Proclamation 4622.

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93 STAT. 1465 Proclamation 4622 • December 1, 1978 Lake Clark National Monument By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation An area in south-central Alaska contains examples of geological phenomena associated with two major mountains chains, the Alaska Range and the Chigmit Mountains, in an array that includes jagged peaks and two symmetrical, steaming volcanoes These volcanoes. Redoubt and Iliamna, have been listed on the National Registry of Natural Landmarks, The area’s land forms also contribute to an outstanding example of ecological diversity in zones which remain relatively unspoiled for continued scientific research Large mammals such as moose, caribou, Dall sheep, grizzly bear, black hear, and wolverine occur in natural populations.

Whistling swans nest and rare trumpeter swans assemble in the area. Other birds, including bald eagle, gyrfalcon, osprey, and endangered peregrine falcon, breed within the area. Seabird colonies occur along the coast. One of the most stable natural populations of caribou in Alaska, the Mulchatna herd, calves and migrates within the area, offering significant opportunities for scientific study of this mammal. Sockeye salmon runs within the area are exceptional. The area includes the upper drainage of the Kvichak River System, which is the single most productive spawning and rearing habitat for red salmon in the world, and the subject of scientific research for many years.

Historical resources of the area are significant. Kijik Village, on the shore of Lake Clark, is the site marking the first known Russian exploration of the region in the late eighteenth century. The area holds great promise for the discovery of further evidence defining the impact of the Native-European contacts. The land withdrawn and reserved by this proclamation for the protection of the geological, archeological, historical, biological and other phenomena enumerated above supports now. as it has in the past, the unique subsistence culture of the local residents.

The continued existence of this culture, which depends on subsistence hunting, and its availability for study, enhances the historic and scientific values of the natural objects protected herein because of the ongoing interaction of the subsistence culture with these objects. Accordingly, the opportunity for local residents to engage in subsistence hunting is a value to be protected and will continue under the administration of the monument. Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 4 31), authorizes the President, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and to reserve as part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected.

NOW. THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225. 16 U.S.C. 431). do proclaim that there are hereby set apart and reserved as the Lake Clark National Monument all lands, including submerged lands, and waters owned or controlled by the United States within the boundaries of the area depicted as the Lake Clark National Monument on the map numbered LACL–90,009 attached to and forming a part of this Proclamation.11 The map depicting the area is printed in the Federal Register of December 5, 1978 (43 FR 57081).

The area reserved consists of approximately 2.500,000 acres, and is the smallest area compatible with the proper 93 STAT. 1466care and management of the objects to be protected. Lands, including submerged lands, and waters within these boundaries not owned by the United States shall be reserved as a part of the monument upon acquisition of title thereto by the United States. All lands, including submerged lands, and all waters within the boundaries of this monument are hereby appropriated and withdrawn from entry, location, selection. sale or other disposition under the public land laws, other than exchange.

There is also reserved all water necessary to the proper care and management of those objects protected by this monument and for the proper administration of the monument in accordance with applicable laws. The establishment of this monument is subject to valid existing rights, including, but not limited to. valid selections under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1601 *it seq.)*, and under or confirmed in the Alaska Statehood Act (48 U.S.C. Note preceding Section 21).

Nothing in this Proclamation shall be deemed to revoke any existing withdrawal, reservation or appropriation, including any withdrawal under Section 17(d)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1616(d)(1)); however, the national monument shall be the dominant reservation. Nothing in this Proclamation is intended to modify or revoke the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding dated September 1, 1972, entered into between the Sure of Alaska and the United States as part of the negotiated settlement of *Alaska* v. *Morton*, Civil No.

A—48–72 (D. Alaska, Complaint filed April 10, 1972). The Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate such regulations as are appropriate. including regulation of the opportunity to engage in a subsistence lifestyle by local residents. The Secretary may close the national monument, or any portion thereof, to subsistence uses of a particular fish, wildlife or plant population if necessary for reasons of public safety, administration, or to ensure the natural stability or continued viability of such population.

Wanting is hereby given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy or remove any feature of this monument and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and third. Jimmy Carter 4623 December 1, 1978 Misty Fiords Notional Monument Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4623 • December 1, 1978 Misty Fiords Notional Monument By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Misty Fiords is an unspoiled coastal ecosystem containing significant scientific and historical features unique in North America.

It is an essentially untouched two million-acre area in the Coast Mountains of Southeast Alaska within which are found nearly all of the important geological and ecological characteristics of the region, including the complete range of coastal to interior climates and ecosystems in a remarkably compact area. Among the objects of geologic importance are extraordinarily deep and long fiords with sea cliffs rising thousands of feet. Active glaciers along the Canadian border are remnants of the massive ice bodies that covered the region as recently as about 10,900 years ago, at the end of the Pleistocene epoch.

However, there have 93 STAT. 1467been periodic glacial advances and retreats in more recent historic periods. Some of the area has been free from glaciation for only a short period of lime, creating the unusual scientific phenomenon of recent plant succession on newly-exposed land with the accompanying animal species. The Behm Canal, the major inlet at the heart of the area, is more than fifty miles long and extraordinary among natural canals for its length and depth. The watershed of the Unuk River, which comprises the northern portion of the Misty Fiords area, has its headwaters in Canada.

Il is steeply mountainous and glaciated and contains the full range of ecosystems and climates from interior to coastal. Mineral springs and lava flows add to the uniqueness of the area and its value for scientific investigation. South of the Unuk, the Chickamin River System and the Le Duc River originate in active glaciers and terminate in Behm Canal. Further south, Rudyard Bay Fiords and Walker Cove are surrounded by high, cold lakes and mountains extending eastward to Canada.

First inhabitants of Misty Fiords may have settled in the area as long ago as 10.000 years. The area contains cultural sites and objects of historical significance, including traditional native hunting and fishing grounds. Later historical evidence includes a mid-1800’s military post-port entry on Tongass Island and a salmon Cannery in Behm Canal established in the late 1800’s. Misty Fiords is unique in that the area includes wildlife representative of nearly every ecosystem in Southeast Alaska, most notably bald eagles, brown and black bears, moose, wolves, mountain goats and Sitka black-tailed deer.

Numerous other bird species nest and feed in the area, notably falcons and waterfowl. Misty Fiords is a major producer of all five species of Pacific salmon and is especially important for king salmon. Numerous other saltwater, freshwater and anadromous fish species and shellfish are plentiful in this area, which is an extraordinarily fertile interface of marine and freshwater environments. Unusual plantlife includes Pacific silver and subalpine fir trees near the northern limit of their range.

The area includes an unusual variety of virgin forests, ranging from coastal spruce-hemlock to alpine forests. As an intact coastal ecosystem. Misty Fiords possesses a collective array of objects of outstanding value for continuing scientific study. The boundaries of the area follow watershed perimeters and include the smallest area compatible with protection of this unique ecosystem and the remarkable geologic and biological objects and features it contains. Hunting and fishing shall continue to be regulated, permitted and controlled in accord with the statutory authorities applicable to the monument area.

Section 2 of I he Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 431), authorizes the President, at his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks. historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that arc situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the government of the United States to be National Monuments, and to reserve as part thereof parcels of lands, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected.

NOW. THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906. (34 Stat, 225, 16 U.S.C. 431), do proclaim that there are hereby set apart and reserved as the Misty Fiords National Monument all lands, including submerged lands, and waters owned or controlled by the United States within the boundaries of the area described on the document entitled “Misty Fiords National Monument (Copper River Meridian)”, attached to and forming a part of this Proclamation.11 The description of the boundaries and map are printed in the Federal Register of December 5, 1978 (43 FR 57089).

The area reserved consists of approximately 2,285,000 acres, and is the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected. Lands, 93 STAT. 1468including submerged lands, and waters within these boundaries not owned by the United States shall be reserved as a part of the Monument upon acquisition of title thereto by die United States. All lands, including submerged lands, and all waters within the boundaries of this Monument are hereby appropriated and withdrawn from entry, location, selection, sale or other disposition under the public land laws, other than exchange.

There is also reserved all water necessary to the proper care and management of those objects protected by this Monument and for (he proper administration of the Monument in accordance with applicable laws. The establishment of this Monument is subject to valid existing rights, including. but not limited to. valid selection under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. as amended (43 U.S.C. 1601 *et seq.)*, and under or confirmed in the Alaska Statehood Act (43 U.S.C. Note preceding Section 21).

Nothing in this Proclamation shall be deemed to revoke any existing withdrawal, reservation or appropriation, including any withdrawal under section 17 (d)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1616 (d)(1)); however, the National Monument shall be the dominant reservation. Nothing in this Proclamation is intended to modify or revoke the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding dated September 1, 1972, entered into between the State of Alaska and the United States as part of the negotiated settlement *oi Alaska* v. *Morton*, Civil No.

A–48–72 (D. Alaska. Complaint filed April 10, 1972). Warning is hereby given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy or remove any feature of this Monument and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and third. Jimmy Carter 4624 December 1, 1978 Noatak National Monument Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4624 • December 1, 1978 Noatak National Monument By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The Noatak River basin is the largest mountain-ringed river basin in the Nation still virtually unaffected by technological human activity.

This basin has been designated as a Biosphere Reserve under the United Nations’ auspices, in recognition of its international importance for scientific study and research. The area includes landforms and ecological variations of scientific interest. The Grand Canyon of the Noatak River is a dissected valley 65 miles long. The area contains the north westernmost fringe of boreal forest in North America, and is a transition zone and migration route for plants and animals between subarctic and arctic environments.

The diversity of the flora is among the greatest anywhere in the earth’s northern latitudes. The Noatak Valley area contains a rich variety of birdlife including several Asian species. The area is crossed twice a year by two-thirds of the Western Arctic caribou herd, and is prime habitat for the barren ground grizzly bear, moose, and several predator species.93 STAT. 1469 Nearly 200 archeological sites, dating as far back in time as 5,000 years, are within the area. They give promise of future discoveries leading to a deeper understanding of the area’s prehistory.

The Noatak basin is an area where indigenous plants and animals perpetuate themselves naturally, in a freely functioning ecosystem. Protection of this area will assure the preservation of an essential base against which scientists may judge environmental dynamics of the future. The land withdrawn and reserved by this Proclamation for the protection of the geological, archeological, biological, and other phenomena enumerated above supports now, as it has in the past, the unique subsistence culture of the local residents.

The continued existence of this culture, which depends upon subsistence hunting, and its availability for study, enhances the historic and scientific values of the natural objects protected herein because of the ongoing interaction of the subsistence culture with those objects. Accordingly, the opportunity for local residents to engage in subsistence hunting is a value to be protected and will continue under the administration of the monument. Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 431). authorizes the President, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks. historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and to reserve as pan thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 {34 Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 431). do proclaim that there are hereby set apart and reserved as the Noatak National Monument all lands, including submerged lands, and waters owned or controlled by the United States within the boundaries of the area depicted as the Noatak National Monument on the map numbered NOAT–90.004 attached to and forming a part of this Proclamation.11 The map depicting the area is printed in the Federal Register of December 5, 1978 (43 FR 57093).

The area reserved consists of approximately 5,800.000 acres, and is the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected. Lands, including submerged lands, and waters within these boundaries not owned by the United States shall be reserved as a part of the monument upon acquisition of title thereto by the United States. AU lands, including submerged lands, and all waters within the boundaries of this monument are hereby appropriated and withdrawn from entry, location, selection, sale or other disposition under the public land laws, other than exchange.

There is also reserved alt water necessary to (he proper care and management of those objects protected by this monument and for the proper administration of the monument in accordance with applicable laws. The establishment of this monument is subject to valid existing rights, including, but not limited to. valid selections under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1601 *et seq.}* and under or confirmed in the Alaska Statehood Act (48 U.S.C. Note preceding Section 21).

Nothing in this Proclamation shall be deemed to revoke any existing withdrawal, reservation or appropriation, including any withdrawal under Section 17(d)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1616(d)(1)); however, the national monument shall be the dominant reservation. Nothing in this Proclamation is intended to modify or revoke the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding dated September 1, 1972, entered into between the State of Alaska and the United States as part of the negotiated settlement of *Alaska* v. *Morton*, Civil No.

A–48–72 (D. Alaska, complaint filed April 10, 1972).93 STAT. 1470 The Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate such regulations as are appropriate. including regulation of the opportunity to engage in a subsistence lifestyle by local residents. The Secretary may close the national monument, or any portion thereof, to subsistence uses of a particular fish, wildlife or plant population if necessary for reasons of public safety, administration, or to ensure the natural stability or continued viability of such population.

Warning is hereby given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy or remove any feature of this monument and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and third. Jimmy Carter 4625 December 1, 1978 Wrangell-St. Elias National Monument Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4625 • December 1, 1978 Wrangell-St.

Elias National Monument By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation An area of southeastern Alaska adjacent to the International Boundary with Canada contains a variety of landforms, including high mountain peaks and steep canyons, with associated geological, ecological, biological, and historical phenomena of great importance. The area includes the greatest assemblage of mountain peaks over 14,500 feet in elevation found in the Nation, the Nation’s second highest mountain (Mount St.

Elias, at 18,008 feet), several inactive and one active volcano (Mount Wrangell), and an active glacial complex, including some of the largest and longest glaciers in the Nation. The high mountain peaks and glaciers offer an excellent opportunity for glaciological studies. The Malaspina Glacier is listed on the National Registry of Natural Landmarks. Thermal features in the area include the mud cones and hot springs on the western base of Mount Drum. More complete undeveloped river systems exist here than in any other land area in the Nation, with more than 1,000 miles of powerfully running, silt-laden rivers.

Biologically unique subspecies of flora and fauna have developed in the Bremner and Chitina River Valleys. As a result of their isolation by virtue of ice fields and the Copper River, these areas are virtually ecological islands in which development of subspecies is largely unaffected by interchange with outside plant and animal species. Wildlife populations include the largest population of wild mountain sheep in North America, moose, mountain goat, and a non-migratory population of caribou.

The area is the only part of Alaska where four of the five identifiable forms of bear occur, including the interior grizzly, the coastal brown bear, the black bear, and the rare, blue-color phase of the black bear called glacier bear. Along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska bald eagles and a large and varied shorebird population occur. Cultural development within the area is of interest to archeologists and historians. Three major culture areas converge here, each with distinctive cultural patterns: the North Athapascans, the Pacific Eskimo, and the Chugach.

Mining history is evidenced by the Kennecott Copper works, a National Historic Landmark.93 STAT. 1471 The land withdrawn and reserved by this Proclamation for the protection of the geological, archeological, biological, and other phenomena enumerated above supports now, as it has tn the past, a unique subsistence culture of the local residents. The continued existence of this culture, which depends on subsistence hunting, and its availability for study, enhances the historic and scientific values of the natural objects protected herein because of the ongoing interaction of the subsistence culture with those objects.

Accordingly, the opportunity for local residents to engage in subsistence hunting is a value to be protected and will continue under the administration of the monument. Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 431), authorizes the President, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks. historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and to reserve as part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225. 16 U.S.C. 431). do proclaim that there are hereby set apart and reserved as the Wrangell-St. Elias National Monument all lands, including submerged lands, and waters owned or controlled by the United States within the boundaries of the area depicted as the Wrangell-St. Elias National Monument on the map numbered WRST–90,007 attached to and forming a part of this Proclamation.11 The map depicting the area is printed in the Federal Register of December 5, 1978 (43 FR 57103).

The area reserved consists of approximately 10,950,000 acres, and is the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected. Lands, including submerged lands, and waters within these boundaries not owned by the United States shall be reserved as a part of the monument upon acquisition of tide thereto by the United States. All lands, including submerged lands, and all waters within the boundaries of this monument are hereby appropriated and withdrawn from entry, location, selection, sale or other disposition under the pubic land laws, other than exchange.

There is also reserved all water necessary lo the proper care and management of those objects protected by this monument and for the proper administration of the monument in accordance with applicable laws. The establishment of this monument is subject to valid existing rights, including, but not limited to, valid selections under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. as amended (43 U.S.C. 1601 *et seq.}*, and under or confirmed in the Alaska Statehood Act (48 U.S.C. Note preceding Section 21).

Nothing in this Proclamation shall be deemed to revoke any existing withdrawal, reservation or appropriation, including any withdrawal under Section 17(d)(1) of the Alaska Name Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1616(d)(1)); however, the national monument shall be the dominant reservation. Nothing in this Proclamation is intended to modify or revoke the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding dated September 1, 1972, entered into between the State of Alaska and the United States as part f the negotiated settlement *of Alaska* v. *Morton*.

Civil No. A–48–72 (D. Alaska, Complaint filed April 10, 1972), The Secretary’ of the Interior shall promulgate such regulations as are appropriate. including regulation of the opportunity to engage in a subsistence lifestyle by local residents. The Secretary may close the national monument. or any portion thereof, to subsistence uses of a particular fish, wildlife or plant population if necessary for reasons of public safety, administration, or lo ensure the natural stability or continued viability of such population.

Warning is hereby given to alt unauthorized persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy or remove any feature of this monument and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands thereof.93 STAT. 1472 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. 1 have hereunto set my hand this 1 st day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred ans seventy-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and third. Jimmy Carter 4626 December 1, 1978 Yukon-Charley National Monument Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4626 • December 1, 1978 Yukon-Charley National Monument By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The Yukon-Charley National Monument, an area in east-central Alaska, includes a combination of historic and scientific features of great significance.

The Upper Yukon River basin contains historic remains of early mining activity, and includes outstanding paleontological resources and ecologically diverse natural resources, offering many opportunities for scientific and historic study and research. The area provides breeding habitat for the endangered peregrine falcon, and may produce about one-fourth of the known individuals of the *anatum peregrine *subspecies in its northern habitat. Wildlife also include isolated wild populations of Dall sheep, moose, bear, wolf, and other large mammals.

Nearly 200 species of birds, including 20 different raptors, are present in the area. Geological and paleontological features within the area are exceptional, including a nearly unbroken visible series of rock strata representing a range in geologic time from pre-Gambrian to Recent. The oldest exposures contain fossils estimated to be 700 million years old, including the earliest forms of animal life. A large array of Ice Age fossils occurs in the area. Within the area is the Charley River basin, parts of which were unglaciated, preserving relict Pleistocene plant communities.

The Charley River is considered lo be one of the cleanest and clearest of the major rivers in Alaska, and thereby offers excellent opportunities for scientific studies. In the upper Charley River basin, artifacts occur dating back possibly 11,000 years, attesting to the presence of ancient hunters who were the ancestors of the modern Athapascan people. The land withdrawn and reserved by this Proclamation for the protection of the historical, archeological, biological, geological and other phenomena enumerated above supports now. as h has in the past, the unique subsistence culture of the local residents.

The continued existence of this culture, which depends on subsistence hunting, and its availability for study, enhance the historic and scientific values of the natural objects protected herein because of the ongoing interaction of the subsistence culture with those objects. Accordingly, the opportunity for the local residents to engage in subsistence hunting is a value to be protected and will continue under the administration of the monument. Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225. 16 U.S.C. 431), authorizes the President, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and to reserve as part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects lo be protected.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Star. 225, 16 U.S.C. 431), do proclaim that there are hereby set apart and reserved as the Yukon-Charley National Monument all lands, including submerged lands, and waters owned or controlled by the United States within the boundaries of the area 93 STAT. 1473depicted as the Yukon-Charley National Monument on the map numbered YUCH–90,009 attached to and forming a part of this Proclamation.11 The map depicting the area is printed in the Federal Register of December 5, 1978 (43 FR 57115) The area reserved consists of approximately 1.720,000 acres, and is the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected.

The establishment of this monument is subject to valid existing rights, including, but not limited to, valid selections under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1601 *et seq,)*. and under or confirmed in the Alaska Statehood Act (48 U.S.C. Note preceding Section 21). Nothing in this Proclamation shall be deemed to revoke any existing withdrawal, reservation or appropriation, including any withdrawal under Section 17(d)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1616(d)(1)); however, the national monument shall be I he dominant reservation.

Nothing in this Proclamation is intended to modify or revoke the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding dated September 1, 1972, entered into between the State of Alaska and the United States as part of the negotiated settlement Alaska v. *Marlon*, Civil No. A–48–72 (D Alaska. Complaint filed April 10, 1972). The Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate such regulations as are appropriate. including regulation of the opportunely to engage in a subsistence lifestyle by local residents.

The Secretary may close the national monument, or any portion thereof, to subsistence uses of a particular fish, wildlife or plant population if necessary for reasons of public safety, administration, or to ensure the natural stability or continued viability of such population. Warning is hereby given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy or remove any feature of this monument and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of December. in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and third.

Jimmy Carter 4627 December 1, 1978 Yukon Flats National Monument Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4627 • December 1, 1978 Yukon Flats National Monument By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The Yukon Flats National Monument exemplifies the largest and most complete example of an interior Alaskan solar basin with its associated ecosystem. The mountain-ringed Yukon Flats basin straddles the Arctic Circle and is bisected by the Yukon River.93 STAT. 1474 The physiography of this basin, coupled with the continuous sunlight of the summer months, results in a climatological phenomenon in the basin of warmer summer temperatures and less cloudiness, precipitation and wind than in surrounding areas.

These factors produce a lush wetland area which makes the Yukon Flats basin one of North America’s most productive wildlife habitats. The pristine ecological nature of the Yukon Flats offers an excellent opportunity for study of the factors contributing to the immense productivity of the solar basin areas. The Yukon Flats contributes significant populations of several species of waterfowl to all four of the continent’s flyways, including 10–25 percent of the North American breeding population of canvasback ducks.

This area is also significant for its capacity to provide nesting for ducks displaced from Canadian pothole provinces in drought years. The productivity, migration flows and key habitat for particular species offer abundant scientific research possibilities. Additionally, the area produces a unique race of salmon which migrate over 2.000 miles from I he sea to spawn. This genetic capability is unknown elsewhere. From prehistoric times, the area’s rich populations of furbearers have attracted humans to the area.

The establishment of Fort Yukon, the first English speaking settlement in Alaska, was directly related to the Hudson Bay Company’s fur trade, t he area’s preservation offers to the scientist the opportunity to investigate the life and society of the peoples which utilized these resources. The land withdrawn and reserved by this Proclamation for the protection of the geological, historical, biological and other phenomena enumerated above supports now, as it has in the past, the unique subsistence culture of the local residents.

The continued existence of this culture, which depends on subsistence hunting, and its availability for study, enhance the historic and scientific values of the natural objects protected herein because of the ongoing interaction of the subsistence culture with those objects. Accordingly, the opportunity for the local residents to engage in subsistence hunting is a value to be protected and will continue under the administration of the monument. Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 431), authorizes the President, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks. historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and to reserve as part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Star 225, 16 U.S.C. 431). do proclaim that there are hereby set apart and reserved as the Yukon Flats National Monument all lands, including submerged lands, and waters owned or controlled by the United States within the boundaries of the area depicted as Yukon Flats National Monument on the map numbered FWS–81–00–1514 attached to and forming a part of this Proclamation.’ The area reserved consists of approximately 10,600,000 acres, and is the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects to be protected.

Lands, including submerged lands, and waters within these boundaries not owned by the United States shall be reserved as a part of the monument upon acquisition of title thereto by the United States. All lands, including submerged lands, and all waters within the boundaries of this monument are hereby appropriated and withdrawn from entry, location, selection, sale or other disposition under the public lands laws, other than exchange. There is also reserved all water necessary to the proper care and management of those objects protected by this monument and for the proper administration of the monument in accordance with applicable laws.93 STAT. 1475 The establishment of this monument is subject to valid existing rights, including, but not limited to, valid selections under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. as amended {43 U.S.C. 1601 *et seq.)*, and under or confirmed in the Alaska Statehood Act (48 U.S.C.

Note preceding Section 21). Nothing in this Proclamation shall be deemed to revoke any existing withdrawal. reservation or appropriation, including any public land order effecting a withdrawal under Section 17(d)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 43 U.S.C, 1616(d)(1); however, the national monument shall be the dominant reservation. Nothing in this Proclamation is intended to modify or revoke the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding dated September 1, 1972, entered into between the State of Alaska arid the United States as part of the negotiated settlement of *Alaska *v. *Morton*, Civil No A–48–72 (D.

Alaska. Complaint filed April 10, 1972). The Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate such regulations as are appropriate. including regulation of sport hunting, and of the opportunity to engage in a subsistence lifestyle by local residents, the Secretary mat close this national monurnt*nl. or any portion thereof, to subsistence uses of a particular fish, wildlife or plain population or to sport hunting of a particular fish or wildlife population if necessary for reasons of public safety, administration, or to ensure the natural stability or continued viability of such population.

Warning is hereby given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy or remove any feature of this monument and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and third. Jimmy Carter 4628 December 6, 1978 Knoxville International Energy Exposition of 1982 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4628 • December 6, 1978 Knoxville International Energy Exposition of 1982 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation In May 1982, a six-month International Energy Exposition will open in Knoxville.

Tennessee, inviting the nations of the world to think anew of man’s relationship with the pervasive force of energy which fundamentally shapes the choices people have as to the endurance and enjoyment of life itself. This exposition, whose theme is “Energy Turns the World,” will provide a splendid setting in which to explore new technologies to conserve energy, to harness the long-lasting and most renewable sources, and to carry on the search for new sources of energy, Because of the opportunities which the Exposition offers for a deeper understanding of energy issues and for the stimulation of trade and cultural exchange, this Administration is moving to extend the fullest possible recognition to this event in accordance with Public Law 91–269.

On April 26, 1977, I advised the Secretaries[22 USC 2801](/us/usc/t22/s2801). of State and Commerce that the Exposition warrants Federal recognition as provided by statute. On April 27, 1977, upon request of the United States, the Bureau of International Expositions officially registered the event as a Special Category exposition by unanimous vote. Also, in accordance with law, I shall appoint a United States Commissioner General lo exercise the responsibility of the United States Government for fulfillment of the Convention of November 22, 1928.

Relating to International Expositions, as modified, and lo invite the several States of the Union to participate.93 STAT. 1476 NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, in further recognition of this International Energy Exposition, do hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of State to invite, on my behalf, such foreign countries as hi may consider appropriate to participate in this event. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and third.

Jimmy Carter 4629 December 8, 1978 Imports of Petroleum and Petroleum Products Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4629 • December 8, 1978 Imports of Petroleum and Petroleum Products By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation The Secretary of Energy has advised me that recent legislation has mandated a change in the treatment accorded residual fuel oil imports under the Emergency [92 Stat. 1302](/us/stat/92/1302).Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973, (Section 307 of Public Law 95–465).

The congressional intent clearly contemplated simultaneous Presidential action to reduce import fees on residual fuel oil. Therefore, the Secretary recommended that I grant [19 USC 1862 note](/us/usc/t19/s1862).additional fee-exempt licenses under Proclamation No. 3279, as amended. The Secretary also recommended changes in the distribution system for the allocation of fee exempt licenses for imports of residual fuel oil. and changes in the extent to which refunds of license fees may be made for the payment of duties on petroleum and petroleum products.

These changes are consistent with the purposes of Proclamation No. 3279. as amended. NOW, THEREFORE, I, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, including Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862). do hereby proclaim that: Section 1. Section 3(a)(1)(iii) of Proclamation No. 3279, as amended, is further amended by adding thereto the following:" *Provided*, that where the applicable duly on a barre) of crude oil, unfinished oil, or finished product entered on or after Sunday, December 17, 1978, exceeds the amount of the fee paid with respect to that barrel, the reduction shall not exceed the amount of the fee nor may any excess duty be used to reduce the fee on any other barrel.”.

" Sec. 2. Section 4(b)(5) of Proclamation No, 3279, as amended, is further amended by deleting everything after the second sentence. Sec. 3. Section 4(b) of Proclamation No. 3279. as amended, is further amended by adding thereto a new paragraph

(6)as follows:" “(6) With respect to the allocation of imports into District I of residual fuel oil to be used as fuel, the Secretary shall provide until June 30, 1979. for the fair and equitable distribution of such allocation among all persons desiring to import residual fuel oil into District 1. For the period beginning July 1, 1979, the Secretary shall provide that the distribution of such allocation shall be based upon a person’s actual average calendar day imports in the six calendar months preceding May 1, 1979.”. " Sec. 4. Section 8 of Proclamation No. 3279, as amended, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following unnumbered clause: 93 STAT. 1477 " “For the period from November I, 1978 through June 30, 1979, the allocation of residual fuel oil to be used as fuel in District I shall not be subject to the reductions set forth in this Section.” " IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and third. Jimmy Carter 4630 December 15, 1978 Reduction of Rates of Duty on Certain Papermaking Machinery Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Proclamation 4630 December 15, 1978 Reduction of Rates of Duty on Certain Papermaking Machinery By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Under the Geneva

(1967)Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GAIT), the United States agreed to staged reductions in duty rates on[19 UST 1](/us/ust/t19/s1). machines for making cellulosic pulp, paper, or paperboard, and parts thereof provided for in items 668.00 and 668.06 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States

(TSUS)(19 U.S.C. 1202). On December 16, 1967, the President modified (in Proclamation No. 3822) the TSUS in order to carry out the Geneva Protocol including staged reductions of column I duty rates to 3.5 percent ad valorem on machines for making cellulosic pulp, paper, or paperboard, and parts thereof. The Republic of Finland has benefitted from those tariff reductions. As a result of a March 13, 1978 ruling by the United States Customs Service the benefits contemplated to accrue to the Republic of Finland from these tariff reductions were substantially reduced. The restoration of the contemplated benefits of these tariff reductions to the Republic of Finland would promote the foreign trade of the United States and the Republic of Finland Pursuant to Section 101(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (the Trade Act) (19 U.S.C. 2111(a)). I have determined that certain existing duties of the I lilted States are unduly burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United States and that one or more purposes of the Trade Act would be promoted by entering into a trade agreement with the Republic of Finland and restoring those contemplated benefits. Having complied with the provisions of the Trade Act. including Sections 131(a), 132. and 133, I have, through my duly empowered representative, on July[19 USC 2151, 2152, 2153](/us/usc/t19/s2151/2152/2153). 21, 1978, entered into a trade agreement with the Republic of Finland entitled “Agreement Supplementary to the Genera! Agreement on Tariffs and Trade” which restores the tariff concessions on certain papermaking machinery and parts thereof affected by the March 13, 1978 United Stale. Customs Service ruling, and which provides that such new concessions shall be applied as if they were included in part I of Schedule XX to the GATT, with the understanding that as soon as practicable[61 Stat. all57](/us/stat/61/a1157). these new concessions will be specifically included in Schedule XX. NOW, THEREFORE. 1, JIMMY CARTER, President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States of America, including Sections 101 and 604 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2111 and 2483), and Article II, paragraph 5, of the GATT (61 Stat. (pt. 5) A16) do hereby proclaim:

(1)The TSUS are modified as provided in the Annex to this Proclamation.

(2)Part 1 of Schedule XX to the GATT is modified to conform with the[19 USC 1202](/us/usc/t19/s1202). modifications of the TSUS set forth in the Annex to this Proclamation. 93 STAT. 1478

(3)The modifications made by this Proclamation shall be effective as to articles entered, or withdrawn, from warehouse, for consumption on or after March 13, 1978, and as to which the liquidations of the entries or withdrawals have not become final and conclusive under Section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 {19 U.S.C. 1514). IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and third. Jimmy Carter ANNEX MODIFICATIONS OF THE TARIFF SCHEDULES OF THE UNITED STATES

(TSUS)NOTES: 1. Bracketed matter is included to assist in the understanding of proclaimed modifications. 2. The following items, with or without preceding superior descriptions, supersede matter now in the TSUS. The items and superior descriptions are set forth in columnar form and material In such columns is inserted in the columns of the TSUS designated “Item”., “Articles”, “Rates of Duty 1”, and “Rates of Duty 2”. respectively. Subject to the above notes the TSUS is modified as follows: 1. Items 660.94 and 660.95 are superseded by:" [Pumps for liquids:] 660.96 Stock pumps, and parts thereof, imported for use with machines for making cellulosic pulp, paper, or paperboard 3.5% ad val. 35% ad val. 660.97 Other 5% ad val. 35% ad val. 660.98 If Canadian article and original motor-vehicle equipment (see headnote 2, part 6B, schedule 6) Free.” " 2. Item 661.55 is superseded by:" [Calendering and similar rolling machines:] “Other: 661.54 Calendering and similar rolling machines, and parts thereof, for machines for making cellulosic pulp, paper, or paperboard 3.5% ad val. 35% ad val. 661.56 Other 5% ad val. 35% ad val.” " 3. Item 661.70 is superseded by:" [Industrial machinery…:] “Other: 661.67 Machinery for making cellulosic pulp, paper, or paperboard, and parts thereof 3.5% ad val. 35% ad val. 661.68 Other 6% ad val. 35% ad val.” " 4. Item 680.45 is superseded by:" [Gearboxes…:] [Gearboxes…:] “Fixed ratio speed changers, multiple and variable ratio speed changers each ratio of which Is selected by manual manipulation, and parts thereof: 680.43 Imported for use with machines for making cellulose pulp, paper, or paperboard 3.5% ad val. 27.5% ad val. 680.44 Other 4.5% ad val. 27.5% ad val.” " 4631 December 28, 1978 Import Fees on Sugars and Sirups Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation

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