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PUBLIC LAW 98-000—MMMM. DD, 1984

98 STAT. 254

PUBLIC LAW 98-322—JUNE 19, 1984 tive recreation, solitude, physical and mental challenge, and inspiration for the benefit of all Americans to a greater extent than is possible in the absence of wilderness designation. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS AREAS

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SEC. 102. In f u r the r a n c e of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131-1136), the following lands in the State of V e r m o n t a r e designated a s wilderness and, therefore, a s components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) certain lands in the Green M o u n t a i n National Forest, V e r m o n t, which comprise approximately twenty-one thousand four h u n d r e d and eighty acres, a s generally depicted on a m a p entitled "Breadloaf Wilderness—Proposed", dated September 1983, and which shall be known a s the Breadloaf Wilderness; (2) certain lands in the Green M o u n t a i n National Forest, V e r m o n t, which comprise approximately six t h o u s and seven h u n d r e d and t w e n t y acres, a s generally depicted on a m a p entitled "Big B r a n c h Wilderness—Proposed", dated September 1983, and which shall be known a s the Big B r a n c h Wilderness; (3) certain lands in the G r e e n M o u n t a i n National Forest, Vermont, which comprise approximately six t h o u s and nine h u n d r e d and t w e n t y acres, a s generally depicted o n a m a p entitled " P e r u P e a k Wilderness—Proposed", dated September 1983, and which shall b e k n o w n a s the P e r u P e a k Wilderness; (4) certain lands in the Green M o u n t a i n National Forest, V e r m o n t, which comprise approximately o n e t h o u s and and eighty acres, a s generally depicted on a m a p entitled " L y e Brook Additions—Proposed", dated September 1983, and which a r e hereby incorporated in, and shall be deemed to be a part of, the Lye Brook Wilderness a s designated by Public Law 93-622; and (5) certain lands in the Green M o u n t a i n National Forest, V e r m o n t, which comprise approximately five t h o u s and and sixty acres, a s generally depicted on a m a p entitled "George D. Aiken Wilderness—Proposed", dated September 1983, and which shall be known a s the George D. Aiken Wilderness. MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS

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SEC. 103. As soon as practicable after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall file a map and a legal description of each wilderness area designated by this title with the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on Agriculture of the United States House of Representatives and with the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the United States Senate. Each such map and description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this title, except that correction of clerical and typographical errors in each such map and description may be made by the Secretary. 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. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS

SEC. 104. (a) Subject to valid existing rights, each wilderness area designated by this title shall be administered by the Secretary of