CSHB 139(RES): "An Act approving an interim classification by the commissioner of natural resources closing certain land within the Glacier Creek and Winner Creek drainages to new mineral entry; and providing for an effective date."
00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 139(RES) 01 "An Act approving an interim classification by the commissioner of natural resources 02 closing certain land within the Glacier Creek and Winner Creek drainages to new 03 mineral entry; and providing for an effective date." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section 06 to read: 07 PURPOSE. The purpose of this Act is to approve the interim classification contained 08 in Mineral Closing Order No. 593, Amendment No. 3, issued by the commissioner of natural 09 resources to close state land in the upper Glacier Creek and Winner Creek drainages near 10 Girdwood to new mineral entry. The legislature finds that the Glacier Creek and Winner 11 Creek drainages hold significant potential for the development of a new four season resort in 12 Girdwood. The legislature further finds that closure of the state-owned mineral estate of the 13 upper Girdwood Valley to new mineral entry for a 10-year period will reserve this land for the 14 new project and provide a specific timeframe for resort development to begin as provided in
01 state and Municipality of Anchorage land use plans. If development does not begin within 02 this 10-year timeframe, the area is to reopen to mineral entry on April 3, 2012, as provided in 03 Mineral Opening Order No. 603, Amendment No. 3. If development begins before April 3, 04 2012, Mineral Opening Order No. 603, Amendment No. 3, shall be terminated, in whole or in 05 part, and the land shall remain closed to mineral entry. 06 * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 07 read: 08 MINERAL ENTRY CLOSURE. Under AS 38.05.300(c), and subject to existing 09 valid rights, the following described state-owned land in the Glacier Creek and Winner Creek 10 drainages, totaling approximately 5,740 acres, is closed to new mineral entry: 11 Township 10 North, Range 2 East, Seward Meridian 12 Sections 1-3: All 13 Section 4: N1/2NE1/4 east of Crow Creek Road, and those portions of 14 SE1/4NE1/4 and E1/2SE1/4 within the Chugach National Forest 15 Section 9: E1/2NE1/4NE1/4 within the Chugach National Forest 16 Section 10: N1/2N1/2, N1/2NE1/4SE1/4NW1/4, N1/2SW1/4NE1/4, 17 SE1/4SW1/4NE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4, N1/2NE1/4SE1/4, 18 E1/2SW1/4NE1/4SE1/4, SE1/4NE1/4SE1/4, NE1/4SE1/4SE1/4 19 Section 11: All 20 Township 10 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian 21 Section 6: N1/2, N1/2SW1/4 22 Township 11 North, Range 2 East, Seward Meridian 23 Section 33: SE1/4SE1/4 All land lying southeast of Crow Creek Road 24 Section 34: SW1/4 All land lying east of Crow Creek Road, SE1/4; excluding 25 mining claim recordations AA 56282 and AA 56283 and U.S. Survey 11872 26 Section 35: All, excluding the N1/2NE1/4, NE1/4NW1/4 27 Section 36: All, excluding the NW1/4NW1/4 28 Township 11 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian 29 Section 31: All 30 Section 32: W1/2 31 * Sec. 3. Section 2 of this Act is repealed.
01 * Sec. 4. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 02 read: 03 CONDITIONAL EFFECT. Section 3 of this Act takes effect unless the commissioner 04 of natural resources certifies to the governor and the revisor of statutes on or before April 2, 05 2012, that development of a resort as described in sec. 1 of this Act and as provided in state 06 and Municipality of Anchorage land use plans has begun in the area closed to mineral entry 07 by sec. 2 of this Act. 08 * Sec. 5. If sec. 3 of this Act takes effect under sec. 4 of this Act, it takes effect April 3, 09 2012. 10 * Sec. 6. Except as provided in sec. 5 of this Act, this Act takes effect immediately under 11 AS 01.10.070(c).