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<br />shall be permitted to continue at a level not less than the level of use which occurred during calendar
<br />year 1978.
<br />(D) Subject to existing rights of the State of Idaho, including the right of access, with respect to
<br />the beds of navigable streams, tributaries or rivers, dredge and placer mining in any form including any
<br />use of machinery for the removal of sand and gravel for mining purposes shall be prohibited within the
<br />segment of the Salmon River designated as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System by this
<br />paragraph; within the fifty -three mile segment of the Salmon River from Hammer Creek downstream to
<br />the confluence of the Snake River; and within the Middle Fork of the Salmon River; and its tributary
<br />streams in their entirety: Provided, That nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to prohibit the
<br />removal of sand and gravel, outside the boundaries of the River of No Return Wilderness or the Gospel -
<br />Hump Wilderness, above the high water mark of the Salmon River or the Middle Fork and its tributaries
<br />for the purposes of construction or maintenance of public roads: Provided further, That this paragraph
<br />shall not apply to any written mineral leases approved by the Board of Land Commissioners of the State
<br />of Idaho prior to January 1, 1980.
<br />(E) The provisions of section 7(a) of this Act with respect to the licensing of dams, water
<br />conduits, reservoirs, powerhouses, transmission lines or other project works, shall apply to the fifty-
<br />three-mile segment of the Salmon River from Hammer Creek downstream to the confluence of the
<br />Snake River.
<br />(F) For the purposes of the segment of the Salmon River designated as a component of the Wild
<br />and Scenic Rivers System by this paragraph, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated from the Land
<br />and Water Conservation Fund, after October 1, 1980, not more than $6,200,000 for the acquisition of
<br />lands and interests in lands.?
<br />(25) ALAGNAK, ALASKA.$ -- That segment of the main stem and the major tributary to the
<br />Alagnak, the Nonvianuk River, within Katmai National Preserve; to be administered by the Secretary of
<br />the Interior.
<br />(26) ALATNA, ALASKA. -- The main stem within the Gates of the Arctic National Park; to be
<br />administered by the Secretary of the Interior.
<br />(27) ANIAKCHAK, ALASKA. -- That portion of the river, including its major tributaries,
<br />Hidden Creek, Mystery Creek, Albert Johnson Creek, and North Fork Aniakchak River, within the
<br />Aniakchak National Monument and National Preserve; to be administered by the Secretary of the
<br />Interior.
<br />(28) CHARLEY, ALASKA. -- The entire river, including its major tributaries, Copper Creek,
<br />Bonanza Creek, Hosford Creek, Derwent Creek, Flat - Orthmer Creek, Crescent Creek, and Moraine
<br />Creek, within the Yukon - Charley Rivers National Preserve; to be administered by the Secretary of the
<br />Interior.
<br />(29) CHILIKADROTNA, ALASKA. -- That portion of the river within the Lake Clark National
<br />Park and Preserve; to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior.
<br />(30) JOHN, ALASKA. -- That portion of the river within the Gates of the Arctic National Park;
<br />to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior.
<br />(3 1) KOBUK, ALASKA. -- That portion within the Gates of the Arctic National Park and
<br />Preserve; to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior.
<br />(32) MULCHATNA, ALASKA. -- That portion within the Lake Clark National Park and
<br />Preserve; to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior.
<br />(33) NOATAK, ALASKA. -- The river from its source in the Gates of the Arctic National Park to
<br />its confluence with the Kelly River in the Noatak National Preserve; to be administered by the Secretary
<br />of the Interior.
<br />(34) NORTH FORK OF THE KOYUKUK, ALASKA. -- That portion within the Gates of the
<br />Arctic National Park; to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior.
<br />(35) SALMON, ALASKA. -- That portion within the Kobuk Valley National Park; to be
<br />administered by the Secretary of the Interior.
<br />(36)TINAYGUK, ALASKA. -- That portion within the Gates of the Arctic National Park; to be
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