§542d — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

Sets up a research site of about 31,000 acres with a main research area of about 1,000 acres. The boundaries are shown on the "Langmuir Research Site" map (August 1980) at the Forest Service. After December 19, 1980, the Secretary of Agriculture must create a comprehensive management plan under the National Forest Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1604) and include it in the Cibola National Forest plan. The Secretary may make small boundary changes after written notice to the House Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, but the site can’t grow or shrink by more than 7,000 acres. The Secretary must consult the National Science Foundation, the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, the New Mexico Academy of Science, and other interested groups. The plan must set goals to protect and manage the site, keep the main facility focused on scientific research, allow compatible recreation and grazing, permit research projects and structures, limit roads and vehicle use to routes named in the plan, and allow landing of small instrumented research rockets where the plan allows.

Title 16, §542d

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(a)The research site shall consist of approximately thirty-one thousand acres, including a principle 11 So in original. Probably should be “principal”. research facility of approximately one thousand acres. The boundaries are depicted on a map entitled “Langmuir Research Site”, dated August 1980, which is on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief, Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture.

(b)As soon as practicable, after December 19, 1980, the Secretary of Agriculture shall develop a comprehensive management plan for the research site consistent with requirements of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–588) (16 U.S.C. 1604), which shall be incorporated into the initial Cibola National Forest land and resource management plan as provided for under that Act.

(c)Following timely notice in writing to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate of his intention to do so, the Secretary may make minor adjustments in the boundaries of the research site to provide for more effective management or to encourage further research activity. For the purposes of this subsection, minor boundary adjustments shall not increase or decrease the amount of land within the research site by more than seven thousand acres.

(d)In developing the plan, the Secretary shall consult with the National Science Foundation, the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, the New Mexico Academy of Science and appropriate conservation, wilderness, wildlife, industry, and other public interest groups.

(e)The plan shall prescribe specific research and management objectives necessary for the protection, management, and regulation of the research site as outlined in subsection (f) of this section.

(f)The research site shall be managed in accordance with the following objectives:

(1)The principal research facility shall be managed primarily for scientific research purposes. Dispersed recreation, grazing, and other uses which the Secretary determines to be compatible with scientific research may be permitted.

(2)The research site shall be managed to enhance scientific research objectives. Scientific research activities and associated research equipment and structures shall be permitted within the research site in accordance with the plan.

(3)Roads shall be limited to those necessary for scientific research activities and other reasonable activities as determined by the Secretary. Motor vehicle use shall be restricted to roads designated in the plan.

(4)The landing of small instrumented research rockets shall be permitted to continue in portions of the research site designated for such purposes in the plan.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The National Forest Management Act of 1976, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 94–588, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2949, which enacted section 472a, 521b, 1600, and 1611 to 1614 of this title, amended section 500, 515, 516, 518, 576b, and 1601 to 1610 of this title, repealed section 476, 513, and 514 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under section 476, 513, 528, 594–2, and 1600 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

of 1976 Amendment note set out under section 1600 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

1994—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs” after “Committee on”.

§542d Comprehensive Management Plan