00 HOUSE BILL NO. 58                                                                                                       
01 "An Act establishing the Chickaloon Flats Critical Habitat Area."                                                       
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 16.20 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                   
04  Sec. 16.20.630. CHICKALOON FLATS CRITICAL HABITAT AREA.  (a)                                                          
05 The following described area is established as the Chickaloon Flats Critical Habitat                                    
06 Area:                                                                                                                   
07 The land and water encompassed by a boundary beginning at the point                                                   
08 on the shore of Chickaloon Bay at longitude W149 degrees, 53 minutes;                                                   
09 thence westerly along the mean high water line of Chickaloon Bay to                                                     
10 longitude W150 degrees, 18 minutes; thence easterly to the point of the                                                 
11 beginning.                                                                                                              
12  (b)  The department shall permit entry within the Chickaloon Flats Critical                                           
13 Habitat Area for the exploration and development of oil and gas resources when it is                                    
14 compatible with the purposes for which the critical habitat area is established.                                        
01  (c)  The department shall permit public uses of the Chickaloon Flats Critical                                         
02 Habitat Area in a manner that is compatible with the purposes for which the critical                                    
03 habitat area is established.  The department shall permit the following public uses to                                  
04 continue without further approval by the department unless the department determines                                    
05 that the use is not compatible with the purposes for which the Chickaloon Flats Critical                                
06 Habitat Area is established:                                                                                            
07   (1)  hunting, including subsistence hunting, trapping, and subsistence,                                              
08 commercial, and sport fishing;                                                                                          
09   (2)  hiking, backpacking, and camping, including the use of campfires;                                               
10   (3)  cross-country skiing, snowmachining, boating, and the landing of                                                
11 aircraft; and                                                                                                           
12   (4)  other related uses that are temporary in duration and have no                                                   
13 foreseeable adverse effects on vegetation, drainage, soil stability, or fish and game and                               
14 their habitat.