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Calendar No. 688
115TH CONGRESS } REPORT
2d Session JSENATE 1 115-402
YELLOWSTONE GATEWAY PROTECTION ACT
DECEMBER 4, 2018.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKJ, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 941]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 941) to withdraw certain National Forest Sys-
tem land in the Emigrant Crevice area located in the Custer Gal-
latin National Forest, Park County, Montana, from the mining and
mineral leasing laws of the United States, and for other purposes,
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without
amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 941 is to withdraw certain National Forest
System land in the Emigrant Crevice area located in the Custer
Gallatin National Forest, Park County, Montana, from the mining
and mineral leasing laws of the United States.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
Paradise Valley is a major river valley of the Yellowstone River
in Southwestern Montana just north of Yellowstone National Park
in Park County, Montana. The valley is flanked by the Absaroka
Range on the east and the Gallatin Range on the west. The Yellow-
stone River flows through the valley and is noted for world class
fly fishing. The valley also contains several natural hot springs, in-
cluding Chico Hot Springs near Emigrant, Montana.
In 2015, Lucky Minerals Inc., a Canadian company, applied for
permits for exploratory drilling for gold and other minerals on both
federal and private lands in the Emigrant Gulch area north of
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