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 PUBLIC LAW 94-557—OCT. 19, 1976

90 STAT. 2637

contiguous to the study area, review any adverse effects such corridors may have on the wilderness character of such area, determine whether any such corridor is necessary, and, if a determination of necessity is made, select a route and design which will minimize such effects. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the siting of any such corridor within the boundaries of any area recommended by the President for wilderness preservation pursuant to this Act or designated as wilderness by the Congress and; (8) certain lands in the Deer Lodge and Helena National Forests, in Montana, which comprise approximately seventy-seven thousand three hundred and forty-six acres and which are generally depicted on a map entitled "Elkhorn Wilderness Study Area" and dated April 1976. The Secretary shall complete his review and Report to report his findings to the President and the President shall submit President, to the United States Senate and the House of Representatives his submittal recommendation with respect to the designation of the Elkhorn to Congress. Wilderness Study area as wilderness not later than two years after the date of enactment of this Act. (c) Nothing herein contained shall limit the President in proposing, as part of his recommendations to Congress, the alteration of existing boundaries of any wilderness study area or recommending the addition to any such area of any contiguous area predominately of wilderness value. Any recommendation of the President to the effect that such area or portion thereof should be designated as "wilderness" shall become effective only if so provided by an Act of Congress. (d) Subject to existing private rights, the wilderness study areas Administration, designated by this Act shall, until Congress determines otherwise, be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture so as to maintain their presently existing wilderness character and potential for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System, except that such management requirement shall not extend beyond a period of four years from the date of submission to the Congress of the President's recommendation concerning the particular study area. Already established uses may be permitted to continue, subject to such restrictions as the Secretary of Agriculture deems desirable, in the manner and degree in which the same was being conducted on the date of enactment of this Act. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SEC. 4. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all primitive area classifications of areas herein designated as wilderness are hereby abolished. SEC. 5. As soon as practicable after this Act takes effect, a map of each wilderness study area and a map and a legal description of each wilderness area shall be filed with the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States Senate and House of Representatives, and each such map and description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act: Provided, however, That correction of clerical and typographical errors in each such legal description and map may be made. Each such map and legal description shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.

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Map and description, filing with congressional committees.

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