fee required by section 109 or any related law relating to the use of Federal land, asserts the claimant’s authority to use and occupy the Federal land concerned for prospecting and exploration, consistent with the requirements of this Act and other applicable law. 111. Protection of special places (a) Protection of national parks and national monuments No permit shall be issued under this Act that authorizes mineral activities that would impair the land or resources of a National Park or a National Monument. For purposes of this subsection, the term impair includes any diminution of the affected land including wildlife, scenic assets, water resources, air quality, and acoustic qualities, or other changes that would impair a citizen’s experience at the National Park or National Monument. (b) Protection of conservation areas In order to protect the resources and values of National Conservation System units, the Secretary, as appropriate, shall utilize authority under this Act and other applicable law to the fullest extent necessary to prevent mineral activities that could have an adverse impact on the resources or values for which such units were established (c) Lands not open to mining Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to valid existing rights, no hardrock mining activity shall be allowed in any of the following: (1) Wilderness study areas. (2) Areas of critical environmental concern. (3) Units of the National Conservation System. (4) Areas designated for inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System pursuant to the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.), areas designated for potential addition to such system pursuant to section 5(a) of that Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1276(a) ), and areas determined to be eligible for inclusion in such system pursuant to section 5(d) of such Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1276(d) ). (5) Any area identified in the set of inventoried roadless areas maps contained in the Forest Service Roadless Area Conservation Final Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 2,