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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1985

99 STAT. 1352

16 USC 1604. 16 USC 1600 note.

16 USC 1600 note.

16 USC 1600 note. 16 USC 1600 note. Prohibition.

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PUBLIC LAW 99-197—DEC. 23, 1985

Agriculture shall not be required to review the wilderness option prior to the revisions of the plans, but shall review the wilderness option when the plans are revised, which revisions will ordinarily occur on a ten-year cycle, or at least every fifteen years, unless, prior to such time the Secretary of Agriculture finds that conditions in a unit have significantly changed; (3) areas in the State of Kentucky reviewed in such final environmental statement or referenced in subsection (d) and not recommended for further planning as a result of the second roadless area review and evaluation program or designated as wilderness upon enactment of this Act shall be managed for multiple use in accordance with land management plans pursuant to section 6 of the Forest Rangeland Renewable Resources Act of 1974, as amended by the National Forest Planning Act of 1976: Provided, That such areas need not be managed for the purpose of protecting their suitability for wilderness designation prior to or during revision of the initial land management plans; (4) in the event that revised land management plans in the State of Kentucky are implemented pursuant to section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended by the National Forest Management Act of 1976, and other applicable law, areas not recommended for wilderness designation need not be managed for the purpose of protecting their suitability for wilderniess designation prior to or during revision of such plans, and areas recommended for wilderness designation shall be managed for the purpose of protecting their suitability for wilderness designation as may be required by the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended by the National Forest Management Act of 1976, and other applicable law; and (5) unless expressly authorized by Congress, the Department of Agriculture shall not conduct any further statewide roadless area review and evaluation of National Forest System lands in the State of Kentucky for the purposes of determining their suitability for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System. (c) As used in this section, and as provided in section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended by the National Forest Management Act of 1976, the term "revision" shall not include an amendment to a plan. (d) The provisions of this section shall also apply to National Forest System roadless lands in the State of Kentucky which are less than five thousand acres in size. SEC. 5, As soon as practicable after enactment of this Act, the map and a legal description of the Clifty Wilderness shall be filed with the Committees on Agriculture and Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources and Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, and such map and legal description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act: Provided, however, That