the National Forest System conveyed to a State under this Act shall be administered and managed primarily for timber production pursuant to the State forest practices law, except as otherwise provided in this Act for the period provided by this Act. (b) Land designations Land use designations in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act for eligible portions of the National Forest System conveyed to a State under this Act under the applicable land management plan shall continue in effect until the patent date. (c) Subsistence use after the selection date In the case of eligible portions of the National Forest System in the State of Alaska, the Secretary of the Interior shall retain continuing authority to manage subsistence uses of fish and wildlife on National Forest System lands conveyed under this Act until the patent date. (d) Access (1) Easements The Secretary, in accordance with the applicable forest transportation plan for a unit of the National Forest System and any transportation plan of the State, shall provide access in the form of easements across lands owned by the United States to and from eligible portions of the National Forest System conveyed to the State. The duty of the Secretary to deliver patents for such easements shall be purely ministerial and shall not be withheld or conditioned by any other provision of law. The Secretary shall enter into agreements with the Commissioner for the purpose of sharing the costs of common use roads. (2) State duty Following the patent date, a State shall issue easements to the United States for reasonable access across acquired eligible portions of the National Forest System in the manner provided in paragraph (1). (e) Mining claims (1) In general Federal mining claims located pursuant to the General Mining Law of 1872 ( 30 U.S.C. 22 et seq. ) on eligible portions of the National Forest System before the selection date shall remain subject to the laws, rules, regulations, and policies of the United States, but such laws, rules, regulations, and