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[CITE: 16USC539j]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                       CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
 
             SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 539j. Bowen Gulch Protection Area


(a) Establishment

    (1) There is hereby established in the Arapaho National Forest, 
Colorado, the Bowen Gulch Protection Area (hereinafter in this Act 
referred to as the ``protection area'').
    (2) The protection area shall consist of certain lands in the 
Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, which comprise approximately 11,600 
acres, as generally depicted as ``Area A'' on a map entitled ``Bowen 
Gulch Additions to Never Summer Wilderness Proposal'', dated January, 
1993.

(b) Administration

    The Secretary shall administer the protection area in accordance 
with this section and the laws and regulations generally applicable to 
the National Forest System.

(c) Withdrawal

    Subject to valid existing rights, all lands within the protection 
area are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, or 
disposal under the public land laws, from location, entry, and patent 
under the mining laws, and from disposition under the mineral and 
geothermal leasing laws, including all amendments thereto.

(d) Development

    No developed campgrounds shall be constructed within the protection 
area. After August 13, 1993, no new roads or trails may be constructed 
within the protection area.

(e) Timber harvesting

    No timber harvesting shall be allowed within the protection area 
except to the extent that would be permitted in wilderness under section 
1133(d)(1) of this title for necessary control of fire, insects, and 
diseases, and for public safety.

(f) Motorized travel

    Motorized travel shall be permitted within the protection area only 
on those designated trails and routes existing as of July 1, 1991, and 
only during periods of adequate snow cover. At all other times, 
mechanized, non-motorized travel shall be permitted within the 
protection area.

(g) Management plan

    During the revision of the Land and Resource Management Plan for the 
Arapaho National Forest, the Forest Service shall develop a management 
plan for the protection area, after providing for public comment.

(Pub. L. 103-77, Sec. 6, Aug. 13, 1993, 107 Stat. 761.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 103-77, Aug. 13, 
1993, 107 Stat. 756, known as the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 539i of this title and Tables.
    The public land laws, referred to in subsec. (c), are classified 
generally to Title 43, Public Lands.
    The mining laws and the mineral leasing laws, referred to in subsec. 
(c), are classified generally to Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining.
    Geothermal leasing laws, referred to in subsec. (c), are classified 
principally to chapter 23 (Sec. 1001 et seq.) of Title 30.


                               Definitions

    Section 1(b) of Pub. L. 103-77 provided that:
    ``(1) As used in this Act [see Short Title note set out under 
section 539i of this title] with reference to lands in the National 
Forest System, the term `the Secretary' means the Secretary of 
Agriculture.
    ``(2) As used in this Act with respect to lands not in the National 
Forest System, the term `the Secretary' means the Secretary of the 
Interior.''
