§ 460bbb. — Findings.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC460bbb-6]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXIII--SMITH RIVER NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
Sec. 460bbb-6. Minerals
(a) Withdrawal
Subject to valid existing rights, Federal lands within the exterior
boundary of the recreation area are hereby withdrawn from all forms of
location, entry, and patent under the United States mining laws and from
disposition under the mineral leasing laws, including all laws
pertaining to geothermal leasing.
(b) Patents
Patents may not be issued under the mining laws of the United States
after November 16, 1990, for locations and claims made before November
16, 1990, on Federal lands located within the exterior boundaries of the
recreation area.
(c) Administration
Subject to valid existing rights except for extraction of common
variety minerals such as stone, sand, and gravel for use in construction
and maintenance of roads and other facilities within the recreation area
and the excluded areas, all other mineral development on federally owned
lands within the recreation area is prohibited.
(d) Regulations
The Secretary is authorized and directed to issue supplementary
regulations to promote and protect the purposes for which the recreation
area is designated.
(Pub. L. 101-612, Sec. 8, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3214.)
References in Text
The United States mining laws and the mineral leasing laws, referred
to in subsecs. (a) and (b), are classified generally to Title 30,
Mineral Lands and Mining.
Geothermal leasing laws, referred to in subsec. (a), are classified
principally to chapter 23 (Sec. 1001 et seq.) of Title 30.
