Authority.

The Naval Petroleum Reserve Production Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 303; 42 U.S.C. 6501, et seq. ), as amended by the Department of the Interior Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 1981 (Pub. L. 96-514), is the primary statutory authority for this subpart. Other applicable authorities include the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq. ) and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ), exclusive of sections 202 and 603, which do not apply pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 6506a(c).