§460iii–2 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

Creates the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area to protect and improve birds of prey, their habitats, and the area's natural, scientific, cultural, and educational values. Uses of the public lands that existed on August 4, 1993 may continue, subject to other parts of the law. The area covers about 482,457 acres of federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and is shown on a map dated November 1991. The Secretary of the Interior must file that map and a legal description with the House and Senate committees soon after August 4, 1993. The map is treated as part of the law but may be corrected for minor errors and will be available for public inspection at BLM offices. Except for valid existing rights, lands in the area are closed as of August 4, 1993 to new public‑land claims, mining and mineral or geothermal leasing, and most land disposals; pending applications from that date must be returned. Mineral materials from existing sites may be used if compatible with the conservation goals.

Title 16, §460iii–2

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(a)(1)There is hereby established the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area.

(2)The purposes for which the conservation area is established, and shall be managed, are to provide for the conservation, protection, and enhancement of raptor populations and habitats and the natural and environmental resources and values associated therewith, and of the scientific, cultural, and educational resources and values of the public lands in the conservation area.

(3)Subject to the provisions of subsection (d) of this section and section 460iii–3 of this title, uses of the public lands in the conservation area existing on August 4, 1993, shall be allowed to continue.

(b)The conservation area shall consist of approximately 482,457 acres of federally owned lands and interests therein managed by the Bureau of Land Management as generally depicted on the map entitled “Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area”, dated November 1991.

(c)As soon as is practicable after August 4, 1993, the map referred to in subsection (b) and a legal description of the conservation area shall be filed by the Secretary with the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. Each such map shall have the same force and effect as if included in this subchapter; except that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in such map and legal description. Each such map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Director and the Idaho State Director of the Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the Interior.

(d)Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal lands within the conservation area are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; and from entry, application, and selection under the Act of March 3, 1877 (Ch. 107, 19 Stat. 377, 43 U.S.C. 321 et seq.; commonly referred to as the “Desert Lands Act”), section 641 of title 43, the Act of July 3, 1890 (Ch. 656, 26 Stat. 215; commonly referred to as the “State of Idaho Admissions Act”), section 851 of title 43, and section 852 of title 43. The Secretary shall return to the applicants any such applications pending on August 4, 1993, without further action. Subject to valid existing rights, as of August 4, 1993, lands within the Birds of Prey Conservation Area are withdrawn from location under the general mining laws, the operation of the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, and the mineral material disposal laws, except that mineral materials subject to disposal may be made available from existing sites to the extent compatible with the purposes for which the conservation area is established.

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Act of

March 3, 1877, referred to in subsec. (d), is act Mar. 3, 1877, ch. 107, 19 Stat. 377, which is classified generally to sections 321 to 323, 325, and 327 to 329 of Title 43. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Act of

July 3, 1890, referred to in subsec. (d), is not classified to the Code.

Amendments

2009—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 111–11 inserted “Morley Nelson” before “Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area” and struck out “(hereafter referred to as the ‘conservation area’)” before period at end.

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