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[CITE: 16USC1902]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
      CHAPTER 39--MINING ACTIVITY WITHIN NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM AREAS
 
Sec. 1902. Preservation and management of areas by Secretary of 
        the Interior; promulgation of regulations
        
    In order to preserve for the benefit of present and future 
generations the pristine beauty of areas of the National Park System, 
and to further the purposes of sections 1, and 2 to 4 of this title, as 
amended, and the individual organic Acts for the various areas of the 
National Park System, all activities resulting from the exercise of 
valid existing mineral rights on patented or unpatented mining claims 
within any area of the National Park System shall be subject to such 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior as he deems 
necessary or desirable for the preservation and management of those 
areas.

(Pub. L. 94-429, Sec. 2, Sept. 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 1342.)
