§1285b Establishment of Boundaries for Certain Component Rivers in Alaska; Withdrawal of Minerals

Summary

For the Alaska rivers Congress listed as items 38 through 50, the protected area along each river must average no more than 640 acres per mile on both sides combined. That boundary must not include land owned by the State or its local governments, and it must not encircle or effectively surround private land next to the river. A prior mineral withdrawal also applies to minerals in federal land that make up the river bed or bank, or that lie within one-half mile of the river bank for any river called "wild" by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.