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[Document affected by Public Law 107-63 Section 135(b)]
[CITE: 16USC460ppp-3]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
 SUBCHAPTER CXXVII--BLACK ROCK DESERT-HIGH ROCK CANYON EMIGRANT TRAILS 
                       NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA
 
Sec. 460ppp-3. Management


(a) Management

    The Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Land Management, shall 
manage the conservation area in a manner that conserves, protects, and 
enhances its resources and values, including those resources and values 
specified in subsection \1\ 460ppp-2(a) of this title, in accordance 
with this subchapter, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and other applicable provisions of law.
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(b) Access

                           (1) In general

        The Secretary shall maintain adequate access for the reasonable 
    use and enjoyment of the conservation area.

                          (2) Private land

        The Secretary shall provide reasonable access to privately owned 
    land or interests in land within the boundaries of the conservation 
    area.

                      (3) Existing public roads

        The Secretary is authorized to maintain existing public access 
    within the boundaries of the conservation area in a manner 
    consistent with the purposes for which the conservation area was 
    established.

(c) Uses

                           (1) In general

        The Secretary shall only allow such uses of the conservation 
    area as the Secretary finds will further the purposes for which the 
    conservation area is established.

                     (2) Off-highway vehicle use

        Except where needed for administrative purposes or to respond to 
    an emergency, use of motorized vehicles in the conservation area 
    shall be permitted only on roads and trails and in other areas 
    designated for use of motorized vehicles as part of the management 
    plan prepared pursuant to subsection (e) of this section.

                        (3) Permitted events

        The Secretary may continue to permit large-scale events in 
    defined, low impact areas of the Black Rock Desert playa in the 
    conservation area in accordance with the management plan prepared 
    pursuant to subsection (e) of this section.

(d) Hunting, trapping, and fishing

    Nothing in this subchapter shall be deemed to diminish the 
jurisdiction of the State of Nevada with respect to fish and wildlife 
management, including regulation of hunting and fishing, on public lands 
within the conservation area.

(e) Management plan

    Within three years following December 21, 2000, the Secretary shall 
develop a comprehensive resource management plan for the long-term 
protection and management of the conservation area. The plan shall be 
developed with full public participation and shall describe the 
appropriate uses and management of the conservation area consistent with 
the provisions of this subchapter. The plan may incorporate appropriate 
decisions contained in any current management or activity plan for the 
area and may use information developed in previous studies of the lands 
within or adjacent to the conservation area.

(f) Grazing

    Where the Secretary of the Interior currently permits livestock 
grazing in the conservation area, such grazing shall be allowed to 
continue subject to all applicable laws, regulations, and executive 
orders.

(g) Visitor service facilities

    The Secretary is authorized to establish, in cooperation with other 
public or private entities as the Secretary may deem appropriate, 
visitor service facilities for the purpose of providing information 
about the historical, cultural, ecological, recreational, and other 
resources of the conservation area.

(Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(4) [div. B, title I, Sec. 125 [Sec. 5]], 
Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-229, 2763A-354.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, referred to in 
subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 94-579, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2743, as 
amended, which is classified principally to chapter 35 (Sec. 1701 et 
seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act 
to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1701 of Title 43 
and Tables.
