A bill to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U. S. C. 1701) to permit temporary use by Federal departments and agencies of public lands controlled by the Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior.
PL 100-586 (H.R.2806), enacted 11/03/1988

102 STAT. 2980 
PUBLIC LAW 100-586—NOV. 3, 1988 
Public Law 100-586 
100th Congress 
An Act 
Nov. 3,1988 
[H.R. 2806] 
C!onservation. 
Environmental 
protection. 
To amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, to permit tempo-
rary use for military purposes of public lands in Alaska managed by the Bureau of 
Land Management, Department of the lRi,erior, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 302 of 
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1732) is hereby amended by the addition at the end thereof of a new 
subsection, as follows: 
"(d)(1) The Secretary of the Interior, after consultation with the 
Governor of Alaska, may issue to the Secretary of Defense or to the 
Secretary of a miUtary department within the Department of De-
fense or to the Commandant of the Coast Guard a nonrenewable 
general authorization to utilize public lands in Aleiska (other than 
within a conservation system unit or the Steese National Conserva-
tion Area or the White Mountains National Recreation Area) for 
purposes of military maneuvering, military training, or equipment 
testing not involving artillery firing, aerial or other gunnery, or 
other use of live ammunition or ordnance. 
"(2) Use of public lands pursuant to a general authorization under 
this subsection shall be limited to areas where such use would not be 
inconsistent with the plans prepared pursuant to section 202. Each 
such use shall be subject to a requirement that the using depart-
ment shall be responsible for any necessary cleanup and decon-
tamination of the lands used, and to such other terms and conditions 
(including but not limited to restrictions on use of off-road or all-
terrain vehicles) as the Secretary of the Interior may require to— 
"(A) minimize adverse impacts on the natural, environ-
mental, scientific, cultural, and other resources and values 
(including fish and wildlife habitat) of the public lands involved; 
and 
"(B) minimize the period and method of such use and the 
interference with or restrictions on other uses of the public 
lands involved. 
"(3XA) A general authorization issued pursuant to this subsection 
shall not be for a term of more than three years and shall be 
revoked in whole or in part, as the Secretary of the Interior finds 
necessary, prior to the end of such term upon a determination by the 
Secretary of the Interior that there has been a failure to comply 
with its terms and conditions or that activities pursuant to such an 
authorization have had or might have a significant adverse impact 
on the resources or values of the affected lands. 
"(B) Each specific use of a particular area of public lands pursuant 
to a general authorization under this subsection shall be subject to 
specific authorization by the Secretary and to appropriate terms and 
conditions, including such as are described in paragraph (2) of this 
subsection. 
PUBLIC LAW 100-586—NOV. 3, 1988 
102 STAT. 2981 
"(4) Issuance of a general authorization pursuant to this subsec-
tion shall be subject to the provisions of section 202(f) of this Act, 
section 810 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, 
and all other applicable provisions of law. The Secretary of a 
military department (or the (Dommsmdant of the Coast Guard) 
requesting such authorization shall reimburse the Secretary of the 
Interior for the costs of implementing this paragraph. An authoriza-
tion pursuant to this subsection shall not authorize the construction 
of permanent structures or facilities on the public lands. 
"(5) To the extent that public safety may require closure to public Safety. 
use of any portion of the public lands covered by an authorization 
issued pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary of the militaiy 
department concerned or the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall 
take appropriate steps to notify the public concerning such closure 
and to provide appropriate warnings of risks to public safety. 
"(6) For purposes of this suteection, the term 'conservation 
system unit' has the same meaning as specified in section 102 of the 
Alaska National Interest Lands O>nservation Act.". 
Approved November 3, 1988. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2806: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-687, Pt. 1 (Ck)mm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 134 (1988): 
May 23, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 21, considered and passed Senate.