16 U.S.C. § 8412: Identifying opportunities…

Summary

Require the Secretary in charge to make a list and evaluation of recreation resources on federal lands and waters. The Secretary must get public comment while making the list and can update it when needed. The work must highlight special recreation values and places with heavy use. It must identify and map resources by the kind of recreation and by the physical facilities. When available, it must include the current level of use and, when possible, any trends in use. For each resource, the Secretary must estimate maintenance and management costs, say if it is suitable for development or improvement, and judge whether current management is adequate. The Secretary should use existing research and plans when practical.

Title 16, §8412

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(a)Inventory and assessments

(1)In general

The Secretary concerned shall—

(A)conduct an inventory and assessment of recreation resources for Federal recreational lands and waters;

(B)develop the inventory and assessment with support from public comment; and

(C)update the inventory and assessment as the Secretary concerned determines appropriate.

(2)Unique recreation values

An inventory and assessment conducted under paragraph (1) shall—

(A)recognize—

(i)any unique recreation values and recreation opportunities; and

(ii)areas of concentrated recreational use; and

(B)identify, list, and map recreation resources by—

(i)type of recreation opportunity and type of natural or artificial recreation infrastructure;

(ii)to the extent available, the level of use of the recreation resource as of the date of the inventory; and

(iii)identifying, to the extent practicable, any trend relating to recreation opportunities or use at a recreation resource identified under subparagraph (A).

(3)Assessments

For any recreation resource inventoried under paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned shall assess—

(A)the maintenance needs of, and expenses necessary to administer, the recreation resource;

(B)the suitability for developing, expanding, or enhancing the recreation resource; and

(C)the adequacy of the current management of the recreation resource.

(b)Existing efforts

To the extent practicable, the Secretary concerned shall use or incorporate existing applicable research and planning decisions and processes in carrying out this section.

(c)Omitted

Editorial Notes

Codification Section is comprised of section 112 of Pub. L. 118–234. Subsec. (c) of section 112 of Pub. L. 118–234 amended section 200103 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs.

§8412 Identifying Opportunities for Recreation

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Title 16, §8412

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