; and (ii) any other applicable law. (B) Environmental assessment or environmental impact statement In preparing an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement under section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4332(2) ) for the conveyance of unappropriated public land under this section, the Secretary is not required to study, develop, or describe any action other than— (i) the proposed agency action; and (ii) the alternative of no action. (d) Mineral land (1) Selection and conveyance (A) In general Subject to the provisions of this section, the State may select, and the Secretary may convey, unappropriated public land that is mineral in character. (B) Exclusion The State may not select, and the Secretary may not convey— (i) unappropriated public land that includes only a portion of a mineral lease or permit; or (ii) only the Federal mineral estate to unappropriated public land, unless the United States does not own the associated surface estate of the unappropriated public land. (2) Mining claims (A) Mining claims unaffected Nothing in this section alters, diminishes, or expands the existing rights of a mining claimant under applicable law. (B) Validity examinations Nothing in this section requires the Secretary to carry out a mineral examination for any mining claim located on unappropriated public land to be conveyed under this section. (C) Withdrawal Unappropriated public land selected by the State for acquisition under this section is withdrawn, subject to valid existing rights, from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws until that date on which— (i) the selected unappropriated public land is conveyed by the Secretary to the State; (ii) the Secretary makes a final determination not accepting the selection of the unappropriated public land