---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460r–1"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460r–1"
heading: "Designation of area; boundaries; publication in Federal Register"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460r-1"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LXXVI — Mount Rogers National Recreation Area"
---

# §460r–1. Designation of area; boundaries; publication in Federal Register


The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of Agriculture (hereinafter called the “[Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1)”) shall—

- (1) designate as soon as practicable after May 31, 1966, the Mount Rogers National Recreation [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) within and adjacent to, and as a part of, the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia comprised of the [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) the boundaries of which shall be those shown on the [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) entitled “Proposed Mount Rogers National Recreation [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A)”, dated 1965, which is on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; and
- (2) publish notice of the designation in the Federal Register, together with a [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) showing the boundaries of the recreation [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–438, § 2, May 31, 1966, 80 Stat. 190.)