PUBLIC LAW 96-585—DEC. 23, 1980
94 STAT. 3379
Public Law 96-585 96th Congress An Act To designate certain lands of the Fire Island National Seashore as the "Otis Pike Fire Island High Dune Wilderness", and for other purposes.
Dec. 23, 1980 [H.R. 7814]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That, in accordance Otis Pike Fire with section 3(c) of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1132(c)), Island High Dune certain lands in the Fire Island National Seashore, New York, Wilderness, N.Y. comprising approximately one thousand three hundred and sixty- Designation. three acres, and potential wilderness additions comprising approxi- 16 USC 1132 mately eighteen acres, as depicted on the map entitled "Wilderness note. Plan—Fire Island National Seashore", dated December 1980, are hereby designated as the "Fire Island Wilderness". The southern boundary of the wilderness shall be the toe of the primary dunes. (b) As soon as practicable after this Act takes effect, a map and a Boundary and description of the boundaries of the wilderness area shall be filed description with map, filing with the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United congressional States House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and committees. Natural Resources of the United States Senate, and such map and description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act: Provided, That correction of clerical and typographical errors in such map and description may be made. The map and description of boundaries shall be on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the Superintendent of the Fire Island National Seashore and the Director of the National Park Service. (c) Lands which represent potential wilderness additions, upon Potential publication in the Federal Register of a notice by the Secretary of the wilderness additions, Interior that all uses prohibited thereon by the Wilderness Act have administration. ceased, shall thereby be designated wilderness. Pending such designation, the Secretary shall administer such lands in such manner as to preserve, insofar as is possible, their wilderness or potential wilderness character. (d) Wilderness designation shall not preclude the repair of breaches that occur in the wilderness area, in order to prevent loss of life, flooding, and other severe economic and physical damage to the Great South Bay and surrounding areas. (e) Section 10 of the Act of September 11, 1964 (78 Stat. 928) is Appropriation amended by changing the period to a comma, and by adding the authorization. following: "and, after the date of enactment of this provision, not 16 USC 459e-9. more than $500,000 for development.".
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