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[CITE: 16USC460y-5]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
        SUBCHAPTER LXXXIII--KING RANGE NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA
 
Sec. 460y-5. Applicability of mining laws; prospecting commenced 
        or conducted and mining claims located subsequent to October 21, 
        1970, as subject to regulations; patents issued on mining claims 
        located subsequent to October 21, 1970, as subject to 
        regulations; provisions of regulations; rights of owner of 
        existing valid mining claim as unaffected
        
    (a) Subject to valid existing rights, nothing in this subchapter 
shall affect the applicability of the United States mining laws on the 
federally owned lands within the Area, except that all prospecting 
commenced or conducted and all mining claims located after October 21, 
1970, shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Secretary 
may prescribe to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter. Any patent 
issued on any mining claim located after October 21, 1970, shall recite 
this limitation and continue to be subject to such regulations. All such 
regulations shall provide, among other things, for such measures as may 
be reasonable to protect the scenic and esthetic values of the Area 
against undue impairment and to assure against pollution of the streams 
and waters within the Area.
    (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or restrict 
rights of the owner or owners of any existing valid mining claim.

(Pub. L. 91-476, Sec. 6, Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1070.)

                       References in Text

    The United States mining laws, referred to in subsec. (a), are 
classified generally to Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 460y-4 of this title.
