S. 1029 A Bill: National Wildnerness Preservation System

• Description: Wild and Scenic: Colorado Wilderness Act
• State: CO
• Date: 5/9/1991
• Author: 102nd Congress, 1st Session
• Title: S. 1029 A Bill: National Wildnerness Preservation System
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Legislation

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1 (2) Section 2(e) of the Endangered American Wilder -
2 ness Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 41) is amended by striking
3 "subject to" and all that follows through "Systems".
4 (e) BUFFER ZONES. — Congress does not intend that
5 the designation by this Act of wilderness areas in the State
6 of Colorado creates or implies the creation of protective
7 perimeters or buffer zones around any wilderness area.
8 The fact that non - wilderness activities or uses can be seen
9 or heard from within a wilderness areas shall not, of itself,
10 preclude such activities, or uses up to the boundary of the
11 wilderness area.
12 SEC. 5. WIT RNESS REVIEW CONCERNS.
13 (a) FINDINGS. —The Congress finds that-
14 (1) the Department of Agriculture has ade-
15 quately met the wilderness study requirements of
16 Public Law 96 -560, Public Law 95 -237, and see-
17 tion 12(g) of Public Law 98 -141;
18 (2) the initial Land and Resource Management
19 Plans and associated environmental impact state -
20 ments (hereinafter referred to as "land and resource
21 management plans ") for the National Forests in the
22 State of Colorado have been completed as required
23 by section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable
24 Resources Planning Act of 1976;
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