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October 2, 1968 - 9 - Pub. Law 90 -542 <br />_ e2 srrtr. sz5 <br />(d) Nothing in this section with respect to the milking of it luau or <br />grant shall apply to grants made under the Land and Water Couserva- <br />tion Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 897; la U.S.C. 4601-1 et, so(l.). <br />Siw. M. (a) All public lands within tile authorized boundaries of any <br />c•oiiipouent of tho national wild and scenic rivers system which is <br />designated in section 3 of this Act or which is hereafter designated, for <br />inclusion in that system are hereby withdrawn from entry, sale, or <br />other disposition under the public land laws of the l lnit xi States. <br />(b) All public lands which constitute the bed or bank, or are within <br />ono- quarter mile of the bank, of airy river which is listed in section 5, <br />subsection (a), of this Act are hereby withdrawn froin entry, sale, or <br />other disposition under the public land laws of the United States for <br />the lKTiuds spcx+ilic'<l in sc(•tion 7, subsection (b), of this Act. <br />Situ, !i, (it) Nut.hing in this Act shall affect, the, aplplic•abilit.y of the Minin/; and <br />United States mining and rinneral Ieasing laws within components of mineral leas - <br />the national wild and scenic rivers system except that— ins laws. <br />(i) all prospecting, mining operations, and other activities on <br />raining claims which, ut the ell -W., of it cornpouent of the system <br />designated in section 3 of this Act, have not heretofore been per - <br />feoted or which, in the ca-.o of it cvniipone.nt, hereafter designated <br />pursuant, to this A0, or any other Act of Omgiv.ss, are nol, ver- <br />fected before its inclusion in the systelli and all mining operations <br />and other activities under it mineral lease, license, or permit issued <br />or renewed after inclusion of a component in the system shall be <br />subject to such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior or, in <br />the case of national forest lands, t lie Secretary of Agriculture may <br />prescribe to effectuate the purposes of this Act; <br />(ii} subject to valid existing rights, the perfection of, or issu- <br />ance of a patent to, any mining claim affecting lands within the <br />system shall cantor or convoy a rigl►t, of title only t.o the mineral <br />deposits and such rights only to the usry of the surfaco tlid the <br />surface resources irs :ire reasonitbly required to carrying on pros- <br />pecting or mining operations and are consistent with such regula- <br />tions as may be proscribed by the Secretary of the Interior or, in <br />the case of national forest lands, by the St iretary of Agriculture; <br />and <br />(iii) subject to valid existing rights, the minerals in Federal <br />lands which are part of the system and constitute the bed or bank <br />or are situated within one - quarter mile of the bank of any river <br />designated a wild river under this Act. or any subsequent Act are <br />Hereby withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the <br />mining laws and from operation of the mineral leasing laws <br />including, in both cases, amendments thereto. <br />Regulations issued pursuant to paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this subsec- <br />t ion shall, among other things, provide safeguards against pollution of <br />the river involved and unnecessary impairment of the scenery within <br />the component in question. <br />(b) The minerals in any Federal lands which constitute the bed or <br />bank or are situated within one - quarter mile of the bank of any river <br />which is listed in section 5, subsection (a) of this Act are hereby with- <br />drawn from all forms of appropriation under the mining laws dur- <br />ing the periods specified in section 7, subsection (b) of this Act. <br />Nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed to forbid <br />prospecting or the issuance or leases, licenses, and permits under the <br />mineral leasing laws subject to such conditions as the Secretary of <br />the Interior and, in the case of national forest lands, the Secretary of <br />_agriculture find appropriate to safeguard the area in the event it <br />is subsequently ineluNed in the System. <br />