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 PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980

94 STAT. 2483

ADMINISTRATION OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA

SEC. 1312. (a) The White Mountains National Recreation Area 16 USC established by this Act shall be administered by the Secretary in 460mm-4. order to provide for public outdoor recreation use and enjoyment and for the conservation of the scenic, scientific, historic, fish and wildlife, and other values contributing to public enjoyment of such area. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the Secretary shall administer the recreation area in a manner which in his judgment will best provide for (1) public outdoor recreation benefits; (2) conservation of scenic, scientific, historic, fish and wildlife, and other values contributing to public enjoyment; and (3) such management, utilization, and disposal of natural resources and the continuation of such existing uses and developments as will promote, or are compatible with, or do not significantly impair public recreation and conservation of the scenic, scientific, historic, fish and wildlife, or other values contributing to public enjoyment. In administering the recreation area, the Secretary may utilize such statutory authorities available to him for the conservation and management of natural resources as he deems appropriate for recreation and preservation purposes and for resource development compatible therewith. (b) The lands within the recreation area, subject to valid existing Land rights, are hereby withdrawn from State selection under the Alaska withdrawal and Statehood Act or other law, and from location, entry, and patent nonleasable mineral under the United States mining laws. The Secretary under such removal. reasonable regulations as he deems appropriate, may permit the 48 USC note removal of the nonleasable minerals from lands or interests in lands prec. 21. within the recreation area in the manner described by section 10 of the Act of August 4, 1939, as amended (43 U.S.C. 387), and he may permit the removal of leasable minerals from lands or interests in lands within the recreation areas in accordance with the mineral leasing laws, if he finds that such disposition would not have significant adverse effects on the administration of the recreation areas. (c) All receipts derived from permits and leases issued on lands or Permit and lease interest in lands within the recreation area under the mineral receipts, leasing laws shall be disposed of as provided in such laws; and disposal. receipts from the disposition of nonleasable minerals within the recreation area shall be disposed of in the same manner as moneys received from the sale of public lands. ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONAL PRESERVES

SEC. 1313. A National Preserve in Alaska shall be administered and 16 USC 320i. managed as a unit of the National Park System in the same manner as a national park except as otherwise provided in this Act and except that the taking of fish and wildlife for sport purposes and subsistence uses, and trapping shall be allowed in a national preserve under applicable State and Federal law and regulation. Consistent with the provisions of section 816, within national preserves the Secretary Ante, p. 2430. may designate zones where and periods when no hunting, fishing, trapping, or entry may be permitted for reasons of public safety, administration, floral and faunal protection, or public use and enjoyment. Except in emergencies, any regulations prescribing such restrictions relating to hunting, fishing, or trapping shall be put into effect only after consultation with the appropriate State agency having responsibility over hunting, fishing, and trapping activities.

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