16 U.S.C. § 539l–4: Other administrative…

Summary

Naming land as wilderness or as the Protection Area in Colorado does not create extra off‑limits rings around it. Seeing or hearing nonwilderness activities from inside the area does not by itself stop those activities up to the area boundary. If Grand, Gilpin, or Boulder counties ask, the Secretary must help repair Rollins Pass Road so two‑wheel‑drive vehicles can travel between Colorado State Highway 119 and U.S. Highway 40. If the road is fixed that far, the Secretary must close the Forest Service motorized roads and trails shown on the map titled “Rollins Pass Road Reopening: Attendant Road and Trail Closures”, dated September 2001.

Title 16, §539l–4

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(a)Buffer zones

The designation by this Act or by amendments made by this Act of wilderness areas and the Protection Area in the State of Colorado shall not create or imply the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around any wilderness area or the Protection Area. The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from within a wilderness area or Protection Area shall not, of itself, preclude such activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness area or the Protection Area.

(b)Rollins Pass Road

If requested by one or more of the Colorado Counties of Grand, Gilpin, and Boulder, the Secretary shall provide technical assistance and otherwise cooperate with respect to repairing the Rollins Pass road in those counties sufficiently to allow two-wheel-drive vehicles to travel between Colorado State Highway 119 and U.S. Highway 40. If this road is repaired to such extent, the Secretary shall close the motorized roads and trails on Forest Service land indicated on the map entitled “Rollins Pass Road Reopening: Attendant Road and Trail Closures”, dated September 2001.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 107–216, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1055, which is classified principally to sections 539l to 539l–5 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 539l of this title and Tables.

§539l–4 Other Administrative Provisions