16 U.S. Code §410ii-1. Establishment

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(a) Abolition of Chaco Canyon National Monument

There is hereby established in the State of New Mexico, the Chaco Culture National Historical Park comprising approximately thirty three thousand nine hundred and eighty nine acres as generally depicted on the map entitled "Chaco Culture National Historical Park", numbered 310/80,032–A and dated August 1979. The Chaco Canyon National Monument is hereby abolished, as such, and any funds available for the purpose of the monument shall be available for the purpose of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park.

(b) Designation of Chaco Culture Archeological Protection Sites

(1) Thirty-nine outlying sites as generally depicted on a map entitled "Chaco Culture Archeological Protection Sites", numbered 310/80,033–B and dated September 1991, are hereby designated as "Chaco Culture Archeological Protection Sites". The thirty-nine archeological protection sites totaling approximately 14,372 acres 1 identified as follows:

 Name:

Acres

Allentown

380  

Andrews Ranch

950  

Bee Burrow

480  

Bisa’ani

131  

Casa del Rio

40  

Casamero

160  

Chimney Rock

3,160  

Coolidge

450  

Dalton Pass

135  

Dittert

480  

Great Bend

26  

Greenlee Ruin

60  

Grey Hill Spring

23  

Guadalupe

115  

Halfway House

40  

Haystack

565  

Hogback

453  

Indian Creek

100  

Jaquez

66  

Kin Nizhoni

726  

Lake Valley

30  

Manuelito-Atsee Nitsaa

60  

Manuelito-Kin Hochoi

116  

Morris 41

85  

Muddy Water

1,090  

Navajo Springs

260  

Newcomb

50  

Peach Springs

1,046  

Pierre’s Site

440  

Raton Well

23  

Salmon Ruin

5  

San Mateo

61  

Sanostee

1,565  

Section 8

10  

Skunk Springs/Crumbled House

533  

Standing Rock

348  

Toh-la-kai

10  

Twin Angeles

40  

Upper Kin Klizhin

60.

(2) The map referred to in paragraph (1) shall be kept on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service, the office of the State Director of the Bureau of Land Management located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the office of the Area Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs located in Window Rock, Arizona, and the offices of the Arizona and New Mexico State Historic Preservation Officers.

Editorial Notes

AMENDMENTS 1995—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–11 designated existing provisions as par. (1), increased number of outlying protection sites from 33 to 39, updated number designation and date on site designation maps, increased total acreage from 8,771 to 14,372 acres, and added par. (2).

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 410ii-1 (2018)