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[CITE: 16USC460nnn-81]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
 SUBCHAPTER CXXV--STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION 
                                  AREA
 
                     Part D--Mineral Withdrawal Area
 
Sec. 460nnn-81. Designation of mineral withdrawal area


(a) Designation

    Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal lands and interests in 
lands included within the withdrawal boundary as depicted on the map 
referred to in section 460nnn-11(a) of this title are hereby withdrawn 
from--
        (1) location, entry and patent under the mining laws; and
        (2) operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws 
    and from the minerals materials laws and all amendments thereto 
    except as specified in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Road maintenance

    If consistent with the purposes of this subchapter and the 
management plan for the Cooperative Management and Protection Area, the 
Secretary may permit the development of saleable mineral resources, for 
road maintenance use only, in those locations identified on the map 
referred to in section 460nnn-11(a) of this title as an existing 
``gravel pit'' within the mineral withdrawal boundaries (excluding the 
Wilderness Area, wilderness study areas, and designated segments of the 
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System) where such development was 
authorized before October 30, 2000.

(Pub. L. 106-399, title IV, Sec. 401, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1669.)

                       References in Text

    The mining laws and the mineral leasing laws, referred to in subsec. 
(a), are classified generally to Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining.
    Geothermal leasing laws, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), are 
classified principally to chapter 23 (Sec. 1001 et seq.) of Title 30, 
Mineral Lands and Mining.
    This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original 
``this Act'', meaning Pub. L. 106-399, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1655, 
which is classified generally to this subchapter. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 460nnn of this title and Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 460nnn-82 of this title.
