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 PUBLIC LAW 104-333 —NOV. 12, 1996 110 STAT. 4219 Recreation Area or on land adjacent to the Scenic Recreation Area; (II) for activities related to administration of the Scenic Recreation Area, consistent with the Opal Creek Management Plan; or (III) for removal of hazard trees along trails and roadways. (ii) SALVAGE SALES.—The Secretary may not allow a salvage sale in the Scenic Recreation Area. (7) WITHDRAWAL. — (A) subject to valid existing rights, all lands in the Scenic Recreation Area are withdrawn from— (i) any form of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public lands laws; (ii) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (iii) disposition under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws. (8) BORNITE PROJECT. — (A) Nothing in this section shall be construed to interfere with or approve any exploration, mining, or mining-related activity in the Bomite Project Area, depicted on the map described in subsection (a)(3), conducted in accordance with applicable laws. (B) Nothing in this section shall be construed to interfere with the ability of the Secretary to approve and issue, or deny, special use permits in connection with exploration, mining, and mining-related activities in the Bomite Project Area. (C) Motorized vehicles, roads, structures, and utilities (including but not limited to power lines and water lines) may be allowed inside the Scenic Recreation Area to serve the activities conducted on land within the Bornite Project. (D) After the date of enactment of this Act, no patent shall be issued for any mining claim under the general mining laws located within the Bomite Project Area. (9) WATER IMPOUNDMENTS. —Notwithstanding the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission may not license the construction of any dam, water conduit, reservoir, powerhouse, transmission line, or other project work in the Scenic Recreation Area, except as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of paragraph (8) with regard to the Bomite Project. (10) RECREATIONS.— (A) RECOGNITION. —Congress recognizes recreation as an appropriate use of the Scenic Recreation Area. (B) MINIMUM LEVELS. — The management plan shall permit recreation activities at not less than the levels in existence on the date of enactment of this Act. (C) HIGHER LEVELS.— The management plan may provide for levels of recreation use higher than the levels in existence on the date of enactment of this Act if such uses are consistent with the protection of the resource values of the Scenic Recreation Area. (D) The management plan may include public trail access through section 28, township 8 south, range 5 east, Willamette Meridian, to Battle Ax Creek, Opal Pool and

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