Public land management policy: oversight hearing before the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, first session, on Bureau of Land Management wilderness program ....

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Page 15 - wilderness study areas shall be managed in a manner "so as not to impair the suitability of such areas for preservation as wilderness, subject, however, to the continuation of existing mining and grazing uses and mineral leasing in the manner and degree in which the same
Page 291 - being considered for possible wilderness designation be managed "in a manner so as not to impair the suitability of such areas for preservation as wilderness...* and "to prevent unnecessary or undue degradation of the lands...
Page 11 - wilderness subject, however, to the continuation of existing mining and grazing uses and mineral leasing in the manner and degree in which the same was being conducted on the date of the
Page 56 - that in managing the public lands the Secretary shall, by regulation or otherwise, take any action required to prevent unnecessary or undue degradation of the lands.
Page 308 - comments be incorporated in the record as if read in their entirety. The American Mining Congress is an industry association that encompasses: producers of most of America's metals, coal and industrial and agricultural minerals;
Page 207 - estate is formally designated by Congress as wilderness, exploration and development operations taking place or to take place on that part of the lease will remain subject to the requirements of this stipulation, except as modified by the Act of Congress designating the laod as wilderness.
Page 195 - were dry holes. Yet, even where drilling proves successful and commercially producible amounts of oil and gas are found, petroleum operations will be conducted only for so long as the field remains productive. Within 20 to 30 years, most fields are depleted of their recoverable oil and gas
Page 11 - and other applicable law in a manner so as not to impair the suitability of such areas for preservation of wilderness
Page 122 - Special Features: The presence or absence, and the quality of the optional wilderness characteristics—ecological. geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value. The
Page 10 - By accepting this lease, the lessee acknowledges that the lands contained in this lease are being inventoried or evaluated for their wilderness potential by the Bureau of Land Management under section 603 of

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