76 STAT. ]
PUBLIC LAW 87-597-AUG. 24, 1962
P u b l i c X a w 87-597
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AN ACT August 24, 1962 To provide for the withdrawal and reservation for the Departments of the Air —2!l_L 12 Force and the Navy of certain public lands of the United States at LukeWilliams Air Force Range, Yuma, Arizona, for defense purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress a^senwled, That (a) subject to Luke-wiiiiam« valid existing rights the public lands, and the minerals therein, within yimarArfi!*"^* the areas described in section.2 of this Act are hereby withdrawn from,^^"*' lands, all appropriations and other forms of disposition under the public ^servauon.*" land laws including the mining and mineral leasing laws and disposals of materials under the Act of July 31, 1947, as amended (60 Stat. 681; 30 U.S.C. 601-604) except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, ei Stat. esi; and reserved (subject to an agreement which has been approved by ^^ ®***' ^^^' the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Interior for the joint use of the lands in area " A " for military and wildlife purposes) for the use of the Department of Defense for a period of ten years with an option to renew the withdrawal and reservation for a period of five years by notice from the Secretary of Defense to the Secretary of the Interior, and subject to the condition that the reservation may be terminated at any time during either of such periods by the Secretary of Defense upon notice to the Secretary of the Interior. However, this Act does not affect Executive Order Numbered 8038 of January 5, 1939 (4 F.K. 437), establishing the Cabeza Prieta Game 3 CFR, cum. Range, except to the extent rendered necessary by the national defense. ^ P P " P- ^*^(b) Lands and resources within area " A " withdrawn and reserved by subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to such appropriation and other disposition as the Secretary of the Interior shall determine to be consistent both with the requirements of Executive Order Numbered 8038 of January 5, 1939 (4 F.R. 437), and, with the approval of the Secretary of Defense, with the requirements of the national defense. The Secretary of the Interior may, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Defense, authorize use or disposition of any of the lands or resources within area " B " withdrawn and reserved by subsection (a) of this section. (c) Upon request of the Secretary of the Interior at the time of final Termination, termination of the reservation effected by this Act, the Department si^sf^"^ ^'**^^* of Defense shall make safe for nonmilitary uses the land withdrawn and reserved, or such portions thereof as may be specified by the Secretary of the Interior, by.neutralizing unexploded ammunition, bombs, artillery projectiles, or other explosive objects and chemical agents. Thereafter the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to law shall provide for the appropriate use or disposition of all or any part of the land withdrawn and reserved under provisions of this Act. Nothing in this subsection, however, shall be construed to prevent the Secretary of a military department at that time from making application for further withdrawal and reservation of all or part of said lands under laws and regulations then existing. SEC. 2. The lands withdrawn and reserved by this Act are those that are now or may hereafter become subject to the public land laws within the areas described as follows: Approximately 479,100 acres, more or less, within the Luke-Williams Air Force Range, Pima, Maricopa, and Yuma Counties, Arizona, and more fully described as follows: (1) Area "A", located in the southeastern portion of Luke-Williams Air Force Range, Pima County, Arizona, comprised of— sections 19 to 21, inclusive, and sections 28 to 33, inclusive, township 14 south, range 8 west; sections 4 to 9, inclusive, sections
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