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16 U.S.C. § 460mm — Establishment of conservation area
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**(a) In general** In order to provide for the immediate and future protection of the lands in Federal ownership within the framework of a program of multiple use and sustained yield and for the maintenance of environmental quality, the Steese National Conservation Area is hereby established.
**(b) Boundaries; special values** The Steese National Conservation Area shall include approximately one million two hundred twenty thousand acres of public lands, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Steese National Conservation Area—proposed”, and dated October 1978. Special values to be considered in planning and management of the area are: caribou range and Birch Creek.
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**(a) In general** In order to provide for the immediate and future protection of the lands in Federal ownership within the framework of a program of multiple use and sustained yield and for the maintenance of environmental quality, the Steese National Conservation Area is hereby established.
**(b) Boundaries; special values** The Steese National Conservation Area shall include approximately one million two hundred twenty thousand acres of public lands, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Steese National Conservation Area—proposed”, and dated October 1978. Special values to be considered in planning and management of the area are: caribou range and Birch Creek.
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**(a) Management and use of land; land use plan** Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary, through the Bureau of Land Management, shall administer the Steese National Conservation Area established in [section 460mm of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section460mm&num=0&edition=prelim) pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 [[43 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] dealing with the management and use of land in Federal ownership, and shall, within five years of Dec. 2, 1980, develop a land use plan for each such area, and for the area established in [section 460mm–2 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section460mm-2&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Transfer of lands; mineral exploration and development** No public lands within the national conservation area shall be transferred out of Federal ownership except by exchange pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act [[43 U.S.C. 1716](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1716&num=0&edition=prelim)]. Where consistent with the land use plans for the area, mineral development may be permitted pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, and supplemented ([30 U.S.C. 181–287](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section181–287&num=0&edition=prelim)) or the Materials Act of 1947, as amended ([30 U.S.C. 601–603](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section601–603&num=0&edition=prelim)). Subject to valid existing rights, the minerals in Federal lands withi
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 460mm–2
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the
House of Representatives changed to Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives on
Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred
Third Congress.
§ 460ll–5. Authorization of appropriations
Effective October 1, 1981, there is hereby au-
thorized to be appropriated such funds as may be
necessary to carry out the purposes of this sub-
chapter.
(Pub. L. 96–476, § 6, Oct. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 2274.)
[SUBCHAPTER XCVII—RESERVED]
SUBCHAPTER
XCVIII—STEESE
NATIONAL
CONSERVATION AREA AND WHITE MOUN-
TAINS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
§ 460mm. Establishment of conservation area
(a) In general
In order to provide for the immediate and fu-
ture protection of the lands in Federal owner-
ship within the framework of a program of mul-
tiple use and sustained yield and for the mainte-
nance of environmental quality, the Steese Na-
tional Conservation Area is hereby established.
(b) Boundaries; special values
The Steese National Conservation Area shall
include approximately one million two hundred
twenty thousand acres of public lands, as gen-
erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Steese Na-
tional Conservation Area—proposed’’, and dated
October 1978. Special values to be considered in
planning and management of the area are: car-
ibou range and Birch Creek.
(Pub. L. 96–487, title IV, § 401, Dec. 2, 1980, 94
Stat. 2396.)
§ 460mm–1. Administration of conservation area
(a) Management and use of land; land use plan
Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary,
through the Bureau of Land Management, shall
administer the Steese National Conservation
Area established in section 460mm of this title
p
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