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Union Calendar No. 253 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4192 

[Report No. 111–437] 

To designate the Stornetta Public Lands as an Outstanding Natural Area 

to be administered as a part of the National Landscape Conservation 

System, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 3, 2009 

Mr. THOMPSON of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Natural Resources 

MARCH 11, 2010 

Additional sponsor: Ms. WOOLSEY

MARCH 11, 2010 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on December 3, 2009] 


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A BILL 

To designate the Stornetta Public Lands as an Outstanding 

Natural Area to be administered as a part of the National Landscape Conservation System, and for other 

purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Stornetta Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2010’’. 

6 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

7 (1) PUBLIC LANDS.—The term ‘‘public lands’’ 

8 has the meaning stated in section 103(e) of the Fed9 eral Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 

10 U.S.C. 1703(e)). 

11 (2) OUTSTANDING NATURAL AREA.—The term 

12 ‘‘Outstanding Natural Area’’ means the Stornetta 

13 Outstanding Natural Area established under section 

14 2. 

15 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

16 the Secretary of the Interior. 

17 (4) STORNETTA PUBLIC LANDS.—The term 

18 ‘‘Stornetta Public Lands’’ means the lands designated 

19 as such on the map referred to in section 2(b). 

20 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF THE STORNETTA OUTSTANDING 

21 NATURAL AREA. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—In order to protect, conserve, and 

23 enhance for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future 

24 generations the unique and nationally important historical, 

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1 reational values of certain lands in and around the 

2 Stornetta Public Lands, in Mendocino County, California, 

3 while allowing certain recreational and research activities 

4 to continue, there is established, subject to valid existing 

5 rights, the Stornetta Outstanding Natural Area. 

6 (b) MAP.—The Outstanding Natural Area shall consist 

7 of the lands generally depicted as the Stornetta Outstanding 

8 Natural Area on the map titled ‘‘Stornetta Outstanding 

9 Natural Area’’ and dated December 3, 2009. The map shall 

10 be on file and available for public inspection in the Office 

11 of the Director, Bureau of Land Management, United 

12 States Department of the Interior, and the State office of 

13 the Bureau of Land Management in the State of California. 

14 (c) BASIS OF MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary shall 

15 manage the Outstanding Natural Area as part of the Na16 tional Landscape Conservation System to protect the re17 sources of the area, and shall allow only those uses that fur18 ther the purposes for the establishment of the Outstanding 

19 Natural Area, the Federal Land Policy and Management 

20 Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and other applicable 

21 laws. 

22 (d) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, 

23 the Federal lands and interests in lands included within 

24 the Outstanding Natural Area are hereby withdrawn 

25 from— 


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1 (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal 

2 under the public land laws; 

3 (2) location, entry, and patent under the public 

4 land mining laws; and 

5 (3) operation of the mineral leasing and geo6 thermal leasing laws and the mineral materials laws. 

7 SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT OF THE STORNETTA OUTSTANDING 

8 NATURAL AREA. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage the 

10 Outstanding Natural Area in a manner that conserves, pro11 tects, and enhances the unique and nationally important 

12 historical, natural, cultural, scientific, educational, scenic, 

13 and recreational values of that area, consistent with the re14 quirements section of 2(c). 

15 (b) USES.—Subject to valid existing rights, the Sec16 retary shall only allow such uses of the Outstanding Nat17 ural Area as the Secretary finds are likely to further the 

18 purposes for which the Outstanding Natural Area is estab19 lished as set forth in section 2(a). 

20 (c) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Not later than 3 years after 

21 funds are made available for this purpose, the Secretary 

22 shall complete a comprehensive management plan con23 sistent with the requirements of section 202 of the Federal 

24 Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712) 

25 to provide long-term management guidance for the public 


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1 lands within the Outstanding Natural Area and fulfill the 

2 purposes for which it is established, as set forth in section 

3 2(a). The management plan shall be developed in consulta4 tion with appropriate Federal, State, and local government 

5 agencies, with full public participation, and shall include— 

6 (1) provisions designed to ensure the protection 

7 of the resources and values described in section 2(a); 

8 (2) a proposal for minimal administrative and 

9 public facilities to be developed or improved at a level 

10 compatible with achieving the resources objectives for 

11 the Outstanding Natural Area as described in sub12 section (a) and with other proposed management ac13 tivities to accommodate visitors and researchers to the 

14 Outstanding Natural Area; and 

15 (3) cultural resources management strategies for 

16 the Outstanding Natural Area, prepared in consulta17 tion with appropriate departments of the State of 

18 California, with emphasis on the preservation of the 

19 resources of the Outstanding Natural Area and the 

20 interpretive, education, and long-term scientific uses 

21 of the resources, giving priority to the enforcement of 

22 the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 

23 (16 U.S.C. 470aa et seq.) and the National Historic 

24 Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) within the 

25 Outstanding Natural Area. 


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1 (d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—In order to better 

2 implement the management plan and to continue the suc3 cessful partnerships with local communities, the California 

4 Coastal National Monument and Manchester State Park, 

5 administered by the California Department of Parks and 

6 Recreation, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agree7 ments with the appropriate Federal, State, and local agen8 cies pursuant to section 307(b) of the Federal Land Man9 agement Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 

10 1737(b)). 

11 (e) RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.—In order to continue the 

12 successful partnership with research organizations and 

13 agencies and to assist in the development and implementa14 tion of the management plan, the Secretary may authorize 

15 within the Outstanding Natural Area appropriate research 

16 activities for the purposes identified in section 2(a) and 

17 pursuant to section 307(a) of the Federal Land Policy and 

18 Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1737(a)). 

19 (f) ACQUISITION.—State and privately held lands or 

20 interests in lands adjacent to the Outstanding Natural Area 

21 and identified as appropriate for acquisition in the man22 agement plan may be acquired by the Secretary as part 

23 of the Outstanding Natural Area only by— 

24 (1) donation; 

25 (2) exchange with a willing party; or 


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1 (3) purchase from a willing seller. 

2 (g) ADDITIONS TO THE OUTSTANDING NATURAL

3 AREA.—Any lands or interest in lands adjacent to the Out4 standing Natural Area acquired by the United States after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act shall be added to and 

6 administered as part of the Outstanding Natural Area. 

7 (h) OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this Act or the man8 agement plan shall be construed to— 

9 (1) restrict or preclude overflights, including low10 level overflights, military, commercial, and general 

11 aviation overflights that can be seen or heard within 

12 the Outstanding Natural Area; 

13 (2) restrict or preclude the designation or cre14 ation of new units of special use airspace or the estab15 lishment of military flight training routes over the 

16 Outstanding Natural Area; or 

17 (3) modify regulations governing low-level over18 flights above the adjacent Gulf of the Farallones Na19 tional Marine Sanctuary. 

20 (i) LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.—Nothing in this 

21 Act shall be construed to preclude or otherwise affect coastal 

22 border security operations or other law enforcement activi23 ties by the Coast Guard or other agencies within the De24 partment of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, 


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1 or any other Federal, State, and local law enforcement 

2 agencies within the Outstanding Natural Area. 

3 (j) NATIVE AMERICAN USES AND INTERESTS.—In rec4 ognition of the past use of the Outstanding Natural Area 

5 by Indians and Indian tribes for traditional cultural and 

6 religious purposes, the Secretary shall ensure reasonable ac7 cess to the Outstanding Natural Area by Indians and In8 dian tribes for such traditional cultural and religious pur9 poses. In implementing this section, the Secretary, upon the 

10 request of a federally recognized Indian tribe or Indian reli11 gious community, may temporarily close to the general pub12 lic use of one or more specific portions of the Outstanding 

13 Natural Area in order to protect the privacy of traditional 

14 cultural and religious activities in such areas by the feder15 ally recognized Indian tribe or Indian religious commu16 nity. Any such closure shall be made to affect the smallest 

17 practicable area for the minimum period necessary for such 

18 purposes. Such access shall be consistent with the purpose 

19 and intent of Public Law 95–341 (42 U.S.C. 1996 et seq.; 

20 commonly referred to as the ‘‘American Indian Religious 

21 Freedom Act’’). 

22 (k) NO BUFFER ZONES.—The designation of the Out23 standing Natural Area is not intended to lead to the cre24 ation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around the 

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1 ural Area and not consistent with the purposes of this Act 

2 can be seen or heard within the Outstanding Natural Area 

3 shall not, of itself, preclude such activities or uses up to 

4 the boundary of the Outstanding Natural Area. 


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Union Calendar No. 253 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4192 

[Report No. 111–437] 

A BILL 

To designate the Stornetta Public Lands as an 

System, and for other purposes. a part of the National Landscape Conservation Outstanding Natural Area to be administered as 

MARCH 11, 2010 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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