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 102 STAT. 2752

PUBLIC LAW 100-550—OCT. 28, 1988 (d) No

ADDITION TO THE NATIONAL WILDERNESS PRESERVATION

SYSTEM.—Nothing in the Act shall be construed to add lands to the National Wilderness Preservation System. SEC. 6. MANAGEMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES.

Nothing in this Act shall be construed to change the laws governing the management of mineral resources. SEC. 7. ADMINISTRATION OF RECEIPTS.

The acreage added to the Toiyabe and Inyo National Forests in the State of Nevada by this Act shall not be counted in determining the distribution of the Twenty-Five Percent Fund between the States of California and Nevada under the Act of May 23, 1908, as amended: Provided, however. That the acreage added to these forests shall be counted in the distribution of the Twenty-Five Percent Fund among the affected counties in Nevada. SEC 8. WATER RIGHTS.

(a) Congress hereby expressly reserves the minimum quantity of water necessary to achieve the primary purposes for which the lands transferred pursuant to section 4(a) are withdrawn. Those purposes are hereby declared to be solely and exclusively the primary purpcxse for which the National Forests within which the lands are to be included were established. The priority date for such reserved rights shall be the date of transfer pursuant to this Act. Qo) Congress hereby expressly relinquishes all Federal reserved water rights created by the initial withdrawal from the public domain in the lands transferred pursuant to section 4(c) effective on the date of such transfer. (c) Nothing in this Act shall create an implied reservation of water. (d) Nothing in this Act shall affect the right of the United States or of any person to acquire or dispose of water or water rights pursuant to the substantive and procedural requirements of the laws of the State of Nevada. SEC. 9. VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.

(a) Nothing in this Act shall affect valid existing rights of any person under any authority of law. (b) Authorizations to use lands transferred by this Act which were issued prior to the date of transfer shall remain subject to the laws and regulations under which they were issued. Such authorization shall be administered by the Secretary to whom jurisdiction over affected lands has been transferred by this Act. Any renewal or extension of such authorization shall be subject to the laws and regulations pertaining to the agency which has jurisdiction over the land at the time the renewal or extension is requested. The change of administrative jurisdiction resulting from the enactment of this Act shall not in itself constitute a basis for denying or approving the renewal or reissuance of any such authorization. SEC. 10. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS.

With respect to the lands transferred by section 4, any formal administrative appeal, adjudication, or review pending on the date of transfer of jurisdiction under this Act shall be completed by the Secretary, or his designee, of the Department in which it was initiated.

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