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[CITE: 16USC3204]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
         CHAPTER 51--ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION
 
                SUBCHAPTER VI--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3204. Allowed uses


(a) Establishment and use of new facilities

    On all public lands where the taking of fish and wildlife is 
permitted in accordance with the provisions of this Act or other 
applicable State and Federal law the Secretary shall permit, subject to 
reasonable regulation to insure compatibility, the continuance of 
existing uses, and the future establishment, and use, of temporary 
campsites, tent platforms, shelters, and other temporary facilities and 
equipment directly and necessarily related to such activities. Such 
facilities and equipment shall be constructed, used, and maintained in a 
manner consistent with the protection of the area in which they are 
located. All new facilities shall be constructed of materials which 
blend with, and are compatible with, the immediately surrounding 
landscape. Upon termination of such activities and uses (but not upon 
regular or seasonal cessation), such structures or facilities shall, 
upon written request, be removed from the area by the permittee.

(b) Denial of proposed use or establishment

    Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Secretary may 
determine, after adequate notice, that the establishment and use of such 
new facilities or equipment would constitute a significant expansion of 
existing facilities or uses which would be detrimental to the purposes 
for which the affected conservation system unit was established, 
including the wilderness character of any wilderness area within such 
unit, and may thereupon deny such proposed use or establishment.

(Pub. L. 96-487, title XIII, Sec. 1316, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2485.)

                       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.
