
From the U.S. Code Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 2, 2001 and January 28, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC460ooo-5]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
        SUBCHAPTER CXXVI--LAS CIENEGAS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA
 
Sec. 460ooo-5. Management plan


(a) Plan required

    Not later than 2 years after December 6, 2000, the Secretary, 
through the Bureau of Land Management, shall develop and begin to 
implement a comprehensive management plan for the long-term management 
of the public lands within the Conservation Area in order to fulfill the 
purposes for which it is established, as set forth in section 460ooo-
3(a) of this title. Consistent with the provisions of this subchapter, 
the management plan shall be developed--
        (1) in consultation with appropriate departments of the State of 
    Arizona, including wildlife and land management agencies, with full 
    public participation;
        (2) from the draft Empire-Cienega Ecosystem Management Plan/EIS, 
    dated October 2000, as it applies to Federal lands or lands with 
    conservation easements; and
        (3) in accordance with the resource goals and objectives 
    developed through the Sonoita Valley Planning Partnership process as 
    incorporated in the draft Empire-Cienega Ecosystem Management Plan/
    EIS, dated October 2000, giving full consideration to the management 
    alternative preferred by the Sonoita Valley Planning Partnership, as 
    it applies to Federal lands or lands with conservation easements.

(b) Contents

    The management plan shall include--
        (1) provisions designed to ensure the protection of the 
    resources and values described in section 460ooo-3(a) of this title;
        (2) an implementation plan for a continuing program of 
    interpretation and public education about the resources and values 
    of the Conservation Area;
        (3) a proposal for minimal administrative and public facilities 
    to be developed or improved at a level compatible with achieving the 
    resource objectives for the Conservation Area and with the other 
    proposed management activities to accommodate visitors to the 
    Conservation Area;
        (4) cultural resources management strategies for the 
    Conservation Area, prepared in consultation with appropriate 
    departments of the State of Arizona, with emphasis on the 
    preservation of the resources of the Conservation Area and the 
    interpretive, educational, and long-term scientific uses of these 
    resources, giving priority to the enforcement of the Archaeological 
    Resources Protection Act of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470aa et seq.) and the 
    National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) within 
    the Conservation Area;
        (5) wildlife management strategies for the Conservation Area, 
    prepared in consultation with appropriate departments of the State 
    of Arizona and using previous studies of the Conservation Area;
        (6) production livestock grazing management strategies, prepared 
    in consultation with appropriate departments of the State of 
    Arizona;
        (7) provisions designed to ensure the protection of 
    environmentally sustainable livestock use on appropriate lands 
    within the Conservation Area;
        (8) recreation management strategies, including motorized and 
    nonmotorized dispersed recreation opportunities for the Conservation 
    Area, prepared in consultation with appropriate departments of the 
    State of Arizona;
        (9) cave resources management strategies prepared in compliance 
    with the goals and objectives of the Federal Cave Resources 
    Protection Act of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.); and
        (10) provisions designed to ensure that if a road or trail 
    located on public lands within the Conservation Area, or any portion 
    of such a road or trail, is removed, consideration shall be given to 
    providing similar alternative access to the portion of the 
    Conservation Area serviced by such removed road or trail.

(c) Cooperative agreements

    In order to better implement the management plan, the Secretary may 
enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate Federal, State, and 
local agencies pursuant to section 1737(b) of title 43.

(d) Research activities

    In order to assist in the development and implementation of the 
management plan, the Secretary may authorize appropriate research, 
including research concerning the environmental, biological, 
hydrological, cultural, agricultural, recreational, and other 
characteristics, resources, and values of the Conservation Area, 
pursuant to section 1737(a) of title 43.

(Pub. L. 106-538, Sec. 6, Dec. 6, 2000, 114 Stat. 2566.)

                       References in Text

    The Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979, referred to in 
subsec. (b)(4), is Pub. L. 96-95, Oct. 31, 1979, 93 Stat. 721, as 
amended, which is classified generally to chapter 1B (Sec. 470aa et 
seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 470aa of this title and 
Tables.
    The National Historic Preservation Act, referred to in subsec. 
(b)(4), is Pub. L. 89-665, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 915, as amended, 
which is classified generally to subchapter II (Sec. 470 et seq.) of 
chapter 1A of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see section 470(a) of this title and Tables.
    The Federal Cave Resources Protection Act of 1988, referred to in 
subsec. (b)(9), is Pub. L. 100-691, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4546, which 
is classified generally to chapter 63 (Sec. 4301 et seq.) of this title. 
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title 
note set out under section 4301 of this title and Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 460ooo-4 of this title.
