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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 157. Application for withdrawal, reservation, or restriction; specifications
Any application filed on and after February 28, 1958 for a
withdrawal, reservation, or restriction, the approval of which
will, under section 156 of this title, require an Act of Congress,
shall specify -
(1) the name of the requesting agency and intended using
agency;
(2) location of the area involved, to include a detailed
description of the exterior boundaries and excepted areas, if
any, within such proposed withdrawal, reservation, or
restriction;
(3) gross land and water acreage within the exterior boundaries
of the requested withdrawal, reservation, or restriction, and net
public land, water, or public land and water acreage covered by
the application;
(4) the purpose or purposes for which the area is proposed to
be withdrawn, reserved, or restricted, or if the purpose or
purposes are classified for national security reasons, a
statement to that effect;
(5) whether the proposed use will result in contamination of
any or all of the requested withdrawal, reservation, or
restriction area, and if so, whether such contamination will be
permanent or temporary;
(6) the period during which the proposed withdrawal,
reservation, or restriction will continue in effect;
(7) whether, and if so to what extent, the proposed use will
affect continuing full operation of the public land laws and
Federal regulations relating to conservation, utilization, and
development of mineral resources, timber and other material
resources, grazing resources, fish and wildlife resources, water
resources, and scenic, wilderness, and recreation and other
values; and
(8) if effecting the purpose for which the area is proposed to
be withdrawn, reserved, or restricted, will involve the use of
water in any State, whether, subject to existing rights under
law, the intended using agency has acquired, or proposes to
acquire, rights to the use thereof in conformity with State laws
and procedures relating to the control, appropriation, use, and
distribution of water.
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