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[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.''
