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PUBLIC LAW 98-000—MMMM. DD, 1984

98 STAT. 3106

16 USC 1132 note.

16 USC 1132 note.

16 USC 1132 note.

16 USC 1132 note.

PUBLIC LAW 98-586—OCT. 30, 1984 1984, and which shall be known as the Peters Mountain Wilderness; (8) certain lands in the Jefferson National Forest, Virginia, which comprise approximately two thousand four hundred and fifty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Thunder Ridge Wilderness—Proposed", dated February 1984, and which shall be known as the Thunder Ridge Wilderness; (9) certain lands in the Jefferson National Forest, Virginia, which comprise approximately two hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "James River Face Wilderness Addition—Proposed", dated September 1984, and which are hereby incorporated in, and shall be deemed to be part of, the James River Face Wilderness as designated by Public Law 93-622; (10) certain lands in the George Washington National Forest, Virginia, which comprise approximately six thousand seven hundred and twenty-five acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Ramseys Draft Wilderness—Proposed", dated January 1984, and which shall be known as the Ramseys Draft Wilderness; and (11) certain lands in the George Washington National Forest, Virginia, which comprise approximately ten thousand and ninety acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Saint Mary's Wilderness—Proposed", dated January 1984, and which shall be known as the Saint Mary's Wilderness. MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS

Public availability.

SEC. 3. As soon as practicable after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall file a map and a legal description of each wilderness area designated by this Act with the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on Agriculture of the United States House of Representatives and with the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the United States Senate. Each such map and description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that correction of clerical and typographical errors in each such map and description may be made by the Secretary. Each such map and description shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS

16 USC 1131 note.

SEC. 4. Subject to valid existing rights, each wilderness area designated by this Act shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act governing areas designated by that Act as wilderness, except that any reference in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act. EFFECT OF RARE II

conservation.

SEC. 5. (a) The Congress finds that— (1) the Department of Agriculture has completed the second roadless area review and evaluation program (RARE II); and (2) the Congress has made its own review and examination of National Forest System roadless areas in the State of Virginia