Sec. 301. Expansion of Wild Rogue Wilderness Area
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In this section: The term Commission means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The term map means the map entitled Wild Rogue Wilderness Additions and dated June 12, 2013. The term Wilderness additions means the land added to the Wild Rogue Wilderness under subsection (b)(1). The approximately 56,100 acres of Federal land in the State generally depicted on the map as BLM Proposed Wilderness and Proposed USFS Wilderness shall be added to and administered as part of the Wild Rogue Wilderness in accordance with the Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 1132 note;
Public Law 95–237 ), except that— the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall administer the Federal land under their respective jurisdiction; and any reference in that Act to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be considered to be a reference to the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as applicable. As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare a map and legal description of the wilderness area designated by paragraph (1).
The map and legal description filed under subparagraph
(A)shall have the same force and effect as if included in this section, except that the Secretary may correct typographical errors in the map and legal description. The map and legal description filed under subparagraph
(A)shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service. Section 3(b) of the Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 95–237 ) is amended by striking 3(a)(5) and inserting 3(a)(5)(A) . Subject to valid existing rights, the Wilderness additions are withdrawn from all forms of— entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. Nothing in this subsection alters, modifies, enlarges, diminishes, or abrogates the treaty rights of any Indian tribe. Subject to paragraph
(3)and in furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq. ), certain public land in the State administered by the Secretary of the Interior, compromising approximately 600 acres, as generally depicted on the map as Potential Wilderness , shall be added to and administered as part of the Wild Rogue Wilderness. Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall manage the land described in paragraph
(1)to protect its suitability for designation as wilderness until the date on which the land is designated as wilderness in accordance with paragraph (3). The land described in paragraph
(1)shall be designated as wilderness and added to and administered as part of the Wild Rogue Wilderness on the date on which the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register notice that the conditions in the potential wilderness area that are incompatible with the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq. ) have been removed. On designation as wilderness under paragraph (1), the land described in that paragraph shall be administered in accordance with this Act, the Wilderness Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq. ), and Public Law 95–237 ( 16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 92 Stat. 40). Subject to valid existing rights, the land described in paragraph
(1)is withdrawn from all forms of— entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. The Secretary shall manage the Federal land described in paragraph
(2)in a manner that preserves the natural and primitive character of the land for recreational, scenic, and scientific use. The Federal land referred to in paragraph
(1)is the approximately 4,000 acres generally depicted on the map as Withdrawal Area . As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare a map and legal description of the land described in paragraph (2). The map and legal description filed under subparagraph
(A)shall have the same force and effect as if included in this section, except that the Secretary may correct typographical errors in the map and legal description. The map and legal description filed under subparagraph
(A)shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the Bureau of Land Management. Subject to valid existing rights, with respect to the Federal land described in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall only allow uses that are consistent with the purposes described in paragraph (1). The following shall be prohibited on the Federal land described in paragraph (2): Permanent roads. Commercial enterprises. Except as necessary to meet the minimum requirements for the administration of the Federal land and to protect public health and safety— the use of motor vehicles; or the establishment of temporary roads. Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal land described in paragraph
(2)is withdrawn from— all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.
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- Pub. L. 95-237
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Sec. 301
Expansion of Wild Rogue Wilderness Area
Pub. L.Pub. L. 95-237
Stat.92 Stat. 40
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