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[CITE: 16USC3191]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
         CHAPTER 51--ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION
 
                SUBCHAPTER VI--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3191. Management plans


(a) Development; transmittal to Congressional committees

    Within five years from December 2, 1980, the Secretary shall develop 
and transmit to the appropriate Committees of the Congress a 
conservation and management plan for each of the units of the National 
Park System established or to which additions are made by this Act.

(b) National Park service plan requirements

    Each plan for a unit established, redesignated, or expanded by 
subchapter LIX-F of chapter 1 of this title shall identify management 
practices which will carry out the policies of this Act and will 
accomplish the purposes for which the concerned National Park System 
unit was established or expanded and shall include at least the 
following:
        (1) Maps indicating areas of particular importance as to 
    wilderness, natural, historical, wildlife, cultural, archeological, 
    paleontological, geological, recreational, and similar resources and 
    also indicating the areas into which such unit will be divided for 
    administrative purposes.
        (2) A description of the programs and methods that will be 
    employed to manage fish and wildlife resources and habitats, 
    cultural, geological, recreational, and wilderness resources, and 
    how each conservation system unit will contribute to overall 
    resources management goals of that region. Such programs should 
    include research, protection, restoration, development, and 
    interpretation as appropriate.
        (3) A description of any areas of potential or proposed 
    development, indicating types of visitor services and facilities to 
    be provided, the estimated costs of such services and facilities, 
    and whether or not such services and facilities could and should be 
    provided outside the boundaries of such unit.
        (4) A plan for access to, and circulation within, such unit, 
    indicating the type and location of transportation routes and 
    facilities, if any.
        (5) A description of the programs and methods which the 
    Secretary plans to use for the purposes of (A) encouraging the 
    recognition and protection of the culture and history of the 
    individuals residing, on December 2, 1980, in such unit and areas in 
    the vicinity of such unit, and (B) providing and encouraging 
    employment of such individuals.
        (6) A plan for acquiring land with respect to such unit, 
    including proposed modifications in the boundaries of such unit.
        (7) A description (A) of privately owned areas, if any, which 
    are within such unit, (B) of activities carried out in, or proposed 
    for, such areas, (C) of the present and potential effects of such 
    activities on such unit, (D) of the purposes for which such areas 
    are used, and (E) of methods (such as cooperative agreements and 
    issuance or enforcement of regulations) of controlling the use of 
    such activities to carry out the policies of this Act and the 
    purposes for which such unit is established or expanded.
        (8) A plan indicating the relationship between the management of 
    such unit and activities being carried out in, or proposed for, 
    surrounding areas and also indicating cooperative agreements which 
    could and should be entered into for the purpose of improving such 
    management.

(c) Consideration of factors

    In developing, preparing, and revising a plan under this section the 
Secretary shall take into consideration at least the following factors:
        (1) The specific purposes for which the concerned conservation 
    system unit was established or expanded.
        (2) Protection and preservation of the ecological, 
    environmental, wildlife, cultural, historical, archeological, 
    geological, recreational, wilderness, and scenic character of the 
    concerned unit and of areas in the vicinity of such unit.
        (3) Providing opportunities for Alaska Natives residing in the 
    concerned unit and areas adjacent to such unit to continue 
    performing in such unit activities which they have traditionally or 
    historically performed in such unit.
        (4) Activities being carried out in areas adjacent to, or 
    surrounded by, the concerned unit.

(d) Hearing and participation

    In developing, preparing, and revising a plan under this section the 
Secretary shall hold at least one public hearing in the vicinity of the 
concerned conservation unit, hold at least one public hearing in a 
metropolitan area of Alaska, and, to the extent practicable, permit the 
following persons to participate in the development, preparation, and 
revision of such plan:
        (1) The Alaska Land Use Council and officials of Federal 
    agencies whose activities will be significantly affected by 
    implementation of such plan.
        (2) Officials of the State and of political subdivisions of the 
    State whose activities will be significantly affected by 
    implementation of such plan.
        (3) Officials of Native Corporations which will be significantly 
    affected by implementation of such plan.
        (4) Concerned local, State, and National organizations and 
    interested individuals.

(Pub. L. 96-487, title XIII, Sec. 1301, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2472.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), is Pub. L. 96-487, 
Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2371, as amended, known as the Alaska National 
Interest Lands Conservation Act. For complete classification of this Act 
to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3101 of this 
title and Tables.
    Subchapter LIX-F of chapter 1 of this title, referred to in subsec. 
(b), commences with section 410hh of this title.
