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118 STAT. 2406 PUBLIC LAW 108–424—NOV. 30, 2004 (3) the remainder shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury of the United States and shall be available without further appropriation to the Secretary until expended for— (A) the reimbursement of costs incurred by the Nevada State office and the Ely Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management for preparing for the sale of land described in section 102(b) including surveys appraisals, compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321) and compliance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1711, 1712); (B) the inventory, evaluation, protection, and manage ment of unique archaeological resources (as defined in sec tion 3 of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (16 U.S.C. 470bb)) of the County; (C) the development and implementation of a multispe cies habitat conservation plan for the County; (D) processing of public land use authorizations and rights of way relating to the development of land conveyed under section 102(a) of this Act; (E) processing the Silver State OHV trail and imple menting the management plan required by section 151(c)(2) of this Act; and (F) processing wilderness designation, including but not limited to, the costs of appropriate fencing, signage, public education, and enforcement for the wilderness areas designated. (c) INVESTMENT OF SPECIAL ACCOUNT.—Any amounts deposited in the special account shall earn interest in an amount determined by the Secretary of the Treasury on the basis of the current average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturities, and may be expended according to the provisions of this section. TITLE II—WILDERNESS AREAS SEC. 201. FINDINGS. Congress finds that— (1) public land in the County contains unique and spectac ular natural resources, including— (A) priceless habitat for numerous species of plants and wildlife; and (B) thousands of acres of land that remain in a natural state; and (2) continued preservation of those areas would benefit the County and all of the United States by— (A) ensuring the conservation of ecologically diverse habitat; (B) protecting prehistoric cultural resources; (C) conserving primitive recreational resources; and (D) protecting air and water quality. SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. In this title: