§ 90e. — Pasayten Wilderness, Okanogan and Mount Baker National Forests; designation; abolition of North Cascades Primitive Area classification.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC90e]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER X--NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 90e. Pasayten Wilderness, Okanogan and Mount Baker National
Forests; designation; abolition of North Cascades Primitive Area
classification
(a) In order to further the purposes of the Wilderness Act [16
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.], there is hereby designated, subject to valid
existing rights, the Pasayten Wilderness within and as a part of the
Okanogan National Forest and the Mount Baker National Forest, comprising
an area of about five hundred thousand acres lying east of Ross Lake, as
generally depicted in the area designated as ``Pasayten Wilderness'' on
the map referred to in section 90 of this title.
(b) The previous classification of the North Cascades Primitive Area
is hereby abolished.
(Pub. L. 90-544, title VI, Sec. 601, Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 930.)
References in Text
The Wilderness Act, referred to in subsec. (a), 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.
