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<br />Cbssiflcatton.
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<br />Pres1d~ntlal
<br />relJ.ommendatlon
<br />to Congress.
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<br />C0l18re9s1ona.l
<br />llpproval.
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<br />78 STAT. 591}
<br />7e STAT. 892.
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<br />Pub. Law 88-577
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<br />September 3, 1964
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<br />logical, or ot.her features of scient.ific, edUCI\ti'Onlll, sct:>nie, or hislo:'i~a.1
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<br />NAnONAL Wlt..DF.HNESH PRESERVATION RY~TF.M--EXT}.::-<T llf' "Y~'rE?oI
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<br />S.;c.3. (n) All areas wit-hin thf'. natioIlfd Ion:.",$. dlls..~ifietl8.t lea~t :~o
<br />dl~YS before t.he elfect.ive date> of t.his ACl hy thE' St'.(,I"~tllr~ (If A~rieul-
<br />lure or the Chief of the Forest Sen'ice us u"'ilderness \ "wihl''' nr
<br />l'clLnoC'.~1 are hE"mby designated a.s wilderne~s ~U'ellS. The ~('eretar'y 01
<br />Agriculture shnll- .
<br />(1) \Vithin one yenr after :1Ie p-fff'Ct.i\'l~ dltt.e (,f this Act, file 11
<br />nlllp llIul l....ga.l descript.ion of each wildcMless al"Pfl with the In-
<br />t(>rlOr fLOd Insulal' A ffnil'S Commit.tees of the lTllit(.d StILtE'S S~llntf'
<br />and t.he Hou~ of Repre::.-entntin's, and slleh d('.~.ript.ions shall
<br />htlv(' thesnme fore,P.llTHl cfr"d nH if indnt!cl! in this Act: Pnl/.,jdl'.d,
<br />hOll.1cDe1': That. COI'r{,,:tion of clerical and I ypogrnpnienl errON in
<br />such I(".g;d desr.ript.ioils hnd mnps Illn V be IJlll-de.
<br />(2) Maintain, ~\l'n.jlable to the Pllbfic, re.~onI5 rM~l't:tilling t(. Mid
<br />wihlf:rlle-5.<;;' llrt'as, induding nmps lLnd legal df"~:ript iOlls) COpil$ nf
<br />regulations governing them, copies of public notices of, and re-
<br />ports submitt.ed to C011,,-eas rt'~ardjnt:; pending addit i{)Il~, elimina-
<br />tions,ormodification..:.;. Maps, leg-al dffic.riptioJls,l\lld reJ,..'111afimll:;
<br />p~rtu.ining to wilderflt>;.";s arcas within tllt~ir I'e~pi:'d i\"f~ jllrisdi('~
<br />I,ions Rlso ~ho.ll be R"ll.ilahle to tlle public in t!Lt.' IJ1TIC('S of rcr;iollal
<br />foresters, nntiomll f(JI"{,sl, supen.isors, and forefit ran~rs.
<br />(h) The Secret.ary of AgTicultllre shn,ll, within t~n yeur:-; :)fter tlle
<br />Plladment of this Aet, revievt, IVI to Its suitnbilit..,. ur 1l011;t;llit:thilit.y f(.l'
<br />rr.-~~.l'\'ation ll.S wildern{'~o;;, P.:fI.l":h art>n in the- nal ;onnl fore:-:,ts clas<;jlipd
<br />Oil the eft'PJCt.ive date of this Aet hv th~ Secretary of A~ri('ulturl;' 01" t.hu
<br />r;hi('!f of the Forest Servic('- R!'i "1~l'imjL!V(l'~ and l'f!pOI'( his f.Jl{lings :0
<br />1.1w PresidEmt. Thf': Pr~;id('.llt s mil advj~. the l:nit~(l ~tates Seli:l1.e
<br />lLnrl Honse of Represent:\/ i ~.e\ of his recOIllnwndaticms ~.jl It rt>:5p(~t i")
<br />I he designat.ion as "wildf~tnes.<)" or IJther l'edRs::Iifi..':ltiun <]f each Oir~H. {.T,
<br />which review has been compJeted, togeth(1r w:th maps and a uelinirio;!
<br />(If ooundarip..s. Such aclvicf> shall b." gi\'en with n>spect to not h~sl-l th:'tll
<br />lOne-third of all the areal; now c1as~ifi.ed R.S '4primidve" within t.hre~'
<br />V'2ars after the enactment, of t.his Act, not 1(>55 thu.:) twt..-rllirds ....ithin
<br />Seven 'yeal's :lft~r the e-n:\ct.nwnt of this Act, R.nd the n~mam/J1g areas
<br />within ten yenrs nffer t.he ennctment of t-hi~ Act. l:rl('h ~c.f)mmenrl;.l~
<br />tion of jhe Prt>:sidt'nf. for rlesi./Zlmtion as "wildPMu'8..,.t ...,IJll11 hecolTlI"
<br />E.ffe-ell\'e only If so provided by an Act of Conwes.". ArPlIs clns.sifil;d
<br />as "pF.imit.ive" on th~ effective date of tl~js Act Slll~l1 Clln! inue to IJe
<br />l\.dmmlstered und~r the rules and regula.tJOns ft.fr(~dlhg ~u('h l\n~'L<j on
<br />tllp. p.fl'~di\'e nnte of this Act W1til Congress has ue:lennined othf".rwlse.
<br />Any slH'h area may be inr.rt-'_ased in size by the Pr(1sj,lp.nt af, the timp,
<br />h{\ submits hi~ re('.ontlncndl\tions to t.he Congr~ lw lIC)t mrJl.~ tlllllJ fiVA
<br />t.huusand acres with no more jhan out'. t.hous.1.n(1 two hllll.lrNl 111\ I}
<br />E"ighty tlcres of such incl'en5e in anyone c.ompact unit; if it is proposed
<br />to increase the ~ize of any such area by more than five t.housand acres or
<br />by more thR.n one thousand two hundred llnd eighty acres in anyone
<br />compact unit t.he-increase in size shaH not become effertive untill\ctw
<br />upon Ly Congress. Nothing herein contflinoo shalllirnit t-lle Pt'esidrmt
<br />in profosing, as part of his recommendations to Cong-ress, the Rttern..
<br />lion 0 existinK boundaries of primili,'e B.rea!:I or fE'cornmending- the
<br />Ilcldition of any contiguouR area of nat.livnal forp..st l(lnd~ predomin:\.nr.ly
<br />of wiiderness value. Notwithstanding any other provisions of' ~llif;
<br />Ar:t, t.he Secretary of Agriculture may complete. his J"t'_view ll.nd ueJe.w
<br />snch area KfI ma.'y be n~ssu.ry, but not to exceed S('ven thousand f1.cr~,
<br />from the 90uthern tip of the Gore Range-EagJes Nest Primitive Area,
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