MINERAL ACTIVITIES.

SEC. 1005. MINERAL ACTIVITIES. (a) In General. —Notwithstanding the last sentence of section 302(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, and in accordance with this title and other applicable law, the Secretary shall require that mineral activities be conducted in the Bodie Bowl so as to— (1) avoid adverse effects on the historic, cultural, recreational, and natural resource values of the Bodie Bowl; and (2) minimize other adverse impacts to the environment. (b) Restoration of Effects of Mining Exploration. —As soon as possible after the date of enactment of this Act, visible evidence or other effects of mining exploration activity within the Bodie Bowl conducted on or after September 1, 1988, shall be reclaimed by the operator in accordance with regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (d). (c) Annual Expenditures; Filing— The requirements for annual expenditures on unpatented mining claims imposed by Revised Statute 2324 (30 U.S.C. 28) shall not apply to any such claim located within the Bodie Bowl. In lieu of filing the affidavit of assessment work referred to under section 314(a)(1) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1744(a)(1)), the holder of any unpatented mining or mill site claim located within the Bodie Bowl shall only be required to file the notice of intention to hold the mining claim referred to in such section 314(a)(1). (d) Regulations. —The Secretary shall promulgate rules to implement this section, in consultation with the Governor of the State of California, within 180 days after the date of enactment of this title. Such rules shall be no less stringent that the rules promulgated pursuant to the Act of September 28, 1976 entitled “An Act to provide for the regulation of mining activity within, and to repeal the application of mining laws to, areas of the National 108 STAT. 4512Park System, and for other purposes” (Public Law 94–429; 16 U.S.C. 1901–1912).