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 PUBLIC LAW 98-550—OCT. 30, 1984

98 STAT. 2811

his recommendations to the Congress within three years of the date of receipt of the Secretary's report. (c) Subject to vaHd existing rights and reasonable access to exercise such rights, until Congress determines otherwise, the Palisades, High Lakes and Shoal Creek Wilderness Study Areas shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture so as to maintain their presently existing wilderness character and potential for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System: Provided, That— (1) with respect to oil and gas exploration and development activities, the Palisades Wilderness Study Area shall be administered under reasonable conditions to protect the environment according to the laws and regulations generally applicable to nonwilderness lands within the National Forest System; (2) subject to valid existing rights, the Palisades Wilderness Study Area as designated by this Act is hereby withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the mining laws; (3) the provisions of section 308 of the Interior Department Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1984 (Public Law 98-146) or similar provisions which may hereafter be enacted concerning oil and gas leasing, exploration and development in further planning or wilderness study areas shall not apply to the Palisades Wilderness Study Area; and (4) within the Palisades, High Lakes and Shoal Creek Wilderness Study Areas, snowmobiling shall continue to be allowed in the same manner and degree as was occurring prior to the date of enactment of this Act.

Petroleum and petroleum products.

97 Stat. 951.

TITLE IV-RELEASE OF LANDS FOR MULTIPLE USE MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF ROADLESS AREAS

SEC. 401. (a) The Congress finds that— (1) the Department of Agriculture has completed the second roadless area review and evaluation program (RARE II); and (2) the Congress has made its own review and examination of national forest roadless areas in Wyoming and the environmental impacts associated with alternative allocations of such areas. Ob) On the basis of such review, the Congress hereby determines and directs that— (1) without passing on the question of the legal and factual sufficiency of the RARE II final environmental statement (dated January 1979) with respect to national forest lands in States other than Wyoming, such statement shall not be subject to judicial review with respect to National Forest System lands in the State of Wyoming; (2) with respect to the national forest lands in the State of Wyoming which were reviewed by the Department of Agriculture in the second roadless area review and evaluation (RARE II) and those lands referred to in subsection (d) except those lands remaining in wilderness study upon enactment of this Act and subject to section 301, that review and evaluation or reference shall be deemed for the purposes of the initial land management plans required for such lands by the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-588) to be an adequate consideration of the suitability of such lands for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preserva-

Conservation.

16 USC 1600 note.

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