Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 4.djvu/1027

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PUBLIC LAW 101-621—NOV. 16, 1990 104 STAT. 3343 ant to subsection (b), the map described in subsection (a) shall control any question concerning the boundaries of the conservation area. SEC. 4. MANAGEMENT. 16 USC 460ccc-2. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, shall, subject to valid existing rights, manage the conservation area to conserve, protect, and enhance the resources described in section 3 in accordance with this Act, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, and other applicable laws. The Secretary shall only allow such uses of the conservation area as he finds will further the purposes for which the conservation area is established. (b) HUNTING. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall permit hunting within the conservation area in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada. (2) The Secretary, after consultation with the Nevada Department of Wildlife, may issue regulations designating zones where and establishing when hunting shall not be permitted for reasons of public safety, administration, or public use and enjoyment. (c) PREVENTIVE MEASURES. — Nothing in this Act shall preclude such measures as the Secretary deems necessary to prevent devastating fire or infestation of insects or disease within the conservation area. (d) MECHANIZED VEHICLES.— Except when needed for administrative or emergency purposes, the use of mechanized vehicles in the conservation area shall be allowed only on roads and trails specifically designated for such use as provided in the management plan prepared pursuant to section 5. (e) LIMITS ON VISITATION AND USE. — The Secretary may limit visitation and use of the conservation area as the Secretary finds appropriate for the protection of the resources of the conservation area. SEC. 5. MANAGEMENT PLAN. 16 USC 460ccc-3. (a) IN GENERAL. — (1) Within 3 full fiscal years following the fiscal year in which the date of enactment of this Act occurs, the Secretary shall develop and transmit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives, a general management plan for the conservation area, which shall describe the appropriate uses and development of the conservation area consistent with the purposes of this Act. (2) The management plan described in paragraph (1) shall be developed with full public participation and shall include— (A) an implementation plan for a continuing program of interpretation and public education about the resources and values of the conservation area; (B) a proposal for administrative and public facilities to be developed, expanded, or improved for the conservation area including the Red Rock Canyon visitors center, to accommodate visitors to the conservation area; (C) a cultural resources management plan for the conservation area prepared in consultation with the Nevada State Historic Preservation Officer, with emphasis on the preservation of the resources in the conservation area and the interpretive, educational, and long-term scientific uses of these resources,