16 USC § 3211 - Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge agricultural use

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s3211"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 3211 - Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge agricultural use"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "3211"
section_name: "Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge agricultural use"
chapter_number: 51
chapter_name: "ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–487, title XIII, § 1324, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2488.)"
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# § 3211. Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge agricultural use

Nothing in this Act or other existing law shall be construed as necessarily prohibiting or mandating the development of agricultural potential within the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge pursuant to existing law. The permissibility of such development shall be determined by the Secretary on a case-by-case basis under existing law. Any such development permitted within the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge shall be designed and conducted in such a manner as to minimize to the maximum extent possible any adverse effects of the natural values of the unit.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–487, title XIII, § 1324, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2488.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is , , , known as the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.