Endangered American wilderness act: hearings before the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs and Public Lands of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session, on H.R. 3454 ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977 |
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Page 366 - Inferred Ore. Is ore for which quantitative estimates are based largely on broad knowledge of the geologic character of the deposit and for which there are few, if any. samples or measurements.
Page 387 - In order to assure that an increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization, does not occupy and modify all areas within the United States and its possessions, leaving no lands designated for preservation and protection in their natural condition...
Page 133 - Act an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation, which is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions and which (1) generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man's work substantially unnoticeable...
Page 133 - A wilderness. In contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and Its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.
Page 366 - ... size, shape, and mineral content are well established. The computed tonnage and grade are judged to be accurate within limits which are stated, and no such limit is judged to be different from the computed tonnage or grade by more than 20 percent.
Page 366 - Indicated Ore. Is ore for which tonnage and grade are computed partly from specific measurements, samples, or production data and partly from projection for a reasonable distance on geologic evidence. The sites available for inspection, measurement, and sampling are too widely or otherwise inappropriately spaced to outline the ore completely or to establish its grade throughout. Inferred Ore.
Page 387 - Act and, except as necessary to meet minimum requirements for the administration of the area for the purpose of this Act (including measures required in emergencies involving the health and safety of persons within the area...
Page 313 - ... generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man's work substantially unnoticeable; (2) has outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation...
Page 22 - I solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States of America, the constitution of the State of California...
Page 387 - wilderness areas", and these shall be administered for the use and enjoyment of the American people in such manner as will leave them unimpaired for future use and enjoyment as wilderness...