16 USC 460uuu - Mount Hood National Recreation Area

U.S Code last checked for updates: May 04, 2024

§ 460uuu.

Mount Hood National Recreation Area

(a)

Designation

(b)

Boundary

(c)

Map and legal description

(1)

Submission of legal description

As soon as practicable after March 30, 2009, the Secretary shall file a map and a legal description of the Mount Hood National Recreation Area with—

(A)

the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and

(B)

the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.

(2)

Force of law

(3)

Public availability

(d)

Administration

(1)

In general

The Secretary shall—

(A)

administer the Mount Hood National Recreation Area—

(i)

in accordance with the laws (including regulations) and rules applicable to the National Forest System; and

(ii)

consistent with the purposes described in subsection (a); and

(B)

only allow uses of the Mount Hood National Recreation Area that are consistent with the purposes described in subsection (a).

(2)

Applicable law

(e)

Timber

The cutting, sale, or removal of timber within the Mount Hood National Recreation Area may be permitted—

(1)

to the extent necessary to improve the health of the forest in a manner that—

(A)

maximizes the retention of large trees—

(i)

as appropriate to the forest type; and

(ii)

to the extent that the trees promote stands that are fire-resilient and healthy;

(B)

improves the habitats of threatened, endangered, or sensitive species; or

(C)

maintains or restores the composition and structure of the ecosystem by reducing the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire;

(2)

to accomplish an approved management activity in furtherance of the purposes established by this section, if the cutting, sale, or removal of timber is incidental to the management activity; or

(3)

for de minimus personal or administrative use within the Mount Hood National Recreation Area, where such use will not impair the purposes established by this section.

(f)

Road construction

No new or temporary roads shall be constructed or reconstructed within the Mount Hood National Recreation Area except as necessary—

(1)

to protect the health and safety of individuals in cases of an imminent threat of flood, fire, or any other catastrophic event that, without intervention, would cause the loss of life or property;

(2)

to conduct environmental cleanup required by the United States;

(3)

to allow for the exercise of reserved or outstanding rights provided for by a statute or treaty;

(4)

to prevent irreparable resource damage by an existing road; or

(5)

to rectify a hazardous road condition.

(g)

Withdrawal

Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal land within the Mount Hood National Recreation Area is withdrawn from—

(1)

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

(2)

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

(3)

disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing.

(h)

Transfer of administrative jurisdiction

(1)

In general

(2)

Description of land

(Pub. L. 111–11, title I, § 1204, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1013.)

cite as: 16 USC 460uuu