,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aha  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #cj1 #bjac 
,ms4 ,murkowski 7for herself and ,mr4   
,begich7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,energy and ,natural     
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to authorize the
 establishment of the ,niblack and      
,bokan ,mountain mining area road       
corridors in the ,state of ,alaska1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,niblack 
and ,bokan ,mountain ,mining ,area      
,roads ,authorization ,act4  #b4        
,niblack and ,bokan ,mountain mining    
area road corridors  7a7 ,establishment 
,notwithstanding any prohibition against
 road construction in inventoried       
roadless areas under the ,roadless ,area
 ,conservation ,rule established under  
part #bid of title #cf1 ,code of        
,federal ,regulations 7and successor    
regulations71 not later than #ahj days  
after the date of enactment of this     

,act1 the ,secretary of ,agriculture1   
acting through the ,chief of the ,forest
 ,service1 shall1 for purposes of       
connecting the ,prince of ,wales ,island
 road system in the ,state of ,alaska to
 the area of the ,niblack and ,bokan    
,mountain patented mineral claims on the
 southeast side of ,prince of ,wales    
,island1 establish--  7#a7 a road       
corridor that follows #a of the #b      
routes identified as ,niblack ,route #a 
or ,niblack ,route #b on the map        
entitled ,road to ,niblack ,mine and    
,bokan ,mountain ,route ,extension1     
numbered #a1 and dated ,june #ba1 #bjab2
 and  7#b7 a road corridor to the ,bokan
 ,mountain mine that branches off the   
,niblack ,mine road corridor established
 under paragraph 7#a74  7b7             
,requirements ,a road corridor          
established under subsection 7a7 shall--
  7#a7 minimize the economic costs of   
the road corridor by using1 to the      
maximum extent practicable1 the road    
network in existence on the date of the 

establishment2  7#b7 minimize effects of
 the road corridor on surface resources2
  7#c7 prevent unnecessary or           
unreasonable surface disturbance2 and   
7#d7 comply with all applicable laws    
7including regulations74  7c7           
,cooperating agencies ,the ,state of    
,alaska and the ,prince of ,wales       
,community ,advisory ,council may       
participate as cooperating agencies     
during the preparation of any           
environmental impact statement prepared 
with respect to a road corridor under   
subsection 7a74  7d7 ,federal permits   
,it is the intent of ,congress that any 
,federal permit required for            
construction of a road corridor         
established under subsection 7a7 be     
issued or denied by the date that is not
 later than #a year after the date of   
application for the permit4