U.S. Code » Title 16 » Chapter CHAPTER 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LXXXVIII— GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA

16 U.S.C. § 460dd

Establishment; boundaries; publication in Federal Register

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(a) In order to provide for public outdoor recreation use and enjoyment of Lake Powell and lands adjacent thereto in the States of Arizona and Utah and to preserve scenic, scientific, and historic features contributing to public enjoyment of the area, there is established the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (hereafter referred to as the “recreation area”) to comprise the area generally depicted on the drawing entitled “Boundary Map Glen Canyon National Recreation Area,” numbered GLC–91,006 and dated August 1972, which is on file and available for public inspection in the office of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter referred to as the “Secretary”) may revise the boundaries of the recreation area from time to time by publication in the Federal Register of a revised drawing or other boundary description, but the total acreage of the national recreation area may not exceed 1,256,000 acres.(b) In addition to the boundary change authority under subsection (a), the Secretary may acquire approximately 152 acres of private land in exchange for approximately 370 acres of land within the boundary of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Page One Land Exchange Proposal”, number 608/60573a–2002, and dated May 16, 2002. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. Upon conclusion of the exchange, the boundary of the recreation area shall be revised to reflect the exchange.(Pub. L. 92–593, § 1, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1311; Pub. L. 108–43, § 2, July 1, 2003, 117 Stat. 841.)Editorial NotesAmendments

2003—Pub. L. 108–43 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), substituted “1,256,000 acres” for “one million two hundred and thirty-six thousand eight hundred and eighty acres”, and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesShort Title of 2003 Amendment

Pub. L. 108–43, § 1, July 1, 2003, 117 Stat. 841, provided that: “This Act [amending this section] may be cited as the ‘Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Boundary Revision Act’.”

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1980–2024 · leading case: Great Old Broads for Wilderness v. Kempthorne, 452 F. Supp. 2d 71 (D.D.C. 2006).
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Great Old Broads for Wilderness v. Kempthorne, 452 F. Supp. 2d 71 (D.D.C. 2006). · cites it 2× “Plaintiffs contend that the agencies have issued grazing permits and a management plan in violation the Glen Canyon Enabling Act, 16 U.S.C. § 460dd et seq.; the Park Service Organic Act, 16 U.”
Nat. Arch & Bridge Soc'y v. Alston, 209 F. Supp. 2d 1207 (D. Utah 2002). · cites it 2× “The federal lands adjacent to Lake Powell, other than the monument, comprise the Glen Canyon National Recreational Area, 16 U.S.C. § 460dd (2000), and are administered by the National Park Service.”
Sierra Club v. Andrus, 487 F. Supp. 443 (D.D.C. 1980). “(1976); the Glen Canyon National Recreational Area Act of 1972, as amended, 16 U.S.C. § 460dd et seq. (1976); and the Federal Lands Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, 43 U.”
Badoni v. Higginson, 638 F.2d 172 (10th Cir. 1980). “The federal lands adjacent to Lake Powell, other than the Monument, comprise the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, see 16 U.S.C. § 460dd, and are administered by the National Park Service.”
Lunsford v. US Nat'l Park Serv. (D. Utah 2024). · cites it 4× “Historically, NPS has managed GLCA to allow for a wide variety of recreational activities.”
— 16 U.S.C. § 460dd(a) — 2 cases
Great Old Broads for Wilderness v. Kempthorne, 452 F. Supp. 2d 71 (D.D.C. 2006). “Plaintiffs contend that the agencies have issued grazing permits and a management plan in violation the Glen Canyon Enabling Act, 16 U.S.C. § 460dd et seq.; the Park Service Organic Act, 16 U.”
Lunsford v. US Nat'l Park Serv. (D. Utah 2024). “Historically, NPS has managed GLCA to allow for a wide variety of recreational activities.”
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