
From the U.S. Code Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 2, 2001 and January 28, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC410fff-6]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
   SUBCHAPTER LIX-DD--BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON NATIONAL PARK AND 
                GUNNISON GORGE NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA
 
Sec. 410fff-6. Designation of wilderness within the Conservation 
        Area
        

(a) Gunnison Gorge Wilderness

                           (1) In general

        Within the Conservation Area, there is designated as wilderness, 
    and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, 
    the Gunnison Gorge Wilderness, consisting of approximately 17,700 
    acres, as generally depicted on the Map.

                         (2) Administration

        (A) Wilderness study area exemption

            The approximately 300-acre portion of the wilderness study 
        area depicted on the Map for release from section 1782 of title 
        43 shall not be subject to section 1782(c) of title 43.

        (B) Incorporation into national Conservation Area

            The portion of the wilderness study area described in 
        subparagraph (A) shall be incorporated into the Conservation 
        Area.

(b) Administration

    Subject to valid rights in existence on October 21, 1999, the 
wilderness areas designated under this subchapter shall be administered 
by the Secretary in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 
et seq.) except that any reference in such provisions to the effective 
date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
effective date of this subchapter and any reference to the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall be deemed to be a reference to the Secretary of the 
Interior.

(c) State responsibility

    As provided in section 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1133(d)(7)), nothing in this subchapter or in the Wilderness Act shall 
affect the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State of Colorado 
with respect to wildlife and fish on the public land located in that 
State.

(d) Maps and legal descriptions

    As soon as practicable after October 21, 1999, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall file a map and a legal description of the Gunnison Gorge 
Wilderness with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
United States Senate and the Committee on Resources of the United States 
House of Representatives. This map and description shall have the same 
force and effect as if included in this subchapter. The Secretary of the 
Interior may correct clerical and typographical errors in the map and 
legal description. The map and legal description shall be on file and 
available in the office of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM).

(Pub. L. 106-76, Sec. 8, Oct. 21, 1999, 113 Stat. 1130.)

                       References in Text

    The Wilderness Act, referred to in subsecs. (b) and (c), 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.
    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.
    The effective date of this subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b), 
means Oct. 21, 1999, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 106-76, which 
enacted this subchapter.
