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16 U.S.C. § 543c

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United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective

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16 U.S.C. § 543c, Administration, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/445680
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township 1 south; range 26 east; Mount Diablo Meridian: east half of southwest quarter and south half of southeast quarter of section 10; and township 1 north; range 26 east; Mount Diablo Meridian: southwest quarter of northeast quarter and west half of southeast quarter of section 9; southwest quarter of southwest quarter of section 15; southwest quarter of northwest quarter and northwest quarter of southwest quarter of section 25; north half of southeast quarter of section 26, west half of northwest quarter and northwest quarter of southwest quarter of section 27; township 1 north; range 27 east; Mount Diablo Meridian: east half of southeast quarter of section 34; southwest quarter of northwest quarter of section 35; and west half of section 30 as intersected by Scenic Area Boundary. Except as specifically provided in this subsection, no commercial timber harvesting shall be permitted in the Scenic Area, but the Secretary shall permit the utilization of wood material such as firewood, posts, poles, and Christmas trees by individuals for their domestic purposes under such regulations as he may prescribe to protect the natural and cultural resources of the Scenic Area. The Secretary may take action including the use of commercial timber harvest to the minimum extent necessary to control fires, insects and diseases that might— The Secretary shall permit those persons holding currently valid grazing permits within the boundary of the Scenic Area to continue to exercise such permits consistent with other applicable law. The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with the State of California and any political subdivision thereof (including the city of Los Angeles) for purposes of protecting Scenic Area resources and administering areas owned by the State or by any such political subdivision which are within the Scenic Area. Within three years after September 28, 1984, the Secretary shall submit to the committees referred to in section 543 of this title, a detailed and comprehensive management plan for the Scenic Area which is consistent with the protection of water rights as provided in subsection (b)(1). The plan shall include but not be limited to— The Secretary is authorized to construct a visitor center in the Scenic Area for the purpose of providing information through appropriate displays, printed material, and other interpretive programs, about the natural and cultural resources of the Scenic Area. Nothing in sections 543 to 543h of this title shall be construed to reserve any water for purposes of the Scenic Area or to affirm, deny, or otherwise affect the present (or prospective) water rights of any person or of the State of California or of any political subdivision thereof (including the city of Los Angeles), nor shall any provision of sections 543 to 543h of this title be construed to cause, authorize, or allow any interference with or infringement of such water rights so long as, and to the extent that, those rights remain valid and enforceable under the laws of the State of California. The Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior shall grant and convey rights-of-way easements, at no cost, to the city of Los Angeles for those rights-of-way on public lands and national forest lands in Mono County, California, as described and set forth in maps and accompanying descriptions which were— Existing community recreational uses, as of September 28, 1984, shall be permitted at the levels and locations customarily exercised.

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  • Enacted byPub. L. 98-425(H.R. 1437)1984-09-28
    An act entitled the "California Wilderness Act of 1984".
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally