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[CITE: 16USC460ww-5]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
         SUBCHAPTER CVIII--GAULEY RIVER NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
 
Sec. 460ww-5. Advisory Committee


(a) Establishment

    There is hereby established the Gauley River National Recreation 
Area Advisory Committee (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the 
``Advisory Committee''). The Advisory Committee shall be composed of 
fifteen members appointed by the Secretary to serve for terms of two 
years. Any member of the Advisory Committee may serve after the 
expiration of his term until a successor is appointed. Any member of the 
Advisory Committee may be appointed to serve more than one term. The 
Secretary or his designee shall serve as Chairman.

(b) Management and development issues

    The Secretary, or his designee, shall meet on a regular basis and 
consult with the Advisory Committee on matters relating to development 
of a management plan for the recreation area and on implementation of 
such plan.

(c) Expenses

    Members of the Advisory Committee shall serve without compensation 
as such, but the Secretary may pay expenses reasonably incurred in 
carrying out their responsibilities under this Act on vouchers signed by 
the Chairman.

(d) Membership

    The Secretary shall appoint members to the Advisory Committee as 
follows:
        (1) one member to represent other departments or agencies of the 
    United States administering lands affected by the recreation area, 
    to be appointed from among persons nominated by the head of such 
    department or agency;
        (2) two members to represent the State Department of Natural 
    Resources, to be appointed from among persons nominated by the 
    Governor of the State of West Virginia;
        (3) one member to represent the State Department of Commerce to 
    be appointed from among persons nominated by the Governor of West 
    Virginia;
        (4) three members to represent the commercial whitewater rafting 
    industry in West Virginia;
        (5) one member to represent noncommercial whitewater boating 
    organizations;
        (6) one member to represent conservation organizations in West 
    Virginia;
        (7) one member to represent individuals engaged in game fishing 
    in West Virginia;
        (8) one member to represent the Nicholas County Chamber of 
    Commerce;
        (9) one member to represent the Fayette County Chamber of 
    Commerce;
        (10) one member to represent recreational users of Summersville 
    Lake; and
        (11) two members to represent local citizens or citizens groups 
    which are concerned with the Gauley River or own lands included 
    within the boundaries of the recreation area.

(e) Termination; charter

    The Advisory Committee shall terminate on the date ten years after 
October 26, 1988, notwithstanding the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Act of October 6, 1972; 86 Stat. 776). The provisions of section 14(b) 
of such Act (relating to the charter of the Committee) are hereby waived 
with respect to this Advisory Committee.

(Pub. L. 100-534, title II, Sec. 206, Oct. 26, 1988, 102 Stat. 2705.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (c), is Pub. L. 100-534, 
Oct. 26, 1988, 102 Stat. 2699, known as the West Virginia National 
Interest River Conservation Act of 1987, which enacted this subchapter 
and sections 460m-26 to 460m-29 of this title, amended sections 460m-15 
and 1274 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under 
sections 460m-15 and 1274 of this title. For complete classification of 
this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1988 Amendment note set out 
under section 460m-15 of this title and Tables.
    The Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in subsec. (e), is 
Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, as amended, which is set out 
in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
