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 98 STAT. 2810

PUBLIC LAW 98-550—OCT. 30, 1984

of-way or other authorization for said projects on the basis of any present or future wilderness characteristics, wilderness designations, or wilderness studies or evaluations of lands in the Medicine Bow National Forest or in Natrona, Sweetwater, or Carbon Counties in Wyoming. LEGAt. DESCRIPTION AND WILDERNESS BOUNDARIES

Public availability.

SEC. 202. As soon as particable after the enactment of this Act, a map and a legal description of each area described in titles II and III shall be filed with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives, and 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 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 of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. APPLICATION OF THE WILDERNESS ACT OF 1964

Effective date. 16 USC 1131 note.

SEC. 203. Subject to valid existing rights, each wilderness area designated by this Act shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the Wilderness Act, except that any reference in the provisions of the Wilderness Act to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective date of this Act. TITLE III—WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS

16 USC 1600 note.

Reports.

SEC. 301. (a) In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall, upon revision of the initial land management plans for the Bridger-Teton, Targhee, and Shoshone National Forests required by the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended by the National Forest Management Act of 1976, review the following lands as to their suitability for preservation as wilderness: (1) certain lands in the Bridger-Teton and Targhee National Forests of Wyoming, which comprise approximately one hundred and thirty-five thousand eight hundred and forty acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Palisades Wilderness Study Area—Proposed", dated September 1984, and which shall be known as the Palisades Wilderness Study Area; (2) certain lands in the Bridger-Teton National Forest, which comprise approximately thirty thousand acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Shoal Creek Wilderness Study Area—Proposed", dated September 1984, and which shall be known as the Shoal Creek Wilderness Study Area; and (3) certain lands in the Shoshone National Forest of Wyoming, which comprise approximately fourteen thousand seven hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "High Lakes Wilderness Study Area—Proposed", dated September 1984, and which shall be known as the High Lakes Wilderness Study Area. (b) Subsequent to such review the Secretary shall submit his reports and findings to the President and the President shall submit

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