---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460o–4"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460o–4"
heading: "Land and water use management plan; adoption, implementation, and revision; provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460o-4"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LXXIII — Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area"
---

# §460o–4. Land and water use management plan; adoption, implementation, and revision; provisions


In the administration of the [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) for the purposes of this subchapter, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior, subject to provisions of [section 460o–3](/usc/16/460o–3.md) of this title, shall adopt and implement, and may from time to time revise, a land and water use [management plan](/usc/16/544.md?p=k), which shall include specific provision for, in order of priority—

- (1) public outdoor recreation benefits;
- (2) preservation of scenic, scientific, and historic features contributing to public enjoyment;
- (3) such utilization of natural resources as in the judgment of the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior is consistent with, and does not significantly impair, public recreation and protection of scenic, scientific, and historic features contributing to public enjoyment.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–158, § 5, Sept. 1, 1965, 79 Stat. 614.)