Sec. 3. LAND WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION FOR WIPP
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## SEC. 3 LAND WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION FOR WIPP ###
(a)Land Withdrawal, Jurisdiction, and Reservation ####
(1)Land withdrawal Subject to valid existing rights, and except as otherwise provided in this Act, the lands described in subsection
(c)are withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws, including without limitation the mineral leasing laws, the geothermal leasing laws, the material sale laws (except as provided in section 4(b)(4) of this Act), and the mining laws. ####
(2)Jurisdiction Except as otherwise provided in this Act, jurisdiction over the Withdrawal is transferred from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary. ####
(3)Reservation Such lands are reserved for the use of the Secretary for the construction, experimentation, operation, repair and maintenance, disposal, shutdown, monitoring, decommissioning, and other authorized activities associated with the purposes of WIPP as set forth in section 213 of the Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1980 (Pub. L. 96–164; 93 Stat. 1259, 1265), and this Act. ###
(b)Revocation of Public Land Orders Public Land Order 6403 of June 29, 1983, as modified by Public Land Order 6826 of January 28, 1991, and any memoranda of understanding accompanying such land orders, are revoked. ###
(c)Land Description ####
(1)Boundaries The boundaries depicted on the map issued by the Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the Interior, entitled “WIPP Withdrawal Site Map,” dated October 9, 1990, and on file with the Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office, are established as the boundaries of the Withdrawal. ####
(2)Legal description and map Within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall— #####
(A)publish in the Federal Register a notice containing a legal description of the Withdrawal; and #####
(B)file copies of the map described in paragraph
(1)and the legal description of the Withdrawal with the Congress, the Secretary, the Governor of the State, and the Archivist of the United States. ###
(d)Technical Corrections The map and legal description referred to in subsection
(c)shall have the same force and effect as if they were included in this Act. The Secretary of the Interior may correct clerical and typographical errors in the map and legal description. ###
(e)Water Rights This Act does not establish, nor may any provision be construed to establish, a reservation to the United States with respect to any water or water rights. Nothing in this Act shall affect any water rights acquired by the United States prior to the date of enactment of this Act. The United States may apply for and obtain water rights for purposes associated with this Act only in accordance with the substantive and procedural requirements of the laws of the State.
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