PUBLIC LAW 9 5 - 2 3 7 — F E B. 24, 1978 (d)(1) W i t h i n four years after enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall implement a multipurpose resource development plan for development of the Federal lands identified on the m a p referenced in this section as "Management Areas". (2) The multipurpose resource development plan shall comply with the provisions of the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 215; 16 U.S.C. 528) and the Forest and Rangeland Eenewable Resources P l a n n i n g Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 476; 16 U.S.C. 1601) as amended, and shall conform in all respects to the provisions of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2949; 16 U.S.C. 1600), including the regulations, guidelines, and standards promulgated pursuant to those Acts. I n p r e p a r i n g the multipurpose resource development plan, the Secretary shall take particular care to gather and integrate detailed field data on soil types and soil hazards, and to consider timber volumes, timber site classes, and productivity. The current findings and recommendations of the comprehensive fish and game research program and other available information shall be integrated into the preparation of the multipurpose resource development plan. The multipurpose resource development plan may be periodically revised to accommodate new information as it becomes available. (3) I n p r e p a r i n g the multipurpose resource development plan, the Secretary shall assure adequate public involvement, and he shall make full use of the recommendations of the Committee established by this section. (4) One year after the date of enactment of this Act and every year thereafter, the Secretary shall review the multipurpose resource development plan being prepared in accordance with this section to determine which lands, if any, might be scheduled for development prior to the completion of the final multipurpose resource development plan. (5) The Secretary shall publish a notice of the completion of the multipurpose resource development plan or a portion thereof in the Federal Register and shall transmit it to the President and to the Senate and House of Representatives. The completed multipurpose resource development plan or relevant portions thereof shall be implemented by the Secretary no earlier than ninety days and no later than one h u n d r e d and fifty calendar days from the date of such transmittal. (e) The Secretary shall prepare a wilderness management plan for the Gospel-Hump Wilderness designated pursuant to this section, taking into account the findings of the comprehensive fish and game research program. (f) W i t h i n t h i r t y days suiter the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall include the timber resources on the lands identified on the m a p referenced in this section as "Development A r e a s " and "Management A r e a s " within the annual allowable timber harvest level for the Nezperce National Forest. (g) Nothing in this Act shall prevent within the Gospel-Hump Wilderness A r e a any activity, including prospecting, for the purpose of gathering information about mineral or other resources, if such activity is carried on in a manner compatible with the preservation of the Avilderness environment. F u r the r more, in accordance with such program as the Secretary of the Interior shall develop and conduct in consultation with the Secretary, the Gospel-Hump Wilderness Area shall be surveyed on a planned recurring basis consistent with the concept of wilderness preservation by the Geological Survey and the Bureau of Mines to determine the mineral values, if any, that may be present, and the results of such surveys shall be made available to the public and submitted to the President and the Congress.
92 STAT. 45 Multipurpose resource development plan.
Completion notice. Publication in Federal Register. Transmittal to President and Congress. Wilderness management plan.
Mineral value survey, availability to public. Submittal to President and Congress.
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