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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-487—DEC. 2, 1980

94 STAT. 2485

(c) EXISTING CABINS.—Previously existing public use cabins within wilderness designated by this Act, may be permitted to continue and may be maintained or replaced subject to such restrictions as the Secretary deems necessary to preserve the wilderness character of the area. (d) N E W CABINS.—Within wilderness areas designated by this Act, the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture as appropriate, is authorized to construct and maintain a limited number of new public use cabins and shelters if such cabins and shelters are necessary for the protection of the public health and safety. All such cabins or shelters shall be constructed of materials which blend and are compatible with the immediate and surrounding wilderness landscape. The Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, Notification of congressional shall notify the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and committees. the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of his intention to remove an existing or construct a new public use cabin or shelter. (e) TIMBER CONTRACTS.—The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby directed to modify any existing national forest timber sale contracts applying to lands designated by this Act as wilderness by substituting, to the extent practicable, timber on the other national forest Iands approximately equal in volume, species, grade, and accessibility for timber or relevant lands within such units. (f) BEACH LOG SALVAGE.—Within National Forest wilderness and nationeil forest monuments desginated by this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may permit or otherwise regulate the recovery and salvage of logs from coastlines. ALLOWED USES

SEC. 1316. (a) On all public lands where the taking of fish and Public lands. wildlife is permitted in accordance with the provisions of this Act or 16 USC 3204. other applicable State and Federal law the Secretary shall permit, subject to reasonable regulation to insure compatibility, the continuance of existing uses, and the future establishment, and use, of temporary campsites, tent platforms, shelters, and other temporary facilities and equipment directly and necessarily related to such activities. Such facilities and equipment shall be constructed, used, and maintained in a manner consistent with the protection of the area in which they are located. All new facilities shall be constructed of materials which blend with, and are compatible with, the immediately surrounding landscape. Upon termination of such activities and uses (but not upon regular or seasonal cessation), such structures or facilities shall, upon written request, be removed from the area by the permittee. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Secretary may determine, after adequate notice, that the establishment and use of such new facilities or equipment would constitute a significant expansion of existing facilities or uses which would be detrimental to the purposes for which the affected conservation system unit was established, including the wilderness character of any wilderness area within such unit, and may thereupon deny such proposed use or establishment. GENERAL WILDERNESS REVIEW PROVISION

SEC. 1317. (a) Within five years from the date of enactment of this Report to Act, the Secretary shall, in accordance with the provisions of section President.

16 USC 3205.