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 ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1986 - Public lands |
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Page 118 - ... work substantially unnoticeable; (2) has outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation; (3) has at least five thousand acres of land or is of sufficient size as to make practicable its preservation and use in an unimpaired condition; and (4) may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.
Page 19 - Act and other applicable law 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 was being conducted on the date of approval of this Act...
Page 64 - 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 and their resources or to afford environmental protection.
Page 205 - ... further planning and congressionally designated wilderness study areas, and 22.8 million acres of BLM WSAs. Several new developments, however, make continuing the prohibition unnecessary and, in our opinion, unwise. First, the Wilderness Act's December 31, 1983 deadline for mineral leasing to occur has expired, thereby removing the possibility that new oil and gas exploration can take place in designated wilderness areas. Second, the Department of Interior's perceived posture to develop at the...
Page 312 - The American Mining Congress is an industry association that encompasses producers of most of America's metals, coal, industrial and agricultural minerals; manufacturers of mining and mineral processing machinery, equipment and supplies; and engineering and consulting firms and financial institutions that serve the mining industry.
Page 19 - During the period of review of such areas and until Congress has determined otherwise, the Secretary shall continue to manage such lands according to his authority under this Act and other applicable law in a manner so as not to impair the suitability of such areas for preservation as wilderness...
Page 18 - 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 (BLM) under section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 90 Stat.
Page 313 - From a national security standpoint, unless positive actions are taken by government, the country faces a devastating minerals crisis. The United States has become increasingly dependent on foreign sources for many strategic minerals, base metals, and industrial materials that are essential to the Nation's security and industrial base.
Page 209 - We believe it is vital for Congress to have meaningful geologic evaluations of these areas in order to make thoughtful decisions about wilderness designations — designations that permanently withdraw lands from mineral exploration and a myriad of other multiple use activities. It is also significant...
Page 199 - Of these, 560 found oil/ 578 found natural gas and 5/439 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 a period ranging from 20-30 years most fields are depleted of their recoverable oil and gas and the land is reclaimed. Where drilling occurs/ experience has shown that petroleum development need not destroy the long-term "wilderness"...