Sec. 203. Management
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Subject to valid existing rights, the land designated as wilderness or as a wilderness addition by section 202 shall be administered by the Secretary concerned in accordance with this title and the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq. ), except that any reference in that Act to the effective date shall be considered to be a reference to the date of the enactment of this Act. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall enter into a cooperative management agreement with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for the purposes of managing wilderness areas in the California Desert Conservation Area to ensure the conservation and necessary management of wildlife and other natural resources in the Conservation Area.
Such cooperative agreement shall include and ensure necessary wildlife water development and maintenance as considered necessary by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Nothing in this title or the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq. ) shall have the effect of prohibiting the placement or maintenance of water development projects on the land designated as wilderness or as a wilderness addition by section 202 for the purpose of the conservation or management of wildlife.
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned shall establish agency approval procedures for the maintenance of water development projects and other wildlife management activities on the land designated as wilderness or as a wilderness addition by section 202. Nothing in this title— creates any protective perimeter or buffer zone around land designated as wilderness or as a wilderness addition by section 202; or requires additional regulation of activities on land outside the boundary of the land designated as wilderness or as a wilderness addition by such section.
The fact that an activity (including military activities) or use on land outside the boundary of the land designated as wilderness or as a wilderness addition by section 202 can be seen, heard, or detected within the wilderness area shall not preclude or restrict the activity or use outside the boundary of the wilderness area. In any permitting proceeding (including a review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. )) conducted with respect to a project described in paragraph
(2)that is formally initiated through a notice in the Federal Register before December 31, 2013, the consideration of any visual, noise, or other impacts of the project on land designated as wilderness or as a wilderness addition by section 202 shall be conducted based on the status of the land before designation as wilderness. A project referred to in paragraph
(1)is a renewable energy project or associated energy transport facility project— for which the Bureau of Land Management has received a right-of-way use application on or before the date of enactment of this Act; and that is located outside the boundary of land designated as wilderness or as a wilderness addition by section 202. Nothing in this Act alters any authority of the Secretary of Defense to conduct any military operations at desert installations, facilities, and ranges of the State of California authorized under any other provision of law. In the case of land designated as wilderness or as a wilderness addition by section 202, nothing in this title affects any land, interest in land, or customary operation, maintenance, repair, or replacement activity carried out on, over, or under land or within a right-of-way, including access to such right-of-way, granted to, owned by, or controlled by Southern California Edison Company, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, or Southern California Gas Company pursuant to law or legal right so long as the activity is conducted in a manner that minimizes the impact on wilderness resources.
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