Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 103 Part 2.djvu/776

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103 STAT. 1786 PUBLIC LAW 101-195—DEC. 5, 1989 Highways. SEC. 5. WILDERNESS REVIEW CONCERNS. (a) FINDINGS.— 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 System roadless areas in the State of Nevada and of the environmental impacts associated with alternative allocations of such areas. (b) DETERMINATION. — 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 System lands in the State of Nevada, such statement shall not be subject to judicial review with respect to National Forest System lands in the State of Nevada; (2) with respect to— (A) the National Forest System lands in the State of Nevada that were reviewed by the Department of Agri- culture in the second roadless area review and evaluations (RARE II); and (B) the lands described in subsection (d), that review and evaluation or reference shall be deemed for the purposes of the initial land management plans required for such lands by section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604) to be an ade- quate consideration of the suitability of such lands for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System, and the Department of Agriculture shall not be required to review the wilderness option prior to the revisions of the plans, but shall review the wilderness option when the plans are revised, which revisions will ordinarily occur on a 10-year cycle, or at least every 15 years, unless, prior to such time, the Secretary of Agriculture finds that conditions in a unit have significantly changed; (3) areas in the State of Nevada reviewed in such final environmental statement or referenced in subsection (d) and not designated as wilderness in section 2 shall be managed for multiple use in accordance with land management plans pursu- ant to section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Re- sources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604): Provided, That such areas need not be managed for the purpose of protecting 5.1 their suitability for wilderness designation prior to or during revision of the initial land management plans; (4) in the event that revised land management plans in the State of Nevada are implemented pursuant to section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604) and other applicable law, areas not rec- ommended for wilderness designation need not be managed for the purpose of protecting their suitability for wilderness des- ignation prior to or during revision of such plans, and areas recommended for wilderness designation shall be managed for the purposes of protecting their suitability for wilderness des- ignation as may be required by the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600- 1614) and other applicable law; and