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[CITE: 16USC460nnn-22]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
 SUBCHAPTER CXXV--STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION 
                                  AREA
 
   Part A--Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area
 
                 subpart 2--management of federal lands
 
Sec. 460nnn-22. Roads and travel access


(a) Transportation plan

    The management plan shall include, as an integral part, a 
comprehensive transportation plan for the Federal lands included in the 
Cooperative Management and Protection Area, which shall address the 
maintenance, improvement, and closure of roads and trails as well as 
travel access.

(b) Prohibition on off-road motorized travel

                           (1) Prohibition

        The use of motorized or mechanized vehicles on Federal lands 
    included in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area--
            (A) is prohibited off road; and
            (B) is limited to such roads and trails as may be designated 
        for their use as part of the management plan.

                           (2) Exceptions

        Paragraph (1) does not prohibit the use of motorized or 
    mechanized vehicles on Federal lands included in the Cooperative 
    Management and Protection Area if the Secretary determines that such 
    use--
            (A) is needed for administrative purposes or to respond to 
        an emergency; or
            (B) is appropriate for the construction or maintenance of 
        agricultural facilities, fish and wildlife management, or 
        ecological restoration projects, except in areas designated as 
        wilderness or managed under the provisions of section 1782(c) of 
        title 43.

(c) Road closures

    Any determination to permanently close an existing road in the 
Cooperative Management and Protection Area or to restrict the access of 
motorized or mechanized vehicles on certain roads shall be made in 
consultation with the advisory council and the public.

(d) Prohibition on new construction

                     (1) Prohibition, exception

        No new road or trail for motorized or mechanized vehicles may be 
    constructed on Federal lands in the Cooperative Management and 
    Protection Area unless the Secretary determines that the road or 
    trail is necessary for public safety or protection of the 
    environment. Any determination under this subsection shall be made 
    in consultation with the advisory council and the public.

                             (2) Trails

        Nothing in this subsection is intended to limit the authority of 
    the Secretary to construct or maintain trails for nonmotorized or 
    nonmechanized use.

(e) Access to nonfederally owned lands

                        (1) Reasonable access

        The Secretary shall provide reasonable access to nonfederally 
    owned lands or interests in land within the boundaries of the 
    Cooperative Management and Protection Area and the Wilderness Area 
    to provide the owner of the land or interest the reasonable use 
    thereof.

                (2) Effect on existing rights-of-way

        Nothing in this subchapter shall have the effect of terminating 
    any valid existing right-of-way on Federal lands included in the 
    Cooperative Management and Protection Area.

(Pub. L. 106-399, title I, Sec. 112, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1660.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 460nnn-62 of this title.
