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PUBLIC LAW 98-000—MMMM. DD, 1984

98 STAT. 302

16 USC 1132 note.

16 USC 1132 note.

16 USC 1132 note.

Public availability.

16 USC 1131 note.

Conservation.

Congress.

PUBLIC LAW 98-339—JULY 3, 1984 entitled "The Brothers Wilderness—Proposed", dated March 1984, and which shall be known as The Brothers Wilderness— Proposed", dated March 1984, and which shall be known as The Brothers Wilderness; (20) certain lands in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, which comprise approximately six thousand and fifty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Trapper Creek Wilderness—Proposed", dated March 1984, and which shall be known as the Trapper Creek Wilderness; (21) certain lands in the Wenatchee and Gifford Pinchot National Forests, Washington, which comprise approximately one hundred and sixty-six thousand six hundred and three acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "William O. Douglas Wilderness—Proposed", dated March 1984, and which shall be known as the William O. Douglas Wilderness. The William O. Douglas Wilderness is designated in remembrance of Justice Douglas' lifelong efforts to preserve the Cougar Lakes area for the recreational benefits of future generations. Through such designation, the Congress recognizes his persistent concern for the Cougar Lakes area, and his contribution to conservation efforts throughout the Nation; and (22) certain lands in the Olympic National Forest, Washington, which comprise approximately two thousand three hundred and twenty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Wonder Mountain Wilderness—Proposed", dated March 1984, and which shall be known as the Wonder Mountain Wilderness. SEC. 4. (a) As soon as practicable after this Act takes effect, the Secretary of Agriculture shall file the maps referred to in section 3 of this Act and legal descriptions of each wilderness area designated by section 3 of this Act with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, and each such map and legal description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act: Provided, That correction of clerical and typographical errors in such legal descriptions and maps may be made. Each such map and legal description shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. (b) Subject to valid existing rights, each wilderness area designated by section 3 of this Act shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act of 1964 governing areas designated by that Act as wilderness areas, except that with respect to any area designated in section 3 of this Act, any reference in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act of 1964 shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date of this Act. SEC. 5. (a) The Congress finds that— (1) the Department of Agriculture has completed the second roadless area review and evaluation program (RARE II); (2) the Congress has made its own review and examination of National Forest System roadless areas in the State of Washington and of the environmental impacts associated with alternative allocations of such areas. (b) On the bsisis of such review, the Congress hereby determines and directs that— (1) without passing on the question of the legal and factual sufficiency of the RARE II Final Environmental Statement