PUBLIC LAW 98-586—OCT. 30, 1984
98 STAT. 3109
BUFFER ZONES
SEC. 7. Congress does not intend that designation of wilderness areas in the State of Virginia lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around each wilderness area. The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from areas within the wilderness shall not, of itself, preclude such activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness area. Approved October 30, 1984.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5121: HOUSE REPORT No. 98-712, Part 1 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 130 (1984): May 8, considered and passed House. Oct. 4, considered and passed Senate, amended. Oct. 9, House concurred in Senate amendment.
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