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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Compilation 10715 · Sec. 2915

Sec. 2915. DURATION OF WITHDRAWAL

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## SEC. 2915 DURATION OF WITHDRAWAL ###
(a)Termination ####
(1)Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 2916, the withdrawal and reservation made by this title shall terminate 25 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. ####
(2)At the time of termination, the previously withdrawn lands shall not be open to the general land laws, including the mining laws and the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, until the Secretary of the Interior publishes in the Federal Register an appropriate order which shall state the date upon which such lands shall be opened. ###
(b)Relinquishment ####
(1)If the Secretary of the Air Force determines under subsection
(c)that the Air Force has no continuing military need for any lands withdrawn and reserved by this title, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the Secretary of the Interior a notice of intent to relinquish jurisdiction over such lands to the Secretary of the Interior. ####
(2)The Secretary of the Interior may accept jurisdiction over any lands covered by a notice of intent to relinquish jurisdiction under paragraph
(1)if the Secretary of the Interior determines that the Secretary of the Air Force has completed the environmental review required under section 2916(a) and the conditions under section 2916(c) have been met. ####
(3)If the Secretary of the Interior decides to accept jurisdiction over lands under paragraph
(2)before the date of termination, as provided for in subsection (a)(1), the Secretary of the Interior shall publish in the Federal Register an appropriate order which shall— #####
(A)revoke the withdrawal and reservation of such lands under this title; #####
(B)constitute official acceptance of administrative jurisdiction over the lands by the Secretary of the Interior; and #####
(C)state the date upon which such lands shall be opened to the operation of the general land laws, including the mining laws and the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, if appropriate. ####
(4)The Secretary of the Interior shall manage any lands relinquished under this subsection as multiple use status lands. ####
(5)If the Secretary of the Interior declines pursuant to subsection (b)(2) to accept jurisdiction of any parcel of land proposed for relinquishment, that parcel shall remain under the continued administration of the Secretary of the Air Force pursuant to section 2916(d). ###
(c)Extension ####
(1)In the case of any lands withdrawn and reserved by this title that the Air Force proposes to include in a notice of extension because of continued military need under paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Air Force shall, before issuing the notice under paragraph (2)— #####
(A)evaluate the environmental effects of the extension of the withdrawal and reservation of such lands in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations; and #####
(B)hold at least one public meeting in the State of Idaho regarding that evaluation. ####
(2)#####
(A)Not later than 2 years before the termination of the withdrawal and reservation of lands by this title under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Air Force shall notify Congress and the Secretary of the Interior as to whether or not the Air Force has a continuing military need for any of the lands withdrawn and reserved by this title, and not previously relinquished under this section, after the termination date as specified in subsection (a). #####
(B)######
(i)The Secretary of the Air force shall specify in the notice under subparagraph
(A)the duration of any extension or further extension of withdrawal and reservation of such lands under this title. ######
(ii)The duration of each extension or further extension under clause
(i)shall not exceed 25 years. #####
(C)The notice under subparagraph
(A)shall be published in the Federal Register and a newspaper of local distribution with the opportunity for comments, within a 60-day period, which shall be provided to the Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary of the Interior. ####
(3)#####
(A)Subject to subparagraph (B), in the case of any lands withdrawn and reserved by this title that are covered by a notice of extension under subsection (c)(2), the withdrawal and reservation of such lands shall extend under the provisions of this title after the termination date otherwise provided for under subsection
(a)for such period as is specified in the notice under subsection (c)(2). #####
(B)Subparagraph
(A)shall not apply with respect to any lands covered by a notice referred to in that paragraph until 90 legislative days after the date on which the notice with respect to such lands is submitted to Congress under paragraph (2).
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