PUBLIC LAW 99-490—OCT. 16, 1986
Public Law 99 -490 99th Congress
100 STAT. 1235
An Act To designate certain lands in the Cherokee National Forest in the State of Tennessee as wilderness areas, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the "Tennessee Wilderness Act of 1986". SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.
In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following lands in the Cherokee National Forest in the State of Tennessee are hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) certain lands which comprise approximately 6,665 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Pond Mountain Wilderness—Proposed and Pond Mountain Addition Wilderness— Proposed", dated July 15, 1986, and which shall be known as the Pond Mountain Wilderness; (2) certain lands which comprise approximately 6,251 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Big Laurel Branch Wilderness—Proposed", dated July 15, 1986, and which shall be known as the Big Laurel Branch Wilderness; (3) certain lands which comprise approximately 4,700 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Unaka Mountain Wilderness—Proposed", dated July 15, 1986, and which shall be known as the Unaka Mountain Wilderness; (4) certain lands which comprise approximately 8,319 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Sampson Mountain Wilderness—Proposed", dated July 15, 1986, and which shall be known as the Sampson Mountain Wilderness; (5) certain lands which comprise approximately 4,800 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Little Frog Mountain Wilderness—Proposed", dated July 15, 1986, and which shall be known as the Little Frog Mountain Wilderness; and (6) certain lands which comprise approximately 3,000 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Big Frog Extension Wilderness—Proposed", dated July 15, 1986, and which shall be combined with the now existing Big Frog Wilderness and known as the Big Frog Wilderness. SEC. 3. MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS.
As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall file a map and legal description of each wilderness area designated by this Act with the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on Agriculture of the United States House of Representatives and with the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the United States Senate.
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Oct. 16, 1986 [H.R. 5166] Tennessee Wilderness Act of 1986. National Wilderness Preservation System. National Forest System.
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