16 U.S.C. § 460ggg: Wilderness

Summary

Designates three areas in the Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The areas are Blood Mountain Wilderness (about 7,800 acres, shown on a map dated October 1991), Mark Trail Wilderness (about 16,880 acres, map dated July 1991), and a 1,160-acre addition (map dated July 1991) that becomes part of the Brasstown Wilderness created by the Georgia Wilderness Act of 1986. The Secretary of Agriculture must manage these wilderness areas under the rules of the Wilderness Act, while respecting any valid existing rights. Any reference to the Wilderness Act’s effective date in those rules must be read as December 11, 1991.

Title 16, §460ggg

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(a)Designation

In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131–1136), the following lands in the State of Georgia are hereby designated as wilderness and therefore as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System:

(1)Certain lands in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia, which comprise approximately 7,800 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Blood Mountain Wilderness—Proposed”, dated October 1991, and which shall be known as Blood Mountain Wilderness.

(2)Certain lands in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia, which comprise approximately 16,880 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Chattahoochee Headwaters Wilderness—Proposed”, dated July 1991, and which shall be known as Mark Trail Wilderness.

(3)Certain lands in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia, which comprise approximately 1,160 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled “Brasstown Wilderness Addition—Proposed”, dated July 1991, and which is hereby incorporated in and shall be part of the Brasstown Wilderness as designated by section 2(2) of the Georgia Wilderness Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 3129).

(b)Administration

Subject to valid existing rights, each wilderness area designated by this subchapter shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act [16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.] 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 December 11, 1991.

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Wilderness Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 88–577, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890, which is classified generally to chapter 23 (§ 1131 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1131 of this title and Tables. section 2(2) of the Georgia Wilderness Act of 1986, referred to in subsec. (a)(3), is section 2(2) of Pub. L. 99–555, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3129, which enacted provisions listed in a table of Wilderness Areas set out under section 1132 of this title. The

Effective Date

of the Wilderness Act, referred to in subsec. (b), means Sept. 3, 1964, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 88–577, which enacted chapter 23 of this title.

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Short Title

Pub. L. 102–217, § 1, Dec. 11, 1991, 105 Stat. 1667, provided that: “This Act [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘Chattahoochee National Forest Protection Act of 1991’.”

Savings Provision

Pub. L. 102–217, § 6, Dec. 11, 1991, 105 Stat. 1670, provided that: “Privately held lands within the areas designated by this Act [enacting this subchapter] will not be administered as wilderness, a national scenic area, or a national recreation area, as appropriate, unless such lands are acquired by the Secretary.” Redesignation of National Recreation Area Pub. L. 102–456, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2264, provided that: “section 1. REDESIGNATION.“Springer Mountain National Recreation Area in the Chattahoochee National Forest, in the State of Georgia, is hereby redesignated as ‘Ed Jenkins National Recreation Area’. “SEC. 2. LEGAL REFERENCES.“Any reference in any law, regulation, document, record, map, or other paper of the United States to Springer Mountain National Recreation Area is deemed to be a reference to Ed Jenkins National Recreation Area.”

§460ggg Wilderness

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