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 98 STAT. 264

16 USC 1132 note.

16 USC 1132 note.

16 USC 1132 note.

16 USC 1132 note.

PUBLIC LAW 98-324—JUNE 19, 1984 Prong Wilderness—Proposed", dated July 1983, and which shall be known as the Middle Prong Wilderness; (7) certain lands in the Croatan National Forest, North Carolina, which comprise approximately eleven thousand acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Pocosin Wilderness— Proposed", dated July 1983, and which shall be known as the Pocosin Wilderness; (8) certain lands in the Croatan National Forest, North Carolina, which comprise approximately one thousand eight hundred and sixty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Pond Pine Wilderness—Proposed", dated July 1983, and which shall be known as the Pond Pine Wilderness; (9) certain lands in the Croatan National Forest, North Carolina, which comprise approximately nine thousand five hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Sheep Ridge Wilderness—Proposed", dated October 1983, and which shall be known as the Sheep Ridge Wilderness; (10) certain lands in the Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina, which comprise approximately five thousand one hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Shining Rock Wilderness Addition—Proposed", dated July 1983, and which are hereby incorporated in, and shall be deemed to be part of, the Shining Rock Wilderness as designated by the Wilderness Act; and (11) certain lands in the Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina, which comprise approximately ten thousand nine hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Southern Nantahala Wilderness—Proposed", dated July 1983, and which shall be known as the Southern Nantahala Wilderness. MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS

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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.

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