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[CITE: 16USC3200]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
         CHAPTER 51--ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION
 
                SUBCHAPTER VI--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3200. Denali Scenic Highway study


(a) Withdrawal

    Subject to valid existing rights, all public lands within an area, 
the centerline of which is the centerline of the Parks Highway from the 
entrance to Denali National Park to the Talkeetna junction which is one 
hundred and thirty-six miles south of Cantwell, the Denali Highway 
between Cantwell and Paxson, the Richardson Highway and Edgerton Highway 
between Paxson and Chitina, and the existing road between Chitina and 
McCarthy (as those highways and road are depicted on the official maps 
of the department of transportation of the State of Alaska) and the 
boundaries of which are parallel to the centerline and one mile distant 
therefrom on either side, are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry 
or appropriation under the mining laws and from operation of the mineral 
leasing laws of the United States. Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to preclude minor road realignment, minor road improvement, or 
the extraction of gravel for such purposes from lands withdrawn or 
affected by the study mandated herein.

(b) Study

    During the three-year period beginning on December 2, 1980, the 
Secretary shall study the desirability of establishing a Denali Scenic 
Highway to consist of all or part of the lands described in subsection 
(a) of this section. In conducting the studies, the Secretary, through a 
study team which includes representatives of the Secretary of 
Transportation, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land 
Management, the State, and of each Regional Corporation within whose 
area of operation the lands described in subsection (a) of this section 
are located, shall consider the scenic and recreational values of the 
lands withdrawn under this section, the importance of providing 
protection to those values, the desirability of providing a symbolic and 
actual physical connection between the national parks in south central 
Alaska, and the desirability of enhancing the experience of persons 
traveling between those parks by motor vehicles. Members of the study 
team who are not Federal employees shall receive from the Secretary per 
diem (in lieu of expenses) and travel allowances at the rates provided 
for employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Alaska in grade GS-15.

(c) Cooperation notice: hearings

    In conducting the studies required by this section, the Secretary 
shall cooperate with the State and shall consult with each Village 
Corporation within whose area of operation lands described in this 
section are located and to the maximum extent practicable with the owner 
of any lands adjoining the lands described in subsection (a) of this 
section concerning the desirability of establishing a Denali Scenic 
Highway. The Secretary, through the National Park Service, shall also 
give such public notice of the study as he deems appropriate, including 
at least publication in a newspaper or newspapers having general 
circulation in the area or areas of the lands described in subsection 
(a) of this section, and shall hold a public hearing or hearings at one 
or more locations convenient to the areas affected.

(d) Report

    Within three years after December 2, 1980, the Secretary shall 
report to the President the results of the studies carried out pursuant 
to this section together with his recommendation as to whether the 
scenic highway studied should be established and, if his recommendation 
is to establish the scenic highway, the lands described in subsection 
(a) of this section which should be included therein. Such report shall 
include the views and recommendations of all members of the study team. 
The President shall advise the President of the Senate and the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives of his recommendations and those of the 
Governor of Alaska with respect to creation of the scenic highways,\1\ 
together with maps thereof, a definition of boundaries thereof, an 
estimate of costs, recommendations on administration, and proposed 
legislation to create such a scenic highway, if creation of one is 
recommended.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``highway,''.
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(e) Period of withdrawal

    The lands withdrawn under subsection (a) of this section shall 
remain withdrawn until such time as the Congress acts on the President's 
recommendation, but not to exceed two years after the recommendation is 
transmitted to the Congress.

(Pub. L. 96-487, title XIII, Sec. 1311, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2481.)

                       References in Text

    The mining laws and the mineral leasing laws of the United States, 
referred to in subsec. (a), are classified generally to Title 30, 
Mineral Lands and Mining.
    GS-15, referred to in subsec. (b), is contained in the General 
Schedule, which is set out under section 5332 of Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees.
