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[CITE: 16USC460gg-5]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
          SUBCHAPTER XCI--HELLS CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
 
Sec. 460gg-5. Management plan for recreation area


(a) Development and submission

    Within five years from December 31, 1975, the Secretary shall 
develop and submit to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of 
the United States Senate and House of Representatives a comprehensive 
management plan for the recreation area which shall provide for a broad 
range of land uses and recreation opportunities.

(b) Consideration of historic, archeological and paleontological 
        resources; inventory; recommendation of areas for listing in 
        National Register of Historic Places; recommendation for 
        protection and research of resources

    In the development of such plan, the Secretary shall consider the 
historic, archeological, and paleontological resources within the 
recreation area which offer significant opportunities for 
anthropological research. The Secretary shall inventory such resources 
and may recommend such areas as he deems suitable for listing in the 
National Register of Historic Places. The Secretary's comprehensive plan 
shall include recommendations for future protection and controlled 
research use of all such resources.

(c) Scenic roads and other means of transit

    The Secretary shall, as a part of his comprehensive planning 
process, conduct a detailed study of the need for, and alternative 
routes of, scenic roads and other means of transit to and within the 
recreation area. In conducting such study the Secretary shall consider 
the alternative for upgrading existing roads and shall, in particular, 
study the need for and alternative routes of roads or other means of 
transit providing access to scenic views of and from the Western rim of 
Hells Canyon.

(d) Wilderness areas; review by Secretary; recommendations of President 
        to Congress; notice of hearings and meetings

    The Secretary shall review, as to their suitability or 
nonsuitability for preservation as wilderness, the areas generally 
depicted on the map referred to in section 460gg of this title as the 
``Lord Flat-Somers Point Plateau Wilderness Study Area'', and the ``West 
Side Reservoir Face Wilderness Study Area'', and the ``Mountain Sheep 
Wilderness Study Area'' and report his findings to the President. The 
Secretary shall complete his review and the President shall, within five 
years from December 31, 1975, advise the United States Senate and House 
of Representatives of his recommendations with respect to the 
designation of lands within such area as wilderness. In conducting his 
review the Secretary shall comply with the provisions of section 1132(d) 
of this title and shall give public notice at least sixty days in 
advance of any hearings or other public meeting concerning the 
wilderness study area. The Secretary shall administer all Federal lands 
within the study areas so as not to preclude their possible future 
designation by the Congress as wilderness. Nothing contained herein 
shall limit the President in proposing, as part of this recommendation 
to Congress, the designation as wilderness of any additional area within 
the recreation area which is predominately of wilderness value.

(e) Public participation in reviews and preparation of plan; cooperation 
        of other Federal agencies

    In conducting the reviews and preparing the comprehensive management 
plan required by this section, the Secretary shall provide for full 
public participation and shall consider the views of all interested 
agencies, organizations, and individuals including but not limited to, 
the Nez Perce Tribe of Indians, and the States of Idaho, Oregon, and 
Washington. The Secretaries or Directors of all Federal departments, 
agencies, and commissions having a relevant expertise are hereby 
authorized and directed to cooperate with the Secretary in his review 
and to make such studies as the Secretary may request on a cost 
reimbursable basis.

(f) Continuation of ongoing activities

    Such activities as are compatible with the provisions of this 
subchapter, but not limited to, timber harvesting by selective cutting, 
mining, and grazing may continue during development of the comprehensive 
management plan, at current levels of activity and in areas of such 
activity on December 31, 1975. Further, in development of the management 
plan, the Secretary shall give full consideration to continuation of 
these ongoing activities in their respective areas.

(Pub. L. 94-199, Sec. 8, Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1119.)

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate abolished 
and replaced by Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, 
effective Feb. 11, 1977. See Rule XXV of Standing Rules of the Senate, 
as amended by Senate Resolution No. 4 (popularly cited as the 
``Committee System Reorganization Amendments of 1977''), approved Feb. 
4, 1977.
    Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of 
Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One 
Hundred Third Congress. Committee on Natural Resources of House of 
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Resources of House 
of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note 
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 460gg of this title.
