16 USC § 410ii-1
Establishment
through Pub. L. 116-344, except Pub. Ls. 116-260 and 116-283
USC

(a) Abolition of Chaco Canyon National Monument
There is hereby established in the State of New Mexico, the Chaco Culture National Historical Park comprising approximately thirty three thousand nine hundred and eighty nine acres as generally depicted on the map entitled "Chaco Culture National Historical Park", numbered 310/80,032–A and dated August 1979. The Chaco Canyon National Monument is hereby abolished, as such, and any funds available for the purpose of the monument shall be available for the purpose of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park.

(b) Designation of Chaco Culture Archeological Protection Sites

(1) Thirty-nine outlying sites as generally depicted on a map entitled "Chaco Culture Archeological Protection Sites", numbered 310/80,033–B and dated September 1991, are hereby designated as "Chaco Culture Archeological Protection Sites". The thirty-nine archeological protection sites totaling approximately 14,372 acres 1 identified as follows:

Open Table
 
 Name: Acres
Allentown 380  
Andrews Ranch 950  
Bee Burrow 480  
Bisa'ani 131  
Casa del Rio 40  
Casamero 160  
Chimney Rock 3,160  
Coolidge 450  
Dalton Pass 135  
Dittert 480  
Great Bend 26  
Greenlee Ruin 60  
Grey Hill Spring 23  
Guadalupe 115  
Halfway House 40  
Haystack 565  
Hogback 453  
Indian Creek 100  
Jaquez 66  
Kin Nizhoni 726  
Lake Valley 30  
Manuelito-Atsee Nitsaa 60  
Manuelito-Kin Hochoi 116  
Morris 41 85  
Muddy Water 1,090  
Navajo Springs 260  
Newcomb 50  
Peach Springs 1,046  
Pierre's Site 440  
Raton Well 23  
Salmon Ruin 5  
San Mateo 61  
Sanostee 1,565  
Section 8 10  
Skunk Springs/Crumbled House 533  
Standing Rock 348  
Toh-la-kai 10  
Twin Angeles 40  
Upper Kin Klizhin 60.

(2) The map referred to in paragraph (1) shall be kept on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service, the office of the State Director of the Bureau of Land Management located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the office of the Area Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs located in Window Rock, Arizona, and the offices of the Arizona and New Mexico State Historic Preservation Officers.

Amendments

1995—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–11 designated existing provisions as par. (1), increased number of outlying protection sites from 33 to 39, updated number designation and date on site designation maps, increased total acreage from 8,771 to 14,372 acres, and added par. (2).

1 So in original. Probably should be "acres are".

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