Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 4.djvu/898

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104 STAT. 3214 PUBLIC LAW 101-612—NOV. 16, 1990 16 USC 460bbb-5. 16 USC 460bbb-6. 16 USC 460bbb-7. lands are transferred to the county of Del Norte appropriate provisions to implement this subsection. (d) WITHDRAWAL. — Subject to valid existing rights, all public lands within the recreation area are hereby withdrawn from entry, sale, or other disposition under the public land laws of the United States. This subsection shall not affect the exchange authorities of the Secretary. SEC. 7. FISH AND GAME. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State of California with respect to fish and wildlife, including the regulation of hunting, fishing, and trapping on any lands managed by the Secretary under this Act, except that the Secretary may designate zones where, and establish periods when, no hunting, fishing, or trapping shall be permitted for reasons of protecting nongame species and their habitats, public safety, administration, or public use and enjoyment. Except in emergencies, any regulation of the Secretary pursuant to this section shall be put into effect only after consultation with the fish and wildlife agency of the State of California. SEC. 8. MINERALS. (a) WITHDRAWAL,—Subject to valid existing rights. Federal lands within the exterior boundary of the recreation area are hereby withdrawn from all forms of location, entry, and patent under the United States mining laws and from disposition under the mineral leasing laws, including all laws pertaining to geothermal leasing. (b) PATENTS.—Patents may not be issued under the mining laws of the United States after the date of enactment of this Act for locations and claims made before the date of enactment of this Act on Federal lands located within the exterior boundaries of the recreation area. (c) ADMINISTRATION. —Subject to valid existing rights except for extraction of common variety minerals such as stone, sand, and gravel for use in construction and maintenance of roads and other facilities within the recreation area and the excluded areas, all other mineral development on federally owned lands within the recreation area is prohibited. (d) REGULATIONS. —The Secretary is authorized and directed to issue supplementary regulations to promote and protect the purposes for which the recreation area is designated. SEC. 9. MANAGEMENT PLANNING. The Secretary shall revise the document entitled "Smith River National Recreation Area Management Plan" dated February 1990 to conform to the provisions of this Act, and such revised plan shall guide management of the recreation area and shall be incorporated in its entirety into the forest plan for the Six Rivers National Forest. This incorporation shall not be deemed a revision or amendment to the forest plan for purposes of the section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974. The Secretary shall make such further revisions to the management plan as are necessary in order to include more specific development and use plans for the recreation areas. Such revisions shall be made no later than 5 years after the enactment of this Act. Such revisions and any other modifications of the management plan shall be made only through the processes of revision or amendment of the forest plan