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 96 STAT. 2538

PUBLIC LAW 97-466—JAN. 13, 1983

Public Law 97-466 97th Congress

An Act Jan. 13, 1983 [H.R. 5161] Monongahela National Forest, W.Va. Land designations. 16 USC 1131 note. 16 USC 1132 note.

To designate certain lands in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, as wilderness; and to designate management of certain lands for uses other than wilderness.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS

1. In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act, the following lands are hereby designated as wilderness, and therefore, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System— (1) certain lands in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, which comprise approximately thirty-five thousand six hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Cranberry Wilderness—Proposed", dated May 1982, and which shall be known as the Cranberry Wilderness: Provided, That for purposes of the Act of July 14, 1955 (69 Stat. 322) as amended, the Cranberry WUdemess may be reclassified only by Act of Congress enacted after the date of enactment of this Act; (2) certain lands in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, which comprise approximately six thousand one hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Laurel Fork North Wilderness—Proposed", dated November 1981, and which shall be known as the Laurel Fork North Wilderness; and (3) certain lands in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, which comprise approximately six thousand one hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Laurel Fork South Wilderness—Proposed", dated November 1981, and which shall be known as the Laurel Fork South Wilderness. SECTION

MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS Filing.

Public availability.

SEC. 2. As soon as practicable after the provisions of this Act take effect, the Secretary of Agriculture shall file maps and legal descriptions of each wilderness area designated by this Act with the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the United States Senate, and each such map and legal description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act: Provided, however. That correction of clerical and t3rpographical 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, United States Forest Service, Department of.Agriculture.

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