Volume 68
Public Law 83–332
To facilitate the development of building materials in Alaska through the removal of volcanic ash from portions of Katmai National Monument, Alaska, and for other purposes.
Approved April 15, 1954
Statutory text
AN ACT
To facilitate the development of building materials in Alaska through the removal of volcanic ash from portions of Katmai National Monument, Alaska, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That, for the purpose of aiding in the development of building materials essential to the growth of Alaska, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, for a period of fifteen years from the date of approval of this Act, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of July 31, 1947 (61 Stat. 681), as amended, to permit the removal of deposits of siliceous
43 USC 1185–1188.
volcanic ash, commonly known as pumicite, from such areas as he may designate along the shores of Shelikof Strait in Katmai National Monument, Alaska.
Approved April 15, 1954.