[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR293.14]

[Page 403]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 293--WILDERNESS--PRIMITIVE AREAS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 293.14  Mineral leases and mineral permits.

    (a) All laws pertaining to mineral leasing shall extend to each 
National Forest Wilderness for the period specified in the Wilderness 
Act or subsequent establishing legislation to the same extent they were 
applicable prior to the date the Wilderness was designated by Congress 
as a part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. No person 
shall have any right or interest in or to any mineral deposits which may 
be discovered through prospecting or other information-gathering 
activity after the legal date on which the laws pertaining to mineral 
leasing cease to apply to the specific Wilderness, nor shall any person 
after such date have any preference in applying for a mineral lease, 
license, or permit.
    (b) Mineral leases, permits, and licenses covering lands within 
National Forest Wilderness will contain reasonable stipulations for the 
protection of the wilderness character of the land consistent with the 
use of the land for purposes for which they are leased, permitted, or 
licensed. The Chief, Forest Service, shall specify the conditions to be 
included in such stipulations.
    (c) Permits shall not be issued for the removal of mineral materials 
commonly known as common varieties under the Minerals Act of July 31, 
1947, as amended and supplemented (30 U.S.C. 601-604).

[39 FR 31321, Aug. 28, 1974]