16 Usc 537

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TITLE 16--CONSERVATION

CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS

SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

Sec. 537. Maintenance and reconstruction by road users; funds
for maintenance and reconstruction; availability of deposits
until expended, transfer of funds, and refunds

The Secretary may require the user or users of a road under the
control of the Forest Service, including purchasers of Government timber
and other products, to maintain such roads in a satisfactory condition
commensurate with the particular use requirements of each. Such
maintenance to be borne by each user shall be proportionate to total
use. The Secretary may also require the user or users of such a road to
reconstruct the same when such reconstruction is determined to be
necessary to accommodate such use. If such maintenance or reconstruction
cannot be so provided or if the Secretary determines that maintenance or
reconstruction by a user would not be practical, then the Secretary may
require that sufficient funds be deposited by the user to provide his
portion of such total maintenance or reconstruction. Deposits made to
cover the maintenance or reconstruction of roads are hereby made
available until expended to cover the cost to the United States of
accomplishing the purpose for which deposited: Provided, That deposits
received for work on adjacent and overlapping areas may be combined when
it is the most practicable and efficient manner of performing the work,
and cost thereof may be determined by estimates: And provided further,
That unexpended balances upon accomplishment of the purpose for which
deposited shall be transferred to miscellaneous receipts or refunded.

(Pub. L. 88-657, Sec. 6, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1090.)

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of certain enforcement functions of Secretary or other
official in Department of Agriculture under sections 532 to 538 of this
title to Federal Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for Alaska
Natural Gas Transportation System, and subsequent transfer to Secretary
of Energy, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 533 of
this title.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 533, 534, 536, 1608 of this
title.