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 98 STAT. 3108

16 USC 1604.

PUBLIC LAW 98-586—OCT. 30, 1984

suitability for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. (c) As used in this section, and as provided in section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended by the National Forest Management Act of 1976, the term "revision" shall not include an "amendment" to a plan. (d) The provisions of this section shall also apply to National Forest System roadless lands in the State of Virginia which are less than five thousand acres in size. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS

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Reports.

SEC. 6. (a) In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall review, as to their suitability for preservation as wilderness, the following lands in the State of Virginia: (1) certain lands in the George Washington National Forest, which comprise approximately nine thousand three hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Rough Mountain Wilderness Study Area—Proposed", dated January 1984, and which shall be known as the Rough Mountain Wilderness Study Area; (2) certain lands in the George Washington National Forest, which comprise approximately five thousand six hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Rich Hole Wilderness Study Area—Proposed", dated January 1984, and which shall be known as the Rich Hole Wilderness Study Area; (3) certain lands in the Jefferson National Forest, which comprise approximately five thousand eight hundred and seventy-five acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Barbours Creek Wilderness Study Area—Proposed", dated February 1984, and which shall be known as the Barbours Creek Wilderness Study Area; and (4) certain lands in the Jefferson National Forest, which comprise approximately four thousand three hundred acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Shawvers Run Wilderness Study Area—Proposed", dated February 1984, and which shall be known as the Shawvers Run Wilderness Study Area. (b) In carrying out the review required under this section, the Secretary shall give public notice at least sixty days in advance of any hearing or other public meeting concerning a study area, (c) Subject to valid existing rights, the wilderness study areas designated by this section shall, until Congress determines otherwise, be administered by the Secretary so as to maintain their presently existing wilderness character and potential for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. (d) The Secretary, in consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency and the State of Virginia, shall evaluate and report to Congress no later than two years after the date of enactment of this Act on the effects of the proposed industrial development site at Covington, Virginia, on air quality on the areas designated for wilderness study by this Act. The Secretary shall provide an interim report to the appropriate committees of Congress no later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act.

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