Utah Code 63L-7-106. Use of protected wilderness areas
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(1) | Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each agency administering any area designated as a protected wilderness area shall be responsible for preserving the wilderness character of the area and shall administer such area for the purposes for which it may have been established to preserve its wilderness character. |
(a) | is acquired by the state from the federal government through purchase, exchange, grant, or any other means of conveyance of title after May 13, 2014; |
(b) | retains its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation; |
(c) | generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with minimal human impact; |
(d) | has at least 5,000 contiguous acres of land, or is of sufficient size as to make practicable its preservation and use in an unimpaired condition; |
(e) | has outstanding opportunities for solitude, or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation; and |
(f) | may contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value. See Utah Code 63L-7-103 | ||||
(2) | Except as specifically provided in this chapter, and subject to valid existing rights, there shall be:
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(4) | Commercial services may be performed within a protected wilderness area to the extent necessary to support the activities described in Subsection (3). |
(5) | Within an area designated as a protected wilderness area by this chapter:
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(6) | Nothing in this chapter shall prevent, within a designated protected wilderness area, any activity, including prospecting, if the activity is conducted in a manner compatible with the preservation of the wilderness environment, subject to such conditions as the executive director of DNR considers desirable. |
(7) | The executive director of DNR shall develop and conduct surveys of wilderness areas:
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(8) | Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, until midnight December 31, 2034:
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(9) | Any newly issued mineral lease, permit, or license for land within a wilderness area shall contain stipulations, as may be determined by the executive director of DNR in consultation with the director of the Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining, for the protection of the wilderness character of the land, consistent with the use of the land for the purpose for which it is leased, permitted, or licensed. |
(10) | Subject to valid rights then existing, effective January 1, 2015, the minerals in all lands designated by this chapter as wilderness areas are withdrawn from disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral leasing. |
(11) | Mineral leases shall not be permitted within protected wilderness areas. |
(12) | The governor may, within protected wilderness areas, authorize:
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(13) | The commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Food may make regulations as necessary to govern the grazing of livestock on a protected wilderness area. |
Enacted by Chapter 323, 2014 General Session