PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Federal land inside the marked withdrawal boundary is closed, except for valid existing rights, to new mining claims and patents and to mineral or geothermal leasing and mineral materials laws. If doing so fits the area’s goals and the management plan, the Secretary may allow digging saleable minerals only for road maintenance at places shown as “gravel pit” on the map. That exception does not apply in the Wilderness Area, wilderness study areas, or designated Wild and Scenic River segments, and only for pits that were authorized before October 30, 2000.

Title 16, §460nnn–81

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(a)Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal lands and interests in lands included within the withdrawal boundary as depicted on the map referred to in section 460nnn–11(a) of this title are hereby withdrawn from—

(1)location, entry and patent under the mining laws; and

(2)operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws and from the minerals materials laws and all amendments thereto except as specified in subsection (b).

(b)If consistent with the purposes of this subchapter and the management plan for the Cooperative Management and Protection Area, the Secretary may permit the development of saleable mineral resources, for road maintenance use only, in those locations identified on the map referred to in section 460nnn–11(a) of this title as an existing “gravel pit” within the mineral withdrawal boundaries (excluding the Wilderness Area, wilderness study areas, and designated segments of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System) where such development was authorized before October 30, 2000.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 106–399, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1655, known as the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Act of 2000, which is classified generally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 460nnn of this title and Tables.

§460nnn–81 Designation of Mineral Withdrawal Area