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<br />001946 <br /> <br />(1) Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to be in interference <br />with the purpose for which national forests are established as <br />set forth in the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11), and the <br />Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of June 12, 1960 (74 Stat. 215). <br /> <br />(2) Nothing in this Act shall modify the restrictions and <br />provisions of the Shipstead-Nolan Act (Public Law 539, Seventy- <br />first Congress, July 10, 1930; 46 Stat. 1020), the Thye-Blatnik <br />Act (Public Law 733, Eightieth Congress, June 22, 1948; <br />62 Stat. 568), and the Humphrey-Thye-Blatnik-Andresen Act <br />(Public Law 607, Eighty-fourth Congress, June 22, 1956; <br />70 Stat. 326), as applying to the Superior National Forest or <br />the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture. <br /> <br />(3) Nothing in this Act shall modify the statutory authority <br />under which units of the national park system are created. <br />Further, the designation of any area of any park, monument, or <br />other unit of the national park system as a wilderness area <br />pursuant to this Act shall in no manner lower the standards <br />evolved for the use and preservation of such park, monument, or <br />other unit of the national park system in accordance with the <br />Act of August 25, 1916, the statutory authority under which <br />the area was created, or any other Act of Congress which might <br />pertain to or affect such area, including, but not limited to, <br />the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225; 16 U.S.C. 432 et. seq.); <br />section 3(2) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796(2)); and <br />the Act of August 21, 1935 (49 Stat. 666; 16 U.S.C. 461 et. seq.). <br /> <br />(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, each agency administering <br />any area designated as wilderness shall be responsible for preserving <br />the wilderness character of the area and shall so administer such <br />area for such other purposes for which it may have been established <br />as also to preserve its wilderness character. Except as otherwise <br />provided in this Act, wilderness areas shall be devoted to the public <br />purposes of recreational, scenic, scientific, educational, conservation, <br />and historical use. <br /> <br />PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN USES <br /> <br />(c) Except as specifically provided for in this Act, and subject to <br />existing private rights, there shall be no commercial enterprise and <br />no permanent road within any wilderness area designated by this Act <br />and, except as necessary to meet minimum requirements for the admin- <br />istration of the area for the purpose of this Act (including measures <br />required in emergencies involving the health and safety of persons <br />within the area), there shall be no temporary road, no use of motor <br />vehicles, motorized equipment or motorboats, no landing of aircraft, <br />no other form of mechanical transport, and no structure or installation <br />within any such area. <br />