---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460zzz–6"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460zzz–6"
heading: "Advisory Council"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460zzz-6"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter CXXXVII — Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area"
---

# §460zzz–6. Advisory Council

- (a) **Establishment—** Not later than 180 days after March 30, 2009, the [Secretary](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=1) shall establish an advisory [council](/usc/16/460zzz.md?p=2), to be known as the “Dominguez-Escalante National [Conservation Area](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=2) Advisory [Council](/usc/16/460zzz.md?p=2)”.
- (b) **Duties—** The [Council](/usc/16/460zzz.md?p=2) shall advise the [Secretary](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=1) with respect to the preparation and implementation of the [management plan](/usc/16/460yyy.md?p=2).
- (c) **Applicable law—** The [Council](/usc/16/460zzz.md?p=2) shall be subject to—
  - (1) [chapter 10](/usc/5/chptI-ch10.md) of title 5; and
  - (2) the [Federal Land](/usc/16/3102.md?p=2) Policy and Management Act of 1976 ([43 U.S.C. 1701](/usc/43/1701.md) et seq.).
- (d) **Members—** The [Council](/usc/16/460zzz.md?p=2) shall include 10 members to be appointed by the [Secretary](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=1), of whom, to the extent practicable—
  - (1) 1 member shall be appointed after considering the recommendations of the Mesa County [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c);
  - (2) 1 member shall be appointed after considering the recommendations of the Montrose County [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c);
  - (3) 1 member shall be appointed after considering the recommendations of the Delta County [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c);
  - (4) 1 member shall be appointed after considering the recommendations of the permittees holding grazing allotments within the [Conservation Area](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=2) or the [Wilderness](/usc/16/460zzz.md?p=7); and
  - (5) 5 members shall reside in, or within reasonable proximity to, Mesa County, Delta County, or Montrose County, Colorado, with backgrounds that reflect—
    - (A) the purposes for which the [Conservation Area](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=2) or [Wilderness](/usc/16/460zzz.md?p=7) was established; and
    - (B) the interests of the stakeholders that are affected by the planning and management of the [Conservation Area](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=2) and [Wilderness](/usc/16/460zzz.md?p=7).
- (e) **Representation—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=1) shall ensure that the membership of the [Council](/usc/16/460zzz.md?p=2) is fairly balanced in terms of the points of view represented and the functions to be performed by the [Council](/usc/16/460zzz.md?p=2).
- (f) **Duration—** The [Council](/usc/16/460zzz.md?p=2) shall terminate on the date that is 1 year from the date on which the [management plan](/usc/16/460yyy.md?p=2) is adopted by the [Secretary](/usc/16/460iii–1.md?p=1).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–11, title II, § 2407, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1107; Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(a)(97), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4316.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, referred to in subsec. (c)(2), is Pub. L. 94–579, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2743, which is classified principally to chapter 35 (§ 1701 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1701 of Title 43 and Tables.

### Amendments

2022—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “chapter 10 of title 5;” for “the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.);”.