§ 460mm-4. — Administration of recreation area.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC460mm-4]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XCVIII--STEESE NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA AND WHITE MOUNTAINS
NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
Sec. 460mm-4. Administration of recreation area
(a) Recreation, conservation, and resource development
The White Mountains National Recreation area established by this Act
shall be administered by the Secretary in 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) Withdrawal of lands from selection and mining; exceptions
The lands within the recreation area, subject to valid existing
rights, are hereby withdrawn from State selection under the Alaska
Statehood Act or other law, and from location, entry, and patent under
the United States mining laws. The Secretary under such reasonable
regulations as he deems appropriate, may permit the removal of the
nonleasable minerals from lands or interests in lands within the
recreation area in the manner described by section 387 of title 43, 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) Disposal of receipts
All receipts derived from permits and leases issued on lands or
interest in lands within the recreation area under the mineral leasing
laws shall be disposed of as provided in such laws; and 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.
(Pub. L. 96-487, title XIII, Sec. 1312, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2483.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 96-487, Dec. 2,
1980, 94 Stat. 2371, as amended, known as the Alaska National Interest
Lands Conservation Act. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3101 of this title and
Tables.
The Alaska Statehood Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 85-
508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, as amended, which is set out as a note
preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
The United States mining laws and the mineral leasing laws, referred
to in subsecs. (b) and (c), are classified generally to Title 30,
Mineral Lands and Mining.
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of title IV of Pub. L. 96-487, which
comprises this subchapter.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 460mm-2, 460mm-3 of this
title.
