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On the recordJune 10, 1994
That law means nothing, because the Park Service does not do as they have been told to do. I know of which I speak because the gentleman from Minnesota told me, as Mr. Seiberling told me, that there would be no problem with access to mining claims in the McKinley Park or Denali Park. There would be no problems in Glacier Park with the existing mining claims that are there, that you would have access. And that is not true. You can no longer go to those areas without getting permission from the Park Service, and they do not issue that permission.
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Don Young
Republican · Alaska

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Discussing access issues related to mining claims in national parks.

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