16 USC 460hhhh - Numunaa Nobe National Conservation Area

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 460hhhh.

Numunaa Nobe National Conservation Area

(1)

Definitions

In this section:

(A)

Conservation Area

(B)

Management plan

(C)

Secretary

(2)

Establishment

(A)

In general

(B)

Area included

(i)

In general

(ii)

Availability of map

(3)

Management

(A)

In general

The Secretary shall administer the Conservation Area in a manner that conserves, protects, and enhances the resources of the Conservation Area—

(i)

in accordance with—

(I)

this section;

(II)

the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and

(III)

any other applicable law; and

(ii)

as a component of the National Landscape Conservation System.

(B)

Management plan

(i)

In general

(ii)

Consultation

In developing the management plan, the Secretary shall consult with—

(I)

appropriate Federal, State, Tribal, and local governmental entities; and

(II)

members of the public.

(iii)

Requirements

The management plan shall—

(I)

describe the appropriate uses of the Conservation Area;

(II)

in accordance with paragraph (5), authorize the use of motor vehicles in the Conservation Area, where appropriate, including for the maintenance of existing roads; and

(III)

incorporate any provision of an applicable land and resource management plan that the Secretary considers to be appropriate, to include the Search and Rescue Training Cooperative Agreement between the Bureau of Land Management and the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Training Center dated July 6, 1998, and the Carson City District BLM Administrative Guide to Military Activities on and Over the Public Lands dated January 25, 2012.

(4)

Uses

(5)

Motorized vehicles

(6)

Withdrawal

(A)

In general

Subject to valid existing rights, all public land in the Conservation Area is withdrawn from—

(i)

all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws;

(ii)

location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and

(iii)

disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.

(B)

Additional land

(7)

Hunting, fishing, and trapping

(A)

In general

(B)

Limitations

(i)

Regulations

(ii)

Consultation required

(8)

Grazing

(9)

No buffer zones

(A)

In general

(B)

Activities outside Conservation Area

(10)

 So in original. Two pars. (10) have been enacted.

Military overflights

Nothing in this section restricts or precludes—

(A)

low-level overflights of military aircraft over the Conservation Area, including military overflights that can be seen or heard within the Conservation Area;

(B)

flight testing and evaluation; or

(C)

the designation or creation of new units of special use airspace, or the establishment of military flight training routes, over the Conservation Area.

(10)

 ¹ Effect on water rights

(Pub. L. 117–263, div. B, title XXIX, § 2903(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3034.)

cite as: 16 USC 460hhhh