PUBLIC LAW 105-317—OCT. 30, 1998
112 STAT. 3003
COPPER RIVER MERIDIAN
(A) T.6 S., R. 12 E., partially surveyed, Sec. 5, lots 1,
2, and 3, NEy4, SV2NWy4, and SV2. Containing 617.68 acres,
as shown on the plat of survey accepted June 9, 1922.
(B) T.6 S., R. 11 E., partially surveyed, Sec. 11, lots 1
and 2, NEy4, Sy2NWy4, SWy4, and Ny2SEy4; Sec. 12; Sec.
14, lots 1 and 2, NWy4NWy4. Containing 1,191.75 acres, as
shown on the plat of survey accepted June 9, 1922.
(C) T.6 S., R. 11 E., partially surveyed. Sec. 2, NWy4NEy4
and NWy4. Containing 200.00 acres, as shown on the plat
of survey accepted June 9, 1922.
(D) T.6 S., R. 12 E., partially surveyed. Sec. 6. lots 1
through 10, Ey2SWy4 and SEy4. Containing approximately
529.94 acres, as shown on the plat of survey accepted June
9, 1922.
(4) The lands to be conveyed to the State of Alaska by the
United States under paragraph (1) are lands to be designated
by the Secretary and the State of Alaska, consistent with sound
land management principles, based on those lands determined by
FERC with the concurrence of the Secretary and the State of
Alaska, in accordance with section 3(b), to be the minimum amount
of land necessary for the construction and operation of a hydroelectric project.
(5) The time periods set forth for the completion of the land
exchanges described in this Act may be extended as necessary
by the Secretary should the processes of State law or Federal
law delay completion of an exchange.
(6) For purposes of this Act, the term "land" means lands,
waters, and interests therein.
(b) WILDERNESS.—(1) To ensure that this transaction maintains,
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within the National Wilderness Preservation System, approximately
the same amount of area of designated wilderness as currently \
exists, the following lands in Alaska shall be designated as wilder-
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ness in the priority listed, upon consummation of the land exchange
authorized by this Act and shall be administered according to
the laws governing national wilderness areas in Alaska:
(A) An unnsuned island in Glacier Bay National Park lying
southeasterly of Blue Mouse Cove in sections 5, 6, 7, and
8, T. 36 S., R. 54 E., CRM, and shown on United States
Geological Survey quadrangle Mt. Fairweather (D-2), Alaska,
containing approximately 789 acres.
(B) Cenotaph Island of Glacier Bay National Park Iying
within Lituya Bay in sections 23, 24, 25, and 26, T. 37 S.,
R. 47 E., CRM, and shown on United States Geological Survey
quadrangle Mt. Fairweather (C-5), Alaska, containing approximately 280 acres.
(C) An area of Glacier Bay National Park Iying in T.
31.S., R.43EandT.32S., R.43E., CRM,thatisnot
currently designated wilderness, containing approximately
2,270 acres.
(2) The specific boundaries and acreage of these wilderness
designations may be reasonably adjusted by the Secretary, consistent with sound land management principles, to approximately
equal, in sum, the total wilderness acreage deleted from Glacier
Bay National Park and Preserve pursuant to the land exchange
authorized by this Act.
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