Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 105 Part 2.djvu/717

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PUBLIC LAW 102-217—DEC. 11, 1991 105 STAT. 1669 catastrophe, or are in imminent danger from insect or disease attack, is authorized to maintain forest health. Timber harvesting is authorized to provide for visitor safety. (2) Nothing in this section shall prevent the completion of existing timber sales under contract. The Secretary may permit additional road construction in the area in furtherance of the purposes for which the recreation area is established. (3) By virtue of the designation under this section, the Secretary need not change patterns of public access or closure on existing permanent national forest development roads. At his discretion, however, the Secretary may open or close such existing roads to public use for reasons of sound resource management. (4) Lands within the recreation area are hereby withdrawn from the operation of all laws pertaining to mineral leasing. (5) The Secretary may permit, in his discretion, the continued maintenance of existing wildlife openings, in cooperation with the State of Greorgia and other Federal, State, and private cooperators, and may permit new wildlife openings in furtherance of the purposes for which the recreation area is established. . (6) The Secretary shall protect, enhance, and promote the public's opportunities for primitive and semiprimitive recreation in the recreation area. (7) Designation by this section shall not interfere with rights of access to privately held lands. SEC. 5. MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS. 16 USC As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the ^^ Secretary of Agriculture shall file a map and a legal description of each area designated by this Act with the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and with the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. Each such map and description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that correction of clerical and t3rpographical errors in each such map and description shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.