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[CITE: 16USC460aaa-5]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
         SUBCHAPTER CXII--GRAND ISLAND NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
 
Sec. 460aaa-5. Minerals

    Subject to valid existing rights, the lands within the national 
recreation area are hereby withdrawn from location, entry, and patent 
under the United States mining laws and from disposition under all laws 
pertaining to mineral leasing including all laws pertaining to 
geothermal leasing. Also subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary 
shall not allow any mineral development on federally owned land within 
the national recreation area, except that common varieties of mineral 
materials, such as stone, and gravel, may be utilized only as authorized 
by the Secretary to the extent necessary for construction and 
maintenance of roads and facilities within the national recreation area.

(Pub. L. 101-292, Sec. 6, May 17, 1990, 104 Stat. 188.)

                       References in Text

    The United States mining laws and the mineral leasing laws, referred 
to in text, are classified generally to Title 30, Mineral Lands and 
Mining.
    Geothermal leasing laws, referred to in text, are classified 
principally to chapter 23 (Sec. 1001 et seq.) of Title 30.
