Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§482i Plumas National Forest; Offer of Lands; Additions; Mining Rights

Title 16 › CHAPTER 2 — NATIONAL FORESTS › SUBCHAPTER I — ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION › § 482i

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture can offer private lands in the named area for exchange under sections 485 and 486. If the land is given in exchange and the title is accepted, it becomes part of the Plumas National Forest. Federal lands in the same area that the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior find mainly useful for forest purposes and that are not already in a national forest can be added to Plumas National Forest by presidential proclamation, but they stay subject to any valid claims and existing withdrawals. Lands received in exchange are open to mineral claims, mining, and patenting under U.S. mining laws. The area covered is Township 18 North, Range 7 East, Mount Diablo base and meridian, California: Sections 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 22, 23, 26, and 27.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §482i

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Within the following-described areas any lands not in Government ownership which are found by the Secretary of Agriculture to be chiefly valuable for national-forest purposes may be offered in exchange under the provisions of section 485 and 486 of this title, upon notice as therein provided and upon acceptance of title, shall become parts of the Plumas National Forest; and any of such described areas in Government ownership found by the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to be chiefly valuable for national-forest purposes and not now parts of any national forest may be added to said national forest as herein provided by proclamation of the President, subject to all valid claims and provisions of existing withdrawals: Provided, That any lands received in exchange under the provisions of this section shall be open to mineral locations, mineral development, and patent in accordance with the mining laws of the United States: Township 18 north, range 7 east, Mount Diablo base and meridian, California: section 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 22, 23, 26, and 27.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 482i

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102