit or within the boundaries of the Clair Engle-Lewiston unit to permit efficient initial development and administration for the purposes of this subchapter, he shall publish in the Federal Register a notice to that effect and a detailed description of the boundaries of such unit.
(b)When the Secretary of the Interior determines that sufficient lands, waters, or interest therein are owned or have been acquired by the United States within the boundaries of the Whiskeytown unit to permit efficient initial development and administration for the purposes of this subchapter, he shall publish in the Federal Register a notice to that effect and a detailed description of the boundaries of the unit.
(c)Following the publication of any such notice, the respective Secretaries may continue to acquire the remaining property within the recreation area.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460q–2

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60