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 PUBLIC LAW 97-250—SEPT. 8, 1982

96 STAT. 709

Public Law 97-250 97th Congress An Act To correct the boundary of Crater Lake National Park in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the first section of the Act entitled, "An Act reserving from the public lands in the State of Oregon, as a public park for the benefit of the people of the United States, and for the protection and preservation of the game, fish, timber, and all other natural objects therein, a tract of land herein described, and so forth", approved May 22, 1902 (32 Stat. 202), as amended, is further amended by revising the second sentence thereof to read as follows: "The boundary of the park shall encompass the lands, waters, and interests therein within the area generally depicted on the map entitled, 'Crater Lake National Park, Oregon', numbered 106-80-001-A, and dated March 1981, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.". (b) Lands, water, and interests therein excluded from the boundary of Crater Lake National Park by subsection (a) are hereby made a part of the Rogue River National Forest, and the boundary of such national forest is revised accordingly. (c) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to promptly instigate studies and investigations as to the status and trends of change of the water quality of Crater Lake, and to immediately implement such actions as may be necessary to assure the retention of the lake's natural pristine water quality. Within two years of the effective date of this provision, and biennially thereafter for a period of ten years, the Secretary shall report the results of such studies and investigations, and any implementation actions instigated, to the appropriate committees of the Congress. SEC. 2. (a) In accordance with section 3(c) of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890, 892; 16 U.S.C. 1132(c)), certain lands in the Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia, which comprise about eight thousand eight hundred and forty acres, and which are depicted on the map entitled "Wilderness Plan, Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia", dated November 1981, and numbered 64020038E, are hereby designated as wilderness and therefor, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Certain other lands in the Seashore, which comprise about eleven thousand seven hundred and eighteen acres, and which are designated on such map as "Potential Wilderness", are, effective upon publication in the Federal Register of a notice by the Secretary of the Interior that all uses thereon prohibited by the Wilderness Act have ceased, designated wilderness. Such notice shall be published with respect to any tract within such eleven thousand seven hundred and eighteen acre area after the Secretary has determined that such uses have ceased on that tract. The map and a description of the boundaries of the areas designated by this section as wilderness shall be on

Sept. 8, 1982 [S. 1119] Crater Lake National Park Oreg. Boundary corrections. 16 USC 121.

Map; filing and availability.

Rogue River National Forest. 16 USC 121 note. Water quality studies and investigations. 16 USC 122a. Report to congressional committees.

Cumberland Island National Seashore, Ga. 16 USC 1132 note.

Notice; publication in Federal Register.

Map and boundaries description; filing and availability.

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