16 U.S.C. § 460aaa–5 — Minerals
submitted 36 years ago by Pub. L. 101-292 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 104 words · no verdicts yet
Land in the recreation area is closed to new mining claims and mineral or geothermal leasing. The Secretary generally cannot allow mineral development on federal land there. An exception lets the Secretary permit taking common materials like stone and gravel for building or maintaining roads and facilities.
Subject to valid existing rights, the lands within the national recreation area are hereby withdrawn from location, entry, and patent under the United States mining laws and from disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral leasing including all laws pertaining to geothermal leasing. Also subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall not allow any mineral development on federally owned land within the national recreation area, except that common varieties of mineral materials, such as stone, and gravel, may be utilized only as authorized by the Secretary to the extent necessary for construction and maintenance of roads and facilities within the national recreation area.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 101–292, § 6, May 17, 1990, 104 Stat. 188.)
- 1990Enacted · Pub. L. 101-292 · 104 Stat. 188
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