---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460nnn–62"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460nnn–62"
heading: "Administration of Wilderness Area"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460nnn-62"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter CXXV — Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area"
  - "Part B — Steens Mountain Wilderness Area"
---

# §460nnn–62. Administration of Wilderness Area

- (a) **General rule—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=1) shall administer the [Wilderness Area](/usc/16/460nnn.md?p=10) in accordance with this part and the Wilderness Act ([16 U.S.C. 1131](/usc/16/1131.md) et seq.). Any reference in the Wilderness Act to the effective date of that Act (or any similar reference) shall be deemed to be a reference to October 30, 2000.
- (b) **Wilderness boundaries along roads—** Where a [wilderness](/usc/16/3102.md?p=13) boundary exists along a road, the [wilderness](/usc/16/3102.md?p=13) boundary shall be set back from the centerline of the road, consistent with the Bureau of Land Management’s guidelines as established in its [Wilderness](/usc/16/3102.md?p=13) Management Policy.
- (c) **Access to non-Federal lands—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=1) shall provide reasonable access to [private lands](/usc/16/620e.md?p=6) within the boundaries of the [Wilderness Area](/usc/16/460nnn.md?p=10), as provided in [section 460nnn–22(d)](/usc/16/460nnn–22.md?p=d)[^1] of this title.
- (d) **Grazing—**
  - (1) **Administration—** Except as provided in [section 460nnn–23(e)(2) of this title](/usc/16/460nnn–23.md?p=e-2), grazing of livestock shall be administered in accordance with the provision of section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act ([16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)](/usc/16/1133.md?p=d-4)), in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, and in accordance with the guidelines set forth in Appendices A and B of House Report 101–405 of the 101st Congress.
  - (2) **Retirement of certain permits—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=1) shall permanently retire all grazing permits applicable to certain lands in the [Wilderness Area](/usc/16/460nnn.md?p=10), as depicted on the [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) referred to in [section 460nnn–11(a) of this title](/usc/16/460nnn–11.md?p=a), and livestock shall be excluded from these lands.

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be section “460nnn–22(e)”.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–399, title II, § 202, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1666.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Wilderness Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 88–577, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890, which is classified generally to chapter 23 (§ 1131 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1131 of this title and Tables.

The effective date of the Wilderness Act, referred to in subsec. (a), means Sept. 3, 1964, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 88–577, which enacted chapter 23 of this title.

This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (d)(1), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 106–399, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1655, known as the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act of 2000, which is classified generally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 460nnn of this title and Tables.