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Act of October 18, 1968, referred to in subsec. (b), is tration of the park, and not to exceed $8,500,000 Pub. L. 90–606, Oct. 18, 1968, 82 Stat. 1188, as amended, for the acquisition of lands and interests there- which was classified to sections 450qq to 450qq–4 of this in, as provided in this subchapter. Notwith- title, and was omitted from the Code in view of the abo- standing any other provision of law, no fees lition of the Biscayne National Monument and its in- corporation within the Biscayne National Park pursu- shall be charged for entrance or admission to ant to subsec. (b). the park. (Pub. L. 96–287, title I, § 106, June 28, 1980, 94 § 410gg–3. Report as to suitability for designation Stat. 600.) as wilderness area; compliance with proce- dure for such designation AUTHORIZATIONS EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 1980; CONTRAC- TUAL, OBLIGATORY, AND PAYMENT AUTHORITY PRO- Within three complete fiscal years from the VIDED IN APPROPRIATIONS effective date of this subchapter, the Secretary Pub. L. 96–287, title IV, § 401, June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. shall review the area within the park and shall 602, provided that: ‘‘Authorizations of moneys to be ap- report to the President and the Congress, in ac- propriated under this Act [Pub. L. 96–287] shall be effec- cordance with section 1132(c) and (d) of this tive October 1, 1980. Notwithstanding any other provi- title, his recommendations as to the suitability sion of this Act, authority to enter into contracts to or nonsuitability of any area within the park for incur obligations, or to make payments under this Act designation as wilderness. Any designation of shall be effective only to the extent, and in such any such areas as wilderness shall be accom- amounts, as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.’’ plished in accordance with said section 1132(c) and (d). SUBCHAPTER LIX–F—ALASKAN NATIONAL (Pub. L. 96–287, title I, § 104, June 28, 1980, 94 PARKS Stat. 600.) § 410hh. Establishment of new areas REFERENCES IN TEXT The following areas are hereby established as The effective date of this subchapter, referred to in units of the National Park System and shall be text, probably means the date of enactment of Pub. L. administered by the Secretary under the laws 96–287, which was approved on June 28, 1980. governing the administration of such lands and under the provisions of this Act: § 410gg–4. Revised comprehensive general man- (1) Aniakchak National Monument, contain- agement plan; submission to Congressional ing approximately one hundred and thirty- committees eight thousand acres of public lands, and Within two complete fiscal years from the ef- Aniakchak National Preserve, containing ap- fective date of this subchapter, the Secretary proximately three hundred and seventy-six shall submit to the Committee on Interior and thousand acres of public lands, as generally Insular Affairs of the United States House of depicted on map numbered ANIA–90,005, and Representatives and the Committee on Energy dated October 1978. The monument and pre- and Natural Resources of the United States Sen- serve shall be managed for the following pur- ate, a revised comprehensive general manage- poses, among others: To maintain the caldera ment plan for the park consistent with the pro- and its associated volcanic features and land- visions of this subchapter and pursuant to the scape, including the Aniakchak River and provisions of section 100502 of title 54. other lakes and streams, in their natural state; to study, interpret, and assure continu- (Pub. L. 96–287, title I, § 105, June 28, 1980, 94 ation of the natural process of biological suc- Stat. 600.) cession; to protect habitat for, and popu- REFERENCES IN TEXT lations of, fish and wildlife, including, but not The effective date of this subchapter, referred to in limited to, brown/grizzly bears, moose, cari- text, probably means the date of enactment of Pub. L. bou, sea lions, seals, and other marine mam- 96–287, which was approved on June 28, 1980. mals, geese, swans, and other waterfowl and in a manner consistent with the foregoing, to in- CODIFICATION terpret geological and biological processes for In text, ‘‘section 100502 of title 54’’ substituted for visitors. Subsistence uses by local residents ‘‘section 12(b) of the Act of August 18, 1970 (84 Stat. 825), shall be permitted in the monument where as amended (16 U.S.C. 1a–1 et seq.)’’ on authority of such uses are traditional in accordance with Pub. L. 113–287, § 6(e), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3272, which the provisions of subchapter II of chapter 51 of Act enacted Title 54, National Park Service and Relat- ed Programs. this title. (2) Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, CHANGE OF NAME containing approximately two million four Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the hundred and fifty-seven thousand acres of pub- House of Representatives changed to Committee on lic land, as generally depicted on map num- Natural Resources of the House of Representatives on bered BELA–90,005, and dated October 1978. Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred The preserve shall be managed for the follow- Third Congress. ing purposes, among others: To protect and in- terpret examples of arctic plant communities, § 410gg–5. Authorization of appropriations; en- volcanic lava flows, ash explosions, coastal trance or admission fees prohibition formations, and other geologic processes; to In addition to the sums previously authorized protect habitat for internationally significant to be appropriated for Biscayne National Monu- populations of migratory birds; to provide for ment, there are authorized to be appropriated archeological and paleontological study, in co- such sums as may be necessary for the adminis- operation with Native Alaskans, of the process Page 295 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 410hh

of plant and animal migration, including man, park, where such uses are traditional, in ac- between North America and the Asian Con- cordance with the provisions of subchapter II tinent; to protect habitat for, and populations of chapter 51 of this title. of, fish and wildlife including, but not limited (b) Congress finds that there is a need for ac- to, marine mammals, brown/grizzly bears, cess for surface transportation purposes across moose, and wolves; subject to such reasonable the Western (Kobuk River) unit of the Gates of regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, to the Arctic National Preserve (from the Ambler continue reindeer grazing use, including nec- Mining District to the Alaska Pipeline Haul essary facilities and equipment, within the Road) and the Secretary shall permit such ac- areas which on January 1, 1976, were subject to cess in accordance with the provisions of this reindeer grazing permits, in accordance with subsection. sound range management practices; to protect (c) Upon the filing of an application pursu- the viability of subsistence resources; and in a ant to section 3164(b) and (c) of this title for a manner consistent with the foregoing, to pro- right-of-way across the Western (Kobuk River) vide for outdoor recreation and environmental unit of the preserve, including the Kobuk Wild education activities including public access and Scenic River, the Secretary shall give no- for recreational purposes to the Serpentine tice in the Federal Register of a thirty-day pe- Hot Springs area. The Secretary shall permit riod for other applicants to apply for access. the continuation of customary patterns and (d) The Secretary and the Secretary of modes of travel during periods of adequate Transportation shall jointly prepare an envi- snow cover within a one-hundred-foot right-of- ronmental and economic analysis solely for way along either side of an existing route from the purpose of determining the most desirable Deering to the Taylor Highway, subject to route for the right-of-way and terms and con- such reasonable regulations as the Secretary ditions which may be required for the issuance may promulgate to assure that such travel is of that right-of-way. This analysis shall be consistent with the foregoing purposes. completed within one year and the draft there- (3) Cape Krusenstern National Monument, of within nine months of the receipt of the ap- containing approximately five hundred and plication and shall be prepared in lieu of an sixty thousand acres of public lands, as gener- environmental impact statement which would ally depicted on map numbered CAKR–90,007, otherwise be required under section 102(2)(C) of and dated October 1979. The monument shall the National Environmental Policy Act [42 be managed for the following purposes, among U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)]. Such analysis shall be others: To protect and interpret a series of ar- deemed to satisfy all requirements of that Act cheological sites depicting every known cul- [42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.] and shall not be subject tural period in arctic Alaska; to provide for to judicial review. Such environmental and scientific study of the process of human popu- economic analysis shall be prepared in accord- lation of the area from the Asian Continent; in ance with the procedural requirements of sec- cooperation with Native Alaskans, to preserve tion 3164(e) of this title. The Secretaries in and interpret evidence of prehistoric and his- preparing the analysis shall consider the fol- toric Native cultures; to protect habitat for lowing— seals and other marine mammals; to protect (i) Alternative routes including the consid- habitat for and populations of, birds, and other eration of economically feasible and prudent wildlife, and fish resources; and to protect the alternative routes across the preserve which viability of subsistence resources. Subsistence would result in fewer or less severe adverse uses by local residents shall be permitted in impacts upon the preserve. the monument in accordance with the provi- (ii) The environmental and social and eco- sions of subchapter II of chapter 51 of this nomic impact of the right-of-way including title. impact upon wildlife, fish, and their habitat, (4)(a) Gates of the Arctic National Park, and rural and traditional lifestyles including containing approximately seven million fifty- subsistence activities, and measures which two thousand acres of public lands, Gates of should be instituted to avoid or minimize the Arctic National Preserve, containing ap- negative impacts and enhance positive im- proximately nine hundred thousand acres of pacts. Federal lands, as generally depicted on map (e) Within 60 days of the completion of the numbered GAAR–90,011, and dated July 1980. environmental and economic analysis, the The park and preserve shall be managed for Secretaries shall jointly agree upon a route the following purposes, among others: To for issuance of the right-of-way across the pre- maintain the wild and undeveloped character serve. Such right-of-way shall be issued in ac- of the area, including opportunities for visi- cordance with the provisions of section 3167 of tors to experience solitude, and the natural this title. environmental integrity and scenic beauty of (5) Kenai Fjords National Park, containing the mountains, forelands, rivers, lakes, and approximately five hundred and sixty-seven other natural features; to provide continued thousand acres of public lands, as generally opportunities, including reasonable access, for depicted on map numbered KEFJ–90,007, and mountain climbing, mountaineering, and dated October 1978. The park shall be managed other wilderness recreational activities; and for the following purposes, among others: To to protect habitat for and the populations of, maintain unimpaired the scenic and environ- fish and wildlife, including, but not limited to, mental integrity of the Harding Icefield, its caribou, grizzly bears, Dall sheep, moose, outflowing glaciers, and coastal fjords and is- wolves, and raptorial birds. Subsistence uses lands in their natural state; and to protect by local residents shall be permitted in the seals, sea lions, other marine mammals, and § 410hh TITLE 16—CONSERVATION Page 296

marine and other birds and to maintain their as generally depicted on map numbered hauling and breeding areas in their natural NOAT–90,004, and dated July 1980 and the map state, free of human activity which is disrup- entitled ‘‘Noatak National Preserve and tive to their natural processes. In a manner Noatak Wilderness Addition’’ dated September consistent with the foregoing, the Secretary is 1994. The preserve shall be managed for the authorized to develop access to the Harding following purposes, among others: To main- Icefield and to allow use of mechanized equip- tain the environmental integrity of the ment on the icefield for recreation. Noatak River and adjacent uplands within the (6) Kobuk Valley National Park, containing preserve in such a manner as to assure the approximately one million seven hundred and continuation of geological and biological proc- ten thousand acres of public lands as generally esses unimpaired by adverse human activity; depicted on map numbered KOVA–90,009, and to protect habitat for, and populations of, fish dated October 1979. The park shall be managed and wildlife, including but not limited to cari- for the following purposes, among others: To bou, grizzly bears, Dall sheep, moose, wolves, maintain the environmental integrity of the and for waterfowl, raptors, and other species natural features of the Kobuk River Valley, of birds; to protect archeological resources; including the Kobuk, Salmon, and other riv- and in a manner consistent with the foregoing, ers, the boreal forest, and the Great Kobuk to provide opportunities for scientific re- Sand Dunes, in an undeveloped state; to pro- search. The Secretary may establish a board tect and interpret, in cooperation with Native consisting of scientists and other experts in Alaskans, archeological sites associated with the field of arctic research in order to assist Native cultures; to protect migration routes him in the encouragement and administration for the Arctic caribou herd; to protect habitat of research efforts within the preserve. for, and populations of, fish and wildlife in- (b) All lands located east of centerline of the cluding but not limited to caribou, moose, main channel of the Noatak River which are— black and grizzly bears, wolves, and waterfowl; (1) within and to protect the viability of subsistence re- (A) any area withdrawn under the Alas- sources. Subsistence uses by local residents ka Native Claims Settlement Act [43 shall be permitted in the park in accordance U.S.C. 1601 et seq.] for selection by the vil- with the provisions of subchapter II of chapter lage of Noatak, and 51 of this title. Except at such times when, and (B) any village deficiency withdrawal locations where, to do so would be inconsist- under section 11(a)(3)(A) of such Act [43 ent with the purposes of the park, the Sec- U.S.C. 1610(a)(3)(A)] which is adjacent to retary shall permit aircraft to continue to the area described in subparagraph (i) 1 of land at sites in the upper Salmon River water- this paragraph, shed. (2) adjacent to public lands within a unit (7)(a) Lake Clark National Park, containing of the National Park System as designated approximately two million four hundred thir- under this Act, and ty-nine thousand acres of public lands, and (3) not conveyed to such Village or other Lake Clark National Preserve, containing ap- Native Corporation before the final convey- proximately one million two hundred and ance date, shall, on such final conveyance fourteen thousand acres of public lands, as date, be added to and included within, the generally depicted on map numbered adjacent unit of the National Park System LACL–90,008, and dated October 1978. The park (notwithstanding the applicable acreage and preserve shall be managed for the follow- specified in this paragraph) and managed in ing purposes, among others: To protect the the manner provided in the foregoing provi- watershed necessary for perpetuation of the sions of this paragraph. For purposes of the red salmon fishery in Bristol Bay; to maintain preceding sentence the term ‘‘final convey- unimpaired the scenic beauty and quality of ance date’’ means the date of the convey- portions of the Alaska Range and the Aleutian ance of lands under the Alaska Native Range, including active volcanoes, glaciers, Claims Settlement Act [43 U.S.C. 1601 et wild rivers, lakes, waterfalls, and alpine mead- seq.], or by operation of this Act, to the Vil- ows in their natural state; and to protect habi- lage of Noatak, or to any other Native Cor- tat for and populations of fish and wildlife in- poration which completes the entitlement of cluding but not limited to caribou, Dall sheep, such Village or other Corporation to convey- brown/grizzly bears, bald eagles, and peregrine ance of lands from the withdrawals referred falcons. to in subparagraph (1). (b) No lands conveyed to the Nondalton Vil- lage Corporation shall be considered to be (9) Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park, con- within the boundaries of the park or preserve; taining approximately eight million one hun- if the corporation desires to convey any such dred and forty-seven thousand acres of public lands, the Secretary may acquire such lands lands, and Wrangell-Saint Elias National Pre- with the consent of the owner, and any such serve, containing approximately four million lands so acquired shall become part of the one hundred and seventy-one thousand acres park or preserve, as appropriate. Subsistence of public lands, as generally depicted on map uses by local residents shall be permitted in numbered WRST–90,007, and dated August 1980. the park where such uses are traditional in ac- The park and preserve shall be managed for cordance with the provisions of subchapter II the following purposes, among others: To of chapter 51 of this title. maintain unimpaired the scenic beauty and (8)(a) Noatak National Preserve, containing approximately 6,477,168 acres of public lands, 1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’. Page 297 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 410hh

quality of high mountain peaks, foothills, gla- ANAKTUVUK PASS LAND EXCHANGE cial systems, lakes, and streams, valleys, and Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title III, § 302, Nov. 12, 1996, 110 coastal landscapes in their natural state; to Stat. 4117, provided that: protect habitat for, and populations of, fish ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following and wildlife including but not limited to cari- findings: bou, brown/grizzly bears, Dall sheep, moose, ‘‘(1) The Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva- wolves, trumpeter swans and other waterfowl, tion Act (94 Stat. 2371 [Pub. L. 96–487, see Short Title and marine mammals; and to provide con- note set out under section 3101 of this title]), enacted on December 2, 1980, established Gates of the Arctic tinued opportunities, including reasonable ac- National Park and Preserve and Gates of the Arctic cess for mountain climbing, mountaineering, Wilderness. The Village of Anaktuvuk Pass, located and other wilderness recreational activities. in the highlands of the central Brooks Range is vir- Subsistence uses by local residents shall be tually surrounded by these national park and wilder- permitted in the park, where such uses are ness lands and is the only Native village located traditional, in accordance with the provisions within the boundary of a National Park System unit of subchapter II of chapter 51 of this title. in Alaska. (10) Yukon-Charley Rivers National Pre- ‘‘(2) Unlike most other Alaskan Native commu- serve, containing approximately one million nities, the village [sic] of Anaktuvuk Pass is not lo- cated on a major river, lake, or coastline that can be seven hundred and thirteen thousand acres of used as a means of access. The residents of public lands, as generally depicted on map Anaktuvuk pass [sic] have relied increasingly on numbered YUCH–90,008, and dated October snow machines in winter and all-terrain vehicles in 1978. The preserve shall be managed for the summer as their primary means of access to pursue following purposes, among others: To main- caribou and other subsistence resources. tain the environmental integrity of the entire ‘‘(3) In a 1983 land exchange agreement, linear ease- Charley River basin, including streams, lakes ments were reserved by the Inupiat Eskimo people for and other natural features, in its undeveloped use of all-terrain vehicles across certain national park lands, mostly along stream and river banks. natural condition for public benefit and sci- These linear easements proved unsatisfactory, be- entific study; to protect habitat for, and popu- cause they provided inadequate access to subsistence lations of, fish and wildlife, including but not resources while causing excessive environmental im- limited to the peregrine falcons and other rap- pact from concentrated use. torial birds, caribou, moose, Dall sheep, griz- ‘‘(4) The National Park Service and the Nunamiut zly bears, and wolves; and in a manner consist- Corporation initiated discussions in 1985 to address ent with the foregoing, to protect and inter- concerns over the use of all-terrain vehicles on park pret historical sites and events associated and wilderness land. These discussions resulted in an agreement, originally executed in 1992 and thereafter with the gold rush on the Yukon River and the amended in 1993 and 1994, among the National Park geological and paleontological history and cul- Service, Nunamiut Corporation, the City of tural prehistory of the area. Except at such Anaktuvuk Pass, and Arctic Slope Regional Corpora- times when and locations where to do so would tion. Full effectuation of this agreement, as amend- be inconsistent with the purposes of the pre- ed, by its terms requires ratification by the Congress. serve, the Secretary shall permit aircraft to ‘‘(b) RATIFICATION OF AGREEMENT.— continue to land at sites in the Upper Charley ‘‘(1) RATIFICATION.— River watershed. ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The terms, conditions, proce- dures, covenants, reservations, and other provisions (Pub. L. 96–487, title II, § 201, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. set forth in the document entitled ‘Donation, Ex- 2377; Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title III, § 302(c)(2), change of Lands and Interests in Lands and Wilder- Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4119.) ness Redesignation Agreement Among Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, Nunamiut Corporation, City REFERENCES IN TEXT of Anaktuvuk Pass and the United States of Amer- This Act, referred to in provision preceding par. (1) ica’ (hereinafter referred to in this section as ‘the and par. (8)(b)(2), (3), is Pub. L. 96–487, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Agreement’), executed by the parties on December Stat. 2371, as amended, known as the Alaska National 17, 1992, as amended, are hereby incorporated in this Interest Lands Conservation Act. For complete classi- title [see Tables for classification], are ratified and fication of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note confirmed, and set forth the obligations and com- set out under section 3101 of this title and Tables. mitments of the United States, Arctic Slope Re- That Act, referred to in par. (4)(d), meaning the Na- gional Corporation, Nunamiut Corporation and the tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969, is Pub. L. City of Anaktuvuk Pass, as a matter of Federal 91–190, Jan. 1, 1970, 83 Stat. 852, as amended, which is law. classified generally to chapter 55 (§ 4321 et seq.) of Title ‘‘(B) LAND ACQUISITION.—Lands acquired by the 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classi- United States pursuant to the Agreement shall be fication of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note administered by the Secretary of the Interior (here- set out under section 4321 of Title 42 and Tables. inafter referred to as the ‘Secretary’) as part of The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, referred Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, to in par. (8)(b)(1)(A), (3), is Pub. L. 92–203, Dec. 18, 1971, subject to the laws and regulations applicable 85 Stat. 688, as amended, which is classified generally thereto. to chapter 33 (§ 1601 et seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. ‘‘(2) MAPS.—The maps set forth as Exhibits C1, C2, For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see and D through I to the Agreement depict the lands Short Title note set out under section 1601 of Title 43 subject to the conveyances, retention of surface ac- and Tables. cess rights, access easements and all-terrain vehicle easements. These lands are depicted in greater detail AMENDMENTS on a map entitled ‘Land Exchange Actions, Proposed 1996—Par. (8)(a). Pub. L. 104–333 substituted ‘‘approxi- Anaktuvuk Pass Land Exchange and Wilderness Re- mately 6,477,168 acres’’ for ‘‘approximately six million designation, Gates of the Arctic National Park and four hundred and sixty thousand acres’’ and inserted Preserve’, Map No. 185/80,039, dated April 1994, and on ‘‘and the map entitled ‘Noatak National Preserve and file at the Alaska Regional Office of the National Noatak Wilderness Addition’ dated September 1994’’ Park Service and the offices of Gates of the Arctic after ‘‘July 1980’’. National Park and Preserve in Fairbanks, Alaska. § 410hh–1 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION Page 298

Written legal descriptions of these lands shall be pre- denning areas; to maintain unimpaired the pared and made available in the above offices. In case water habitat for significant salmon popu- of any discrepancies, Map No. 185/80,039 shall be con- lations; and to protect scenic, geological, cul- trolling. tural and recreational features. ‘‘(c) NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM WILDERNESS.— (3)(a) Mount McKinley National Park, by the ‘‘(1) GATES OF THE ARTIC WILDERNESS.—[Amended provisions listed in a Table of Wilderness Areas set addition of an area containing approximately out under section 1132 of this title.] two million four hundred and twenty-six thou- ‘‘(2) NOATAK NATIONAL PRESERVE.—[Amended this sand acres of public land, and approximately section.] one million three hundred and thirty thousand ‘‘(3) NOATAK WILDERNESS.—[Amended provisions acres of additional public land is hereby estab- listed in a Table of Wilderness Areas set out under lished as Denali National Preserve, both as section 1132 of this title.] generally depicted on map numbered ‘‘(d) CONFORMANCE WITH OTHER LAW.— DENA–90,007, and dated July 1980 and the ‘‘(1) ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT.—All of whole is hereby redesignated as Denali Na- the lands, or interests therein, conveyed to and re- tional Park and Preserve. The park additions ceived by Arctic Slope Regional Corporation or Nunamiut Corporation pursuant to the Agreement and preserve shall be managed for the follow- shall be deemed conveyed and received pursuant to ing purposes, among others: To protect and in- exchanges under section 22(f) of the Alaska Native terpret the entire mountain massif, and addi- Claims Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1601, tional scenic mountain peaks and formations; 1621(f)). All of the lands or interests in lands conveyed and to protect habitat for, and populations of pursuant to the Agreement shall be conveyed subject fish and wildlife including, but not limited to, to valid existing rights. brown/grizzly bears, moose, caribou, Dall ‘‘(2) ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVA- sheep, wolves, swans and other waterfowl; and TION ACT.—Except to the extent specifically set forth to provide continued opportunities, including in this section or the Agreement, nothing in this sec- reasonable access, for mountain climbing, tion or in the Agreement shall be construed to en- large or diminish the rights, privileges, or obligations mountaineering and other wilderness rec- of any person, including specifically the preference reational activities. Subsistence uses by local for subsistence uses and access to subsistence re- residents shall be permitted in the additions sources provided under the Alaska National Interest to the park where such uses are traditional in Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.).’’ accordance with the provisions in subchapter II of chapter 51 of this title. § 410hh–1. Additions to existing areas (b) The Alaska Land Use Council shall, in The following units of the National Park Sys- cooperation with the Secretary, conduct a tem are hereby expanded: study of the Kantishna Hills and Dunkle Mine (1) Glacier Bay National Monument, by the areas of the park as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Kantishna Hills/Dunkle Mine addition of an area containing approximately Study Area’’ dated October 1979, and report five hundred and twenty-three thousand acres thereon to the Congress not later than three of Federal Land. Approximately fifty-seven years from December 2, 1980. The study and re- thousand acres of additional public land is port shall evaluate the resources of the area, hereby established as Glacier Bay National including but not limited to, fish and wildlife, Preserve, both as generally depicted on map public recreation opportunities, wilderness po- numbered GLBA–90,004, and dated October tential, historic resources, and minerals, and 1978; furthermore, the monument is hereby re- shall include those recommendations respect- designated as ‘‘Glacier Bay National Park’’. ing resources and other relevant matters The monument addition and preserve shall be which the Council determines are necessary. managed for the following purposes, among In conjunction with the study required by this others: To protect a segment of the Alsek section, the Council, in consultation with the River, fish and wildlife habitats and migration Secretary, shall compile information relating routes, and a portion of the Fairweather to the mineral potential of the areas encom- Range including the northwest slope of Mount passed within the study, the estimated cost of Fairweather. Lands, waters, and interests acquiring mining properties, and the environ- therein within the boundary of the park and mental consequences of further mineral devel- preserve which were within the boundary of opment. any national forest are hereby excluded from (c) During the period of the study, no acqui- such national forest and the boundary of such sition of privately owned land shall be per- national forest is hereby revised accordingly. mitted within the study area, except with the (2) Katmai National Monument, by the addi- consent of the owner, and the holders of valid tion of an area containing approximately one mining claims shall be permitted to operate million and thirty-seven thousand acres of on their claims, subject to reasonable regula- public land. Approximately three hundred and tions designed to minimize damage to the en- eight thousand acres of additional public land vironment: Provided, however, That such lands is hereby established as Katmai National Pre- or claims shall be subject to acquisition with- serve, both as generally depicted on map num- out the consent of the owner or holder if the bered 90,007, and dated July 1980; furthermore, Secretary determines, after notice and oppor- the monument is hereby redesignated as tunity for hearing, if such notice and hearing ‘‘Katmai National Park’’. The monument ad- are not otherwise required by applicable law dition and preserve shall be managed for the or regulation, that activities on such lands or following purposes, among others: To protect claims will significantly impair important habitats for, and populations of, fish and wild- scenic, wildlife, or recreational values of the life including, but not limited to, high con- public lands which are the subject of the centrations of brown/grizzly bears and their study.