Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 123.djvu/1097

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123STA T . 1 07 7 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 11 —M A R .30 , 200 9(J)GO O SECR EE K.—CertainF e d era l land m ana g ed by t h e Bu reau ofL and M anagement ,c om p ri s ing appro x i - mately 98 acres, as generally depicted on the N ortheastern W ashington County Wilderness Map, w hich shall be k nown as the ‘ ‘Goose Creek Wilderness ’ ’. ( K )L AV ERK IN CREEK.—Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approxi- mately 4 4 5 acres, as generally depicted on the Northeastern Washington County Wilderness Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘La V erkin Creek Wilderness’’. (L) R E DBUT TE.—Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approxi- mately 1 ,5 37 acres, as generally depicted on the North- eastern Washington County Wilderness Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Red Butte Wilderness’’. (M) RED M OUNTAIN.—Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approxi- mately 18,7 2 9 acres, as generally depicted on the Red Cliffs National Conser v ation A rea Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Red Mountain Wilderness’’. (N) SL AU GH TER CREEK.—Certain Federal land man- aged by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 3,9 0 1 acres, as generally depicted on the Northwestern Washington County Wilderness Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Slaughter Creek Wilderness’’. ( O ) T A Y LOR CREEK.—Certain Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approxi- mately 32 acres, as generally depicted on the Northeastern Washington County Wilderness Map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Taylor Creek Wilderness’’. (2) MA P S AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.— (A) I N GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on E nergy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the H ouse of Representatives a map and legal description of each wilderness area designated by paragraph (1). (B) FORCE AND E F FECT.—Each map and legal descrip- tion submitted under subparagraph (A) shall have the same force and effect as if included in this subtitle, except that the Secretary may correct any clerical or typographical errors in the map or legal description. (C) AVAILABILITY.—Each map and legal description submitted under subparagraph (A) shall be available in the appropriate offices of— (i) the Bureau of Land Management

and (ii) the Forest Service. (b) ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS.— (1) MANAGEMENT.—Sub j ect to valid existing rights, each area designated as wilderness by subsection (a)(1) shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with the Wilder- ness Act (1 6U .S.C. 1131 et se q .), except that— (A) any reference in the Wilderness Act to the effective date of that Act shall be considered to be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act; and