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 PUBLIC LAW 98-322—JUNE 19, 1984

98 STAT. 257

DESIGNATION OF WHIJE ROCKS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA

SEC. 202. In furtherance of the findings and purposes of this title, certain lands in the Green Mountain National Forest, Vermont, which comprise approximately thirty-six thousand four hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "White Rocks National Recreation Area—Proposed", dated September 1983, are hereby designated as the White Rocks National Recreation Area.

16 USC 460nn-l.

MAP AND DESCRIPTION

SEC. 203. As soon as practicable after enactment of this Act, the 16 USC 460nn-2. Secretary of Agriculture shall file a map and legal description of the national recreation area designated by this title 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, Such map and description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this title, except that correction of clerical and typographical errors in such map and description may be made by the Secretary. Such map and description shall be on file and available Public for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, availability. Department of Agriculture. ADMINISTRATION OF THE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA

SEC. 204. (a) Subject to valid existing rights, the White Rocks 16 USC 460nn-3. National Recreation Area designated by this title shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the findings and purpose of this title and the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the national forests in a manner compatible with the following objectives: (1) the continuation of existing primitive and semiprimitive recreational use in a natural environment; (2) utilization of natural resources shall be permitted only if consistent with the findings and purposes in this title; (3) preservation and protection of forest and aquatic habitat for fish and wildlife; and (4) protection and conservation of special areas having uncommon or outstanding wilderness, biological, geological, recreational, cultural, historical or archeological, and scientific, or other values contributing to the public benefit. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, federally-owned Public lands. lands within the White Rocks National Recreation Area as designated by this title are hereby withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the mineral leasing laws, including all laws pertaining to geothermal leasing, and all amendments thereto. (c) The Secretary shall permit hunting, fishing, and trapping on lands and waters under the Secretary's jurisdiction within the boundaries of the national recreation area designated by this title in accordance with applicable laws of the United States and the State of Vermont. (d) Within eighteen months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and submit to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on Agriculture of the United States House of Representatives and to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the United States Senate

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