---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460y–2"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460y–2"
heading: "Program of multiple usage and sustained yield of renewable natural resources; public and private assistance in preparation; provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460y-2"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LXXXIII — King Range National Conservation Area"
---

# §460y–2. Program of multiple usage and sustained yield of renewable natural resources; public and private assistance in preparation; provisions


The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall use public and private assistance as he may require, for the purpose of preparing for the [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) a program of multiple usage and of sustained yield of renewable natural resources. Such program shall include but need not be limited to (1) a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the resources of the [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A); (2) the proposed boundaries of the [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A); (3) a plan of land use, development, and management of the [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) together with any proposed cooperative activities with the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of California, local governments, and others; (4) a statement of expected costs and an economic analysis of the program with particular reference to costs to the United States and expected economic effects on local communities and governments; and (5) an evaluation by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the program in terms of the public interest.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 91–476, § 3, Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1068.)
