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Hunting and fishing rights.

Administration.

Revocation.

PUBLIC LAW 91-476-OCT. 21, 1970

[84 STAT.

operation of access and recreational facilities, reforestation, revegetation, soil and moisture conservation, and management of fish and wildlife including hunting and fishing and control of predators. The Secretary shall permit hunting and fishing on lands and waters under the jurisdiction within the boundaries of the recreation area in accordance with the applicable laws of the United States and the State of California, except that the Secretary may designate zones where, and establish periods when, no hunting or fishing shall be permitted for reasons of public safety, administration, fish and wildlife management, or public use and enjoyment. Except in emergencies, any regulations of the Secretary pursuant to this section shall be put into effect only after consultation with the appropriate State fish and game department. (9) to issue such regulations and to do such other things as the Secretary deems necessary and desirable to carry out the terms of this Act. SEC. 6. (a) Subject to valid existing rights, nothing in this Act shall affect the applicability of the United States mining laws on the federally owned lands within the Area, except that all prospecting commenced or conducted and all mining claims located after the effective date of this Act shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Secretary may prescribe to effectuate the purposes of this Act. Any patent issued on any mining claim located after the effective date of this Act shall recite this limitation and continue to be subject to such regulations. All such regulations shall provide, among other things, for such measures as may be reasonable to protect the scenic and esthetic values of the Area against undue impairment and to assure against pollution of the streams and waters within the Area. (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or restrict rights of the owner or owners of any existing valid mining claim. SEC. 7. Except as may otherwise be provided in this Act, the public lands within the area shall be administered by the Secretary under any authority available to him for the conservation, development, and management of natural resources on public lands in California withdrawn by Executive Order Numbered 6910, dated November 26, 1934, to the extent that he finds such authority will further the purposes of this Act. SEC. 8. The objectives of Executive Order Numbered 5287, dated December 10, 1929, which withdraw certain public lands for classification, having been accomplished by the enactment of this Act, that Executive order is hereby revoked effective as of the date the Secretary establishes the area. SEC. 9. (a) The survey and investigation area referred to in the first section of this Act is described as follows: MOUNT DIABLO MERIDIAN, CALIFORNIA

Township 24 north, range 19 west, sections 4 and 5. HUMBOLDT MERIDIAN, CALIFORNIA

Township 5 south, range 1 east, all sections in township. Township 5 south, range 2 east, section 6, lots 4 through 9; 16 through 2 1; and 24 through 26; section 7, lots 2 through 7; 10 through 15; section 18, lots 1 through 16; section 19, lots 1 through 16; southwest quarter northeast quarter and west half southeast quarter and sections 30 and 31; section 32, southwest quarter northeast quarter; south half northwest quarter; northwest quarter northwest quarter; southwest quarter and west half southeast quarter. /

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