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[CITE: 16USC3931]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                     CHAPTER 59--WETLANDS RESOURCES
 
          SUBCHAPTER IV--WETLANDS INVENTORY AND TREND ANALYSIS
 
Sec. 3931. National wetlands inventory project


(a) In general

    The Secretary, acting through the Director of the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service, shall continue the National Wetlands Inventory 
Project and shall--
        (1) produce, by September 30, 1988, National Wetlands Inventory 
    maps for the areas that have been identified by the Service as top 
    priorities for mapping, including--
            (A) the entire coastal zone of the United States;
            (B) floodplains of major rivers; and
            (C) the Prairie Pothole region;

        (2) produce, by September 30, 1998, National Wetlands Inventory 
    maps for those portions of the contiguous United States for which 
    final maps have not been produced earlier;
        (3) produce, by September 30, 2000, National Wetlands Inventory 
    maps for Alaska and other noncontiguous portions of the United 
    States;
        (4) produce, by September 30, 1990, and at ten-year intervals 
    thereafter, reports to update and improve the information contained 
    in the report dated September 1982 and entitled ``Status and Trends 
    of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitat in the Coterminous United States, 
    1950's to 1970's'';
        (5) produce, by April 30, 1990, a report that provides--
            (A) an assessment of the estimated total number of acres of 
        wetland habitat as of the 1780's in the areas that now comprise 
        each State; and
            (B) an assessment of the estimated total number of acres of 
        wetlands in each State as of the 1980's, and the percentage of 
        loss of wetlands in each State between the 1780's and the 
        1980's;

        (6) produce, by September 30, 2004, a digital wetlands data base 
    for the United States based on the final wetlands maps produced 
    under this section; and
        (7) archive and make available for dissemination wetlands data 
    and maps digitized under this section as such data and maps become 
    available.

(b) Notice

    The Secretary shall notify the appropriate State and local units of 
government at such time as he proposes to begin map preparation under 
subsection (a) of this section in an area. Such notice shall include, 
but is not limited to, the identification of the area to be mapped, the 
proposed schedule for completion, and the identification of a source for 
further information.

(Pub. L. 99-645, title IV, Sec. 401, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3588; Pub. 
L. 101-233, Sec. 18, Dec. 13, 1989, 103 Stat. 1978; Pub. L. 102-440, 
title III, Sec. 305, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2235.)


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 102-440, Sec. 305(1), substituted ``by 
September 30, 2000'' for ``as soon as practicable''.
    Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 102-440, Sec. 305(2), which directed 
amendment of par. (4) by substituting a semicolon for ``. And'', was 
executed by making the substitution for ``. and'', to reflect the 
probable intent of Congress.
    Subsec. (a)(6), (7). Pub. L. 102-440, Sec. 305(3), (4), added pars. 
(6) and (7).
    1989--Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 101-233 added par. (5).
