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 Proc. 7373 Title 3--The President preserved lava-cave features, such as lava stalactites and curbs, the latter marking high stands of the flowing lava forever frozen on the lava tube walls. The lava tubes and pit craters of the monument are known for their unusual preservation of winter ice and snow into the hot summer months, due to shielding from the sun and the insulating properties of the basalt. Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 43\177), author- izes the President, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation his- toric landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or con- trolled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and to reserve as a part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected. WHEREAS it appears that it would be in the public interest to reserve such lands as an addition to the Craters of the Moon National Monument: NOW, THEREFORE, I, William J. Clinton, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by section 2 of the Act of June 8, \177906 (34 Stat. 225, \1776 U.S.C. 43\177), do proclaim that there are hereby set apart and reserved as an addition to the Craters of the Moon National Monument, for the purpose of protecting the objects identified above, all lands and interests in lands owned or controlled by the United States with- in the boundaries of the area described on the map entitled "Craters of the Moon National Monument Boundary Enlargement" attached to and forming a part of this proclamation. The Federal land and interests in land reserved consist of approximately 66%287 acres, which is the smallest area compat- ible with the proper care and management of the obiects to be protected. All Federal lands and interests in lands within the boundaries of this monument are hereby appropriated and withdrawn from all forms of entry, location, selection, sale, or leasing or other disposition under the public land laws, including but not limited to withdrawal from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and from disposition under all laws re- lating to mineral and geothermal leasing, other than by exchange that fur- thers the protective purposes of the monument. For the purpose of pro- tecting the obiects identified above, the Secretary shall prohibit all motor- ized and mechanized vehicle use off road, except for emergency or author- ized administrative purposes. Lands and interests in lands within the proposed monument not owned by the United States shall be reserved as a part of the monument upon acqui- sition of title thereto by the United States. The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a transportation plan that ad- dresses the actions, including road closures or travel restrictions, necessary to protect the obiects identified in this proclamation. The Secretary of the Interior shall manage the area being added to the monument through the Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service, pursuant to legal authorities, to implement the purposes of this proclamation. The National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Manage- ment shall manage the monument cooperatively and shall prepare an agree- ment to share, consistent with applicable laws, whatever resources are nec- essary to manage properly the monument; however, the National Park Serv- ice shall have primary management authority over the portion of the monu-

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