16 U.S.C. § 460nnn–64 — Treatment of wilderness study areas

submitted 26 years ago by Pub. L. 106-399 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 156 words · no verdicts yet

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Land inside the Steens Mountain area that was already a wilderness study area, but not added to the new Wilderness Area, stays a study area. It keeps being managed so it could still qualify as wilderness later. The Basque Hills Wilderness Study Area also grows to include six more sections of land.

(a) Status unaffected. Except as section 460nnn–92 provides otherwise, any wilderness study area, or part of one, that's inside the Cooperative Management and Protection Area but wasn't made part of the Wilderness Area, keeps its wilderness study area status. This law doesn't change that. (b) Management. Those remaining wilderness study areas keep being managed under section 1782(c) of title 43, in a way that doesn't damage their potential to become wilderness someday. (c) Expansion of Basque Hills Wilderness Study Area. The Basque Hills Wilderness Study Area grows to include federal land in six specific sections — 8, 16, 17, 21, 22, and 27 — of township 36 south, range 31 east, Willamette Meridian. That added land is also managed under section 1782(c) of title 43, to protect and improve its wilderness qualities.

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(a) Status unaffected

Except as provided in section 460nnn–92 of this title, any wilderness study area, or portion of a wilderness study area, within the boundaries of the Cooperative Management and Protection Area, but not included in the Wilderness Area, shall remain a wilderness study area notwithstanding the enactment of this subchapter.

(b) Management

The wilderness study areas referred to in subsection (a) shall continue to be managed under section 1782(c) of title 43 in a manner so as not to impair the suitability of the areas for preservation as wilderness.

The boundaries of the Basque Hills Wilderness Study Area are hereby expanded to include the Federal lands within sections 8, 16, 17, 21, 22, and 27 of township 36 south, range 31 east, Willamette Meridian. These lands shall be managed under section 1782(c) of title 43 to protect and enhance the wilderness values of these lands.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 106–399, title II, § 204, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1667.)

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2000Enacted · Pub. L. 106-399 · 114 Stat. 1667

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 106-399 on 2000-10-30.

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