Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 110 Part 6.djvu/390

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110 STAT. 4212 PUBLIC LAW 104-333—NOV. 12, 1996 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ", and which shall be known as the Bisti Wilderness; and" and inserting a semicolon; (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ", and which shall be known as the De-Na-Zin Wilderness." and inserting "; and "; and (D) by adding at the end the following new psiragraph: "(3) certain lands in the Farmington District of the Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico, which comprise approximately 16,525 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled

  • Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Amendment PropossJ', dated May

1992."; (2) in the first sentence of subsection (c), by inserting after "of this Act" the following: "with regard to the areas described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), and as soon as practicable £dter the date of enactment of subsection (a)(3) with regard to the area described in subsection (a)(3)"; (3) in subsection (d), by inserting after "of this Act" the following: "with regard to the areas described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), and where established prior to the date of enactment of subsection (a)(3) with regard to the area described in subsection (a)(3)"; and (4) by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(e)(l) Subject to valid existing rights, the lands described in subsection (a)(3) are withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the mining laws and from disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, sind mineral material sales. "(2) The Secretary of the Interior may issue coal leases in New Mexico in exchange for any preference right coal lease application within the area described in subsection (a)(3). Such exchanges shall be made in accordance with applicable existing laws and regulations relating to coal leases after a determination has been made by the Secretary that the applicant is entitled to a preference right lease and that the exchange is in the public interest. "(3) Operations on oil and gas leases issued prior to the date of enactment of subsection (a)(3) shall be subject to the applicable provisions of Group 3100 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (including section 3162.5 -1), and such other terms, stipulations, and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior considers necessary to avoid significant disturbance of the land surface or impairment of the ecological, educational, scientific, recreational, scenic, and other wilderness values of the lands described in subsection (a)(3) in existence on the date of enactment of subsection (a)(3). In order to satisfy valid existing rights on the lands described in subsection (a)(3), the Secretary of the Interior may exchange any oil and gas lease within this area for an unleased parcel outside this area of like mineral estate and with similar appraised mineral values.". (c) EXCHANGES FOR STATE LANDS. —Section 104 of the San Juan Basin Wilderness Protection Act of 1984 (98 Stat. 3156) is amended— (1) in the first sentence of subsection (b), by inserting after "of this Act" the following: "with regard to the areas described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), and not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of subsection (a)(3) with regard to the area described in subsection (a)(3)";