US Code
 

CONSERVATION

16 USC SECTION 1a-7

	TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
	CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND
	     SEASHORES
	SUBCHAPTER I - NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

	(a) Omitted
	(b) General management plans; preparation and revision by Director
	    of National Park Service; list to Congress; contents
	  General management plans for the preservation and use of each
	unit of the National Park System, including areas within the
	national capital area, shall be prepared and revised in a timely
	manner by the Director of the National Park Service. On January 1
	of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a list
	indicating the current status of completion or revision of general
	management plans for each unit of the National Park System. General
	management plans for each unit shall include, but not be limited
	to:
	    (1) measures for the preservation of the area's resources;
	    (2) indications of types and general intensities of development
	  (including visitor circulation and transportation patterns,
	  systems and modes) associated with public enjoyment and use of
	  the area, including general locations, timing of implementation,
	  and anticipated costs;
	    (3) identification of and implementation commitments for
	  visitor carrying capacities for all areas of the unit; and
	    (4) indications of potential modifications to the external
	  boundaries of the unit, and the reasons therefor.