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16 U.S.C. § 542d

Comprehensive management plan

United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective

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16 U.S.C. § 542d, Comprehensive management plan, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/445676
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The research site shall consist of approximately thirty-one thousand acres, including a principle 11 So in original. Probably should be “principal”. research facility of approximately one thousand acres. The boundaries are depicted on a map entitled “Langmuir Research Site”, dated August 1980, which is on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief, Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture. As soon as practicable, after December 19, 1980, the Secretary of Agriculture shall develop a comprehensive management plan for the research site consistent with requirements of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–588) (16 U.S.C. 1604), which shall be incorporated into the initial Cibola National Forest land and resource management plan as provided for under that Act. Following timely notice in writing to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate of his intention to do so, the Secretary may make minor adjustments in the boundaries of the research site to provide for more effective management or to encourage further research activity. For the purposes of this subsection, minor boundary adjustments shall not increase or decrease the amount of land within the research site by more than seven thousand acres. In developing the plan, the Secretary shall consult with the National Science Foundation, the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, the New Mexico Academy of Science and appropriate conservation, wilderness, wildlife, industry, and other public interest groups. The plan shall prescribe specific research and management objectives necessary for the protection, management, and regulation of the research site as outlined in subsection (f) of this section. The research site shall be managed in accordance with the following objectives:

Legislative history

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  • Enacted byPub. L. 96-550(H.R. 8298)1980-12-19
    New Mexico Wilderness Act of 1980
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 103-437(H.R. 4777)1994-11-02
    To make technical improvements in the United States Code by amending provisions to reflect the current names of congressional committees.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally