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 78 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 88-607-SEPT. 19, 1964

987

when the action will exclude from the area permanently, or for a substantial period of time, one or more uses enumerated in section 1 of this Act. SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior shall develop and administer for rnultiple use and sustained yield of the several products and services obtainable therefrom those public lands that are determined to be suitable for interim management in accordance with regulations promulgated pursuant to this Act. SEC. 4. Publication of notice in the Federal Register by the Secre- Exemption of tary of the Interior of a proposed classification under this Act shall fl^^l o7dis°posai. have the effect of segregating such land from settlement, location, sale, selection, entry, lease, or other formal disposal under the public land laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws, except to the extent that the proposed classification or subsequent notification thereof specifies that the land shall remain open for one or more of such forms of disposal under the public land laws. The segregative effect of such proposed classification shall continue for a period of two years from the date of publication unless classification has theretofore been completed in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the regulations to be promulgated hereunder, or unless the Secretary of the Interior shall terminate it sooner. Lands classified for sale or other disposal shall be offered for sale or such other disposal within two years of the date of publication of the proposed classification and if not so offered for sale or other disposal the segregative effect shall cease at the expiration of two years from the date of publication. The proposed classification or proposed sale or other disposal may be continued beyond the two-year period if notice of such proposed continuance, including a statement of necessity for continued segregation, is submitted to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives and published in the Federal Register not more than ninety days nor less than thirty days prior to the expiration of the two-year period specified herein; and thereupon the segregative effect shall be extended for such additional period as is specified m the notice, not exceeding two years, unless Congress or the Secretary of the Interior terminates the segregation at any earlier date. SEC, 5. As used in this Act, the following terms shall have the fol- Definitions. lowing meanings: (a) The term "public lands" means any lands (1) withdrawn or reserved by Executive Order Numbered 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, or 6964 of February 5, 1935, as amended, or (2) within a grazing district established pursuant to the Act of June 28, 1934 (48 Stat. 1269), as amended, or (3) located in the State of Alaska, which 43 USC 315 are not otherwise withdrawn or reserved for a Federal use or purpose. ^' ^*^' (b) "Multiple use" means the management of the various surface and subsurface resources so that they are utilized in the combination that will best meet the present and future needs of the American people; the most judicious use of the land for some or all of these resources or related services over areas large enough to provide sufficient latitude for periodic adjustments in use to confonn to changing needs and conditions; the use of some land for less than all of the resources; and harmonious and coordinated management of the various resources, each with the other, without impairment of the productivity of the land, with consideration being given to the relative values of the various resources, and not necessarily the combination of uses that will give the greatest dollar return or the greatest unit output. (c) "Sustained yield of the several products and services" means the achievement and maintenance of a high-level annual or regular periodic output of the various renewable resources of land without impairment of the productivity of the land.

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