Sec. 3. Designation of wilderness areas
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In accordance with the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq. ), the following areas in the State are designated as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: Certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Doña Ana County comprising approximately 27,673 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled Potrillo Mountains Complex and dated December 10, 2013, which shall be known as the Aden Lava Flow Wilderness . Certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Doña Ana County comprising approximately 13,902 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled Desert Peaks Wilderness and dated December 10, 2013, which shall be known as the Broad Canyon Wilderness .
Certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Doña Ana County comprising approximately 16,935 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled Potrillo Mountains Complex and dated December 10, 2013, which shall be known as the Cinder Cone Wilderness . Certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Doña Ana County comprising approximately 19,197 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled Organ Mountains Area and dated December 10, 2013, which shall be known as the Organ Mountains Wilderness , the boundary of which shall be offset 400 feet from the centerline of Dripping Springs Road in T. 23 S., R. 04 E., sec. 7, New Mexico Principal Meridian.
Certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Doña Ana and Luna counties comprising approximately 125,854 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled Potrillo Mountains Complex and dated December 10, 2013, which shall be known as the Potrillo Mountains Wilderness . Certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Doña Ana County comprising approximately 16,776 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled Desert Peaks Complex and dated December 10, 2013, which shall be known as the Robledo Mountains Wilderness .
Certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Doña Ana County comprising approximately 11,114 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled Desert Peaks Complex and dated December 10, 2013, which shall be known as the Sierra de las Uvas Wilderness . Certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Doña Ana and Luna counties comprising approximately 9,616 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled Potrillo Mountains Complex and dated December 10, 2013, which shall be known as the Whitethorn Wilderness .
Subject to valid existing rights, the wilderness areas designated by subsection
(a)shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with this Act and the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq. ) except that— any reference in the Wilderness Act to the effective date of that Act shall be considered to be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act; and any reference in the Wilderness Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference to the Secretary of the Interior. Any land or interest in land that is within the boundary of a wilderness area designated by subsection
(a)that is acquired by the United States shall— become part of the wilderness area within the boundaries of which the land is located; and be managed in accordance with— the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq. ); this Act; and any other applicable laws. Grazing of livestock in the wilderness areas designated by subsection (a), where established before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be administered in accordance with— section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4) ); and the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of the Report of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs to accompany H.R. 2570 of the 101st Congress (H. Rept. 101–405). Nothing in this section restricts or precludes— low-level overflights of military aircraft over the wilderness areas designated by subsection (a), including military overflights that can be seen or heard within the wilderness areas; the designation of new units of special airspace over the wilderness areas designated by this Act; or the use or establishment of military flight training routes over wilderness areas designated by this Act. Nothing in this section creates a protective perimeter or buffer zone around any wilderness area designated by subsection (a). The fact that an activity or use on land outside any wilderness area designated by subsection
(a)can be seen or heard within the wilderness area shall not preclude the activity or use outside the boundary of the wilderness area. The use of paragliding within areas of the Potrillo Mountains Wilderness designated by subsection (a)(5) in which the use has been established before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be allowed to continue in accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1) ), subject to any terms and conditions that the Secretary determines to be necessary. Certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 100 acres as generally depicted as Potential Wilderness on the map entitled Desert Peaks Complex and dated December 10, 2013, is designated as a potential wilderness area. The Secretary shall permit only such uses on the land described in subparagraph
(A)that were permitted on the date of enactment of this Act. On the date on which the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register the notice described in clause (ii), the potential wilderness area designated under subparagraph
(A)shall be— designated as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System; and incorporated into the Robledo Mountains Wilderness designated by subsection (a)(6). The notice referred to in clause
(i)is notice that— the communications site within the potential wilderness area designated under subparagraph
(A)is no longer used; the associated right-of-way is relinquished or not renewed; and the conditions in the potential wilderness area designated by subparagraph
(A)are compatible with the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq. ). Congress finds that, for purposes of section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1782(c) ), the public land in Doña Ana County administered by the Bureau of Land Management not designated as wilderness by subsection (a)— has been adequately studied for wilderness designation; is no longer subject to section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1782(c) ); and shall be managed in accordance with— the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ); this Act; and any other applicable laws.
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