§ 460ggg. — Wilderness.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC460ggg]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER CXVIII--ED JENKINS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA AND COOSA BALD
NATIONAL SCENIC AREA
Sec. 460ggg. Wilderness
(a) Designation
In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C.
1131-1136), the following lands in the State of Georgia are hereby
designated as wilderness and therefore as components of the National
Wilderness Preservation System:
(1) Certain lands in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia,
which comprise approximately 7,800 acres, as generally depicted on a
map entitled ``Blood Mountain Wilderness--Proposed'', dated October
1991, and which shall be known as Blood Mountain Wilderness.
(2) Certain lands in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia,
which comprise approximately 16,880 acres, as generally depicted on
a map entitled ``Chattahoochee Headwaters Wilderness--Proposed'',
dated July 1991, and which shall be known as Mark Trail Wilderness.
(3) Certain lands in the Chattahoochee National Forest, Georgia,
which comprise approximately 1,160 acres, as generally depicted on a
map entitled ``Brasstown Wilderness Addition--Proposed'', dated July
1991, and which is hereby incorporated in and shall be part of the
Brasstown Wilderness as designated by section 2(2) of the Georgia
Wilderness Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 3129).
(b) Administration
Subject to valid existing rights, each wilderness area designated by
this subchapter shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in
accordance with the provisions of the Wilderness Act [16 U.S.C. 1131 et
seq.] governing areas designated by that Act as wilderness, except that
any reference in such provisions to the effective date of the Wilderness
Act shall be deemed to be a reference to December 11, 1991.
(Pub. L. 102-217, Sec. 2, Dec. 11, 1991, 105 Stat. 1667.)
References in Text
The Wilderness Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 88-577, Sept. 3,
1964, 78 Stat. 890, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter
23 (Sec. 1131 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of
this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1131 of
this title and Tables.
Section 2(2) of the Georgia Wilderness Act of 1986, referred to in
subsec. (a)(3), is section 2(2) of Pub. L. 99-555, Oct. 27, 1986, 100
Stat. 3129, which enacted provisions listed in a table of Wilderness
Areas set out under section 1132 of this title.
The effective date of the Wilderness Act, referred to in subsec.
(b), means Sept. 3, 1964, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 88-577, which
enacted chapter 23 of this title.
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 102-217 provided that: ``This Act [enacting
this subchapter] may be cited as the `Chattahoochee National Forest
Protection Act of 1991'.''
Savings Provision
Section 6 of Pub. L. 102-217 provided that: ``Privately held lands
within the areas designated by this Act [enacting this subchapter] will
not be administered as wilderness, a national scenic area, or a national
recreation area, as appropriate, unless such lands are acquired by the
Secretary.''
Redesignation of National Recreation Area
Pub. L. 102-456, Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2264, provided that:
``SECTION 1. REDESIGNATION.
``Springer Mountain National Recreation Area in the Chattahoochee
National Forest, in the State of Georgia, is hereby redesignated as `Ed
Jenkins National Recreation Area'.
``SEC. 2. LEGAL REFERENCES.
``Any reference in any law, regulation, document, record, map, or
other paper of the United States to Springer Mountain National
Recreation Area is deemed to be a reference to Ed Jenkins National
Recreation Area.''
