A bill to designate certain lands in the State of Alaska as units of the National Park, National Wildlife Refuge, National Wild and Scenic Rivers, National Forest and National Wilderness Preservation Systems, to establish a Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission, to establish procedures for the management of fish and wildlife on public lands in Alaska, and for other purposes.
Alaska Lands Conservation and Management Act - Title I: National Park System - Designates specified areas in Alaska as components of the National Park System. Adds land to the existing areas of specified national parks.
Title II: National Wildlife Refuge System - Designates specified areas in Alaska as components of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Establishes the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. Alters the boundaries of specified wildlife refuges.
Title III: National Wild and Scenic Rivers System - Designates specified rivers in Alaska as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Title IV: National Forest System - Expands the area of the Tongass and the Chugach National Forests in Alaska.
Title V: Wilderness and Wilderness Study Areas - Designates specified lands within the Tongass National Forest as wilderness. Includes special provisions to provide for access, cabins, aquaculture facilities, and other uses in wilderness areas.
Directs the Alaska Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission to conduct studies of wilderness demands, uses, and potential wilderness areas.
Title VI: Alaska Federal-State Land Use Planning Commission - Establishes the Alaska Federal-State Use Planning Commission upon the passage of enabling legislation by the State government. Grants the Commission jurisdiction over dedicated State lands and over Federal lands not included in conservation systems or military reserves.
Directs the Commission to develop land use plans, insure that Federal, State, and local planning and land uses are harmonious; coordinate implementation of air and water pollution lands, coastal zone management law, and other environmental laws; and determine the location of transportation and utility rights-of-way. Reserves the veto power of the Governor and the Secretary of the Interior over their respective lands.
Title VII: Subsistence - Permits the State to retain prime responsibility for fish and game management. Grants preferences to subsistence users during periods when fish or wildlife are scarce. Provides criteria for the designation of subsistence users.
Directs the Secretary to monitor the State subsistence program and to suspend such program if the subsistence provisions are not followed. Provides the State an opportunity to be heard,and time to correct the subsistence to be heard, and time to correct the subsistence program prior to any suspension by the Secretary.
Provides Federal funds to offset any extraordinary costs incurred by the State in setting up the subsistence program.
Title VIII: Implementation of Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and Alaska Statehood Act - Directs that core townships be conveyed to native corporations within six months after the enactment of this Act. Provides an expedited conveyance system for all other lands. Reserves essential easements specified by existing laws. Defines selection of land rights and entitlements and amends the statehood Act to assist the selection process.
Title IX: Mineral Study, Exploration and Extraction in Conservation System Units - Permits continued mineral exploration studies in all Alaska system units. Specifies guidelines for such exploration. Directs the Secretary to initiate an oil and gas leasing program on wildlife refuge system lands. Requires Congressional approval of mineral extraction permits concerning national parks and monuments. Permits the Secretary to issue such permits in all other areas. Preserves access and use rights for existing claims and leases.
Title X: Transportation and Utility Rights-of-way - Permits the Secretary to issue rights-of-way across lands under his jurisdiction. Directs the Commission to study and recommend rights-of-way to the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to approve such recommendations unless he issues specific findings that such route would significantly harm the resources involved and that there exists an appropriate alternative to the recommended route.
Title XI: Administrative Provisions - Includes State and native lands in conservation units only by permission. Provides that lands selected but not conveyed to native corporations shall become part of the relevant conservation unit if within its boundaries. Provides that legally recognized homesites quality for a lifetime occupancy permit. Authorizes the purchase of isolated archeological sites. Provides for the hiring of local people to help manage the lands covered by this Act. Establishes the Alcan highway visitor center and authorizes appropriations for its construction. Permits the establishment of information centers and authorizes appropriations for their construction.
Title XII: Miscellaneous Provisions - Directs the Secretary to study the development of visitor access and facilities in the proposed Denali National Park. Establishes a new historic trails system and designates the Iditarod Trail as a national historic trail. Permits the acquisition of State or private lands for the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.
Directs the Secretary to study the feasibility of developing a scenic highway between Parks highway and the Glennallen area. Authorizes funds for the paving of the Denali highway.
Directs the Secretary to withdraw a transportation and utility corridor across specified Federal lands.
Exempts Alaska from provisions requiring wilderness studies on all Bureau of Land Management lands.
Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a coal gasification research program on native subsurface lands.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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