Contents
- (a) Establishment and designation; administration36 changes
- (b) Additional national scenic or national historic trails; feasibility studies; consultations; submission of studies to Congress; scope of studies; qualifications for national historic trail designation6 changes
- (c) Routes subject to consideration for designation as national scenic trails25 changes
- (d) Trail advisory councils; establishment and termination; term and compensation; membership; chairman5 changes
- (e) Comprehensive national scenic trail plan; consultation; submission to Congressional committees
- (f) Comprehensive national historic trail plan; consultation; submission to Congressional committees2 changes
- (g) Revision of feasibility and suitability studies of existing national historic trails1 change
(d)The Secretary charged with the administration of each respective trail shall, within one year of the date of the addition of any national scenic or national historic trail to the System, and within sixty days of November 10, 1978, for the Appalachian and Pacific Crest National Scenic Trails, establish an advisory council for each such trail, each of which councils shall expire ten years from the date of its establishment, except that the Advisory Council established for the Iditarod Historic Trail shall expire twenty years from the date of its establishment. If the appropriate Secretary is unable to establish such an advisory council because of the lack of adequate public interest, the Secretary shall so advise the appropriate committees of the Congress. The appropriate Secretary shall consult with such council from time to time with respect to matters relating to the trail, including the selection of rights-of-way, standards for the erection and maintenance of markers along the trail, and the administration of the trail. The members of each advisory council, which shall not exceed thirty-five in number, shall serve for a term of two years and without compensation as such, but the Secretary may pay, upon vouchers signed by the chairman of the council, the expenses reasonably incurred by the council and its members in carrying out their responsibilities under this section. Members of each council shall be appointed by the appropriate Secretary as follows:
(1)the head of each Federal department or independent agency administering lands through which the trail route passes, or his designee;
(2)a member appointed to represent each State through which the trail passes, and such appointments shall be made from recommendations of the Governors of such States;
(3)one or more members appointed to represent private organizations, including corporate and individual landowners and land users, which in the opinion of the Secretary, have an established and recognized interest in the trail, and such appointments shall be made from recommendations of the heads of such organizations: Provided, That the Appalachian Trail Conference shall be represented by a sufficient number of persons to represent the various sections of the country through which the Appalachian Trail passes; and
(4)the Secretary shall designate one member to be chairman and shall fill vacancies in the same manner as the original appointment.
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