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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§543 Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area; Establishment

Title 16 › CHAPTER 2 — NATIONAL FORESTS › SUBCHAPTER II — SCENIC AREAS › § 543

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Designates the Mono Basin area inside and next to the Inyo National Forest in California as the Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area. The area is shown on a map dated June 1983, numbered 1983–3, and that map is kept for public viewing at the Inyo National Forest supervisor’s office and at the Forest Service chief’s office. The Secretary of Agriculture may make small changes to the Scenic Area boundary. The Secretary must publish a notice in the Federal Register and notify the House Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources at least sixty days before any change. "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture.

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Title 16, §543

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The area in the Mono Basin within and adjacent to the Inyo National Forest in the State of California, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area” dated June 1983, and numbered 1983–3, is hereby designated as the Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area (hereafter in sections 543 to 543h of this title referred to as the “Scenic Area”). Such map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Forest Supervisor, Inyo National Forest and in the office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter in sections 543 to 543h of this title referred to as the “Secretary”) may make minor revisions in the boundary of the Scenic Area after publication of notice to that effect in the Federal Register and submission of notice thereof to the Committee on Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate. Such notice shall be published and submitted at least sixty days before the revision is made.

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Amendments

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

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 543

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102