Public Law 93-632

AN ACT

To designate certain lands as wilderness.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS WITHIN THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM

Section 1. That in accordance with subsection (c) of section 3 of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890, 892), the following lands are hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, as components of the national wilderness preservation system:

(a) certain lands in the Chamisso National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, which comprise approximately four hundred and fifty-five acres, which are depicted on a map entitled "Chamisso Wilderness Proposal", dated November 1969, and which shall be known as the Chamisso Wilderness;

(b) certain lands in the National Key Deer Refuge, Great White Heron National Wildlife Refuge, and the Key West National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, which comprise approximately four thousand seven hundred and forty acres, which are depicted on a map entitled "Florida Keys Wilderness—Proposed", dated August 1969, and which shall be known as the Florida Keys Wilderness;

(c) certain lands in the St. Marks Wildlife Refuge, Florida, which comprise approximately seventeen thousand seven hundred and forty-six acres, which are depicted on a map entitled "St. Marks Wilderness Proposal—Florida", dated September 1971, revised December 1971, and which shall be known as the St. Marks Wilderness;

(d) certain lands in the Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, which comprise approximately three thousand acres, which are depicted on a map entitled "Blackbeard Island Wilderness—Proposed," dated December 1971, and which shall be known as the Blackbeard Island Wilderness;

(e) certain lands in the Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia, which comprise approximately five thousand one hundred and twenty-six acres, which are depicted on a map entitled "Wolf Island Wilderness Proposal", dated March 1971, revised March 1973, further revised March 1974, and which shall be known as the Wolf Island Wilderness;

(f) certain lands in the Breton National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana, which comprise approximately five thousand acres, which are depicted on a map entitled "Breton Wilderness—Proposed", dated December 1970, revised January 1974, and which shall be known as the Breton Wilderness;

(g) certain lands in the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, Maine, which comprise approximately four thousand seven hundred and nineteen acres and which are depicted on a map entitled "Moosehorn Wilderness (Baring Unit)—Proposed", dated September 1971, revised December 1971, further revised September 1974, and which shall be known as the Moosehorn Wilderness (Baring Unit);

(h) certain lands in the Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey, which comprise approximately six thousand six hundred and three acres, which are depicted on the map entitled "Brigantine Wilderness—Proposed", dated August 1971, revised September 1974, and which shall be known as the Brigantine Wilderness;

(i) certain lands in the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, which comprise approximately thirty thousand eight hundred and fifty acres, which are depicted on a map entitled "Bosque del Apache Wilderness—Proposed", dated July 1971, revised September 1974, and which shall be known as Bosque del Apache Wilderness;

(j) certain lands in the Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota, which comprise approximately four thousand one hundred and fifty-five acres, which are depicted on the map entitled "Chase Lake Wilderness—Proposed", dated September 1971, and which shall be known as the Chase Lake Wilderness;

(k) certain lands in the Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota, which comprise approximately five thousand five hundred and seventy-seven acres, which are depicted on a map entitled "Lostwood Wilderness—Proposal", dated August 1971, and which shall be known as the Lostwood Wilderness;

(l) all lands in the West Sister Island National Wildlife Refuge, Ohio, which comprise approximately eighty-five acres, which are depicted on a map entitled "Proposed West Sister Island Wilderness", dated October 1969, and which shall be known as the West Sister Island Wilderness; and

(m) certain lands in the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina, which comprise approximately twenty-eight thousand acres, which are depicted on a map entitled "Cape Romain Wilderness Proposal", dated January 1971, and which shall be known as the Cape Romain Wilderness.

DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS WITHIN THE NATIONAL

FOREST SYSTEM

SEC. 2. In accordance with subsection 3(b) of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 891; 16 U.S.C. 1132) the following areas are hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System:

(a) The area in the Cleveland National Forest in California classified as the Agua Tibia Primitive Area, with deletions therefrom, which area comprises approximately sixteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-one acres, is generally depicted on a map entitled "Agua Tibia Wilderness—Proposed", dated July 1974, and shall be known as the Agua Tibia Wilderness.

(b) The area in the Stanislaus National Forest in California classified as the Emigrant Basin Primitive Area, with additions thereto and deletions therefrom, which area comprises approximately one hundred and six thousand nine hundred and ten acres, is generally depicted on a map entitled "Emigrant Wilderness—Proposed, 1970" on file in the Office of the Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, and shall be known as the Emigrant Wilderness. The area commonly called the Cherry Creek exclusion, depicted on such map as Exclusion 2 and comprising approximately six thousand and forty-two acres, shall, in accordance with the provisions of subsection 3(d) of the Wilderness Act, be reviewed by the Secretary of Agriculture as to its suitability or nonsuitability for preservation as wilderness in conjunction with his review of the potential addition to the Hoover Wilderness in Toiyabe National Forest. The recommendations of the President to the Congress on the potential addition to the Hoover Wilderness shall be accompanied by the President’s recommendations on the Cherry Creek exclusion. The previous classification of the Emigrant Basin Primitive Area is hereby abolished with the exception of said Exclusion 2.

(c) The area classified as the San Juan and Upper Rio Grande Primitive Areas, with the proposed additions thereto and deletions therefrom, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Weminuche Wilderness—Proposed", dated December 1974, which is on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, is hereby designated as the Weminuche Wilderness within and as part of the Rio Grande and San Juan National Forests comprising an area of approximately four hundred five thousand thirty-one acres.

(d) The area in the Flathead National Forest in Montana classified as the Mission Mountains Primitive Area, with an addition thereto, which area comprises approximately seventy-five thousand five hundred and eighty-eight acres, is depicted on a map entitled "Mission Mountains Wilderness Area—Proposed", dated July 1974, and shall be known as the Mission Mountains Wilderness.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SEC. 3. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all primitive area classifications of areas herein designated wilderness are hereby abolished.

SEC. 4. As soon as practicable after this Act takes effect, a map and a legal description of each wilderness area shall be filed with the Interior and Insular Affairs Committees of the United States Senate and the House of Representatives, and such description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act: Provided, however, That correction of clerical and typographical errors in such legal description and map may be made.

SEC. 5. Wilderness areas designated by this Act shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act governing areas designated by that Act as wilderness area, except that any reference in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date of this Act, and any references to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be deemed to be a reference to the Secretary who has administrative jurisdiction over the area.

Approved January 3, 1975.