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PUBLIC LAW 98-000—MMMM. DD, 1984

98 STAT. 1668

16 USC 1600 ^^'fio^ 1 nr.^ 16 USC 1600 note.

16 USC 1604.

16 USC 1600 note. 1^ Y^c 1600

note.

16 USC 1604.

PUBLIC LAW 98-430—SEPT. 28, 1984

this Act, that review and evaluation of reference shall be deemed for the purpose of the initial land management plans required for such lands by the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended by the National Forest Management Act of 1976, to be an adequate 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 ten-year cycle, or at least every fifteen years, unless, prior to such time the Secretary finds that conditions in a unit have significantly changed; (3) areas in the State of Florida reviewed in such final environmental statement or referenced in subsection (d) and not designated wilderness or wilderness study upon enactment of this Act shall be managed for multiple use in accordance with land management plans pursuant to section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended by the National Forest Management Act of 1976: Provided, That such areas need not be managed for the purpose of protecting 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 Florida are implemented pursuant to section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Management Act of 1976, and other applicable law, areas not recommended for wilderness designation need not be managed for the purpose of protecting their suitability for wilderness designation prior to or during revision of such plans, and areas recommended for wilderness designation shall be managed for the purpose of protecting their suitability for wilderness designation as may be required by the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as simended by the National Forest Management Act of 1976, and other applicable law; and (5) unless expressly authorized by Congress, the Department of Agriculture shall not conduct any further statewide roadless areas review and evaluation of National Forest System lands in the State of Florida for the purpose of determining their suitability for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. (c) As used in this section, and as provided in section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended by the National Forest Management Act of 1976, the term "revision" shall not include an "amendment" to a plan.