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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1630
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 18, 2013
Mr. Holt (for
himself, Ms. Moore,
Mr. Grijalva,
Mr. Moran,
Ms. Slaughter,
Mr. Deutch,
Mr. Cummings,
Ms. Tsongas,
Mr. Tonko,
Mr. Schiff,
Ms. McCollum,
Mr. Hastings of Florida,
Mr. Quigley,
Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York,
Mr. Himes,
Mr. DeFazio,
Ms. DeLauro,
Mr. Walz, Mr. Price of North Carolina,
Ms. Norton,
Mr. Yarmuth,
Mr. Markey,
Ms. Pingree of Maine,
Mr. Tierney,
Mr. Van Hollen,
Mrs. Capps,
Mr. Waxman,
Mr. David Scott of Georgia,
Mr. Levin,
Ms. Edwards,
Mr. Honda,
Mr. Smith of Washington,
Mr. Israel,
Mr. Peters of Michigan,
Ms. Meng, Mr. Cohen, Mr.
Blumenauer, Mr. Huffman,
Mrs. McCarthy of New York,
Ms. Chu, Mr. Johnson of Georgia,
Mr. Ellison,
Mr. Keating,
Ms. Schwartz,
Mr. Pocan,
Ms. Matsui,
Mr. Connolly,
Mr. Peterson,
Ms. Linda T. Sánchez of California,
Ms. Shea-Porter,
Mr. Langevin,
Mr. Lynch,
Ms. DelBene,
Mr. Nadler,
Mr. Grayson,
Mr. Lewis,
Mr. O’Rourke,
Mr. George Miller of California,
Mr. Polis,
Mr. Capuano, and
Mr. Conyers) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Natural Resources
A BILL
To designate as wilderness certain Federal portions of
the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin Deserts in the
State of Utah for the benefit of present and future generations of people in
the United States.
1.
Short title; table of
contents
(a)
Short
title
This Act may be cited
as the America’s Red Rock Wilderness
Act.
(b)
Table of
contents
The table of
contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I—Designation of wilderness areas
Sec. 101. Great Basin Wilderness Areas.
Sec. 102. Grand Staircase-Escalante Wilderness
Areas.
Sec. 103. Moab-La Sal Canyons Wilderness Areas.
Sec. 104. Henry Mountains Wilderness Areas.
Sec. 105. Glen Canyon Wilderness Areas.
Sec. 106. San Juan-Anasazi Wilderness Areas.
Sec. 107. Canyonlands Basin Wilderness Areas.
Sec. 108. San Rafael Swell Wilderness Areas.
Sec. 109. Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin Wilderness
Areas.
TITLE II—Administrative provisions
Sec. 201. General provisions.
Sec. 202. Administration.
Sec. 203. State school trust land within wilderness
areas.
Sec. 204. Water.
Sec. 205. Roads.
Sec. 206. Livestock.
Sec. 207. Fish and wildlife.
Sec. 208. Management of newly acquired land.
Sec. 209. Withdrawal.
2.
Definitions
In this Act:
(1)
Secretary
The term Secretary means the
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management.
(2)
State
The term State means the State
of Utah.
I
Designation of wilderness areas
101.
Great Basin
Wilderness Areas
(a)
Findings
Congress finds that—
(1) the Great Basin region of western Utah is
comprised of starkly beautiful mountain ranges that rise as islands from the
desert floor;
(2) the Wah Wah Mountains in the Great Basin
region are arid and austere, with massive cliff faces and leathery slopes
speckled with piñon and juniper;
(3) the Pilot Range and Stansbury Mountains in
the Great Basin region are high enough to draw moisture from passing clouds and
support ecosystems found nowhere else on earth;
(4) from bristlecone pine, the world’s oldest
living organism, to newly flowered mountain meadows, mountains of the Great
Basin region are islands of nature that—
(A) support remarkable biological diversity;
and
(B) provide opportunities to experience the
colossal silence of the Great Basin; and
(5) the Great Basin region of western Utah
should be protected and managed to ensure the preservation of the natural
conditions of the region.
(b)
Designation
In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in the State are designated as
wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation
System:
(1) Antelope Range (approximately 17,000
acres).
(2) Barn Hills (approximately 20,000
acres).
(3) Black Hills (approximately 9,000
acres).
(4) Bullgrass Knoll (approximately 15,000
acres).
(5) Burbank Hills/Tunnel Spring (approximately
92,000 acres).
(6) Conger Mountains (approximately 21,000
acres).
(7) Crater Bench (approximately 35,000
acres).
(8) Crater and Silver Island Mountains
(approximately 121,000 acres).
(9) Cricket Mountains Cluster (approximately
62,000 acres).
(10) Deep Creek Mountains (approximately 126,000
acres).
(11) Drum Mountains (approximately 39,000
acres).
(12) Dugway Mountains (approximately 24,000
acres).
(13) Essex Canyon (approximately 1,300
acres).
(14) Fish Springs Range (approximately 64,000
acres).
(15) Granite Peak (approximately 19,000
acres).
(16) Grassy Mountains (approximately 23,000
acres).
(17) Grouse Creek Mountains (approximately
15,000 acres).
(18) House Range (approximately 201,000
acres).
(19) Keg Mountains (approximately 38,000
acres).
(20) Kern Mountains (approximately 15,000
acres).
(21) King Top (approximately 110,000
acres).
(22) Ledger Canyon (approximately 9,000
acres).
(23) Little Goose Creek (approximately 1,200
acres).
(24) Middle/Granite Mountains (approximately
80,000 acres).
(25) Mount Escalante (approximately 18,000
acres).
(26) Mountain Home Range (approximately 90,000
acres).
(27) Newfoundland Mountains (approximately
22,000 acres).
(28) Ochre Mountain (approximately 13,000
acres).
(29) Oquirrh Mountains (approximately 9,000
acres).
(30) Painted Rock Mountain (approximately 26,000
acres).
(31) Paradise/Steamboat Mountains (approximately
144,000 acres).
(32) Pilot Range (approximately 45,000
acres).
(33) Red Tops (approximately 28,000
acres).
(34) Rockwell-Little Sahara (approximately
21,000 acres).
(35) San Francisco Mountains (approximately
39,000 acres).
(36) Sand Ridge (approximately 73,000
acres).
(37) Simpson Mountains (approximately 42,000
acres).
(38) Snake Valley (approximately 100,000
acres).
(39) Spring Creek
Canyon (approximately 4,000 acres).
(40) Stansbury Island (approximately 10,000
acres).
(41) Stansbury Mountains (approximately 24,000
acres).
(42) Thomas Range (approximately 36,000
acres).
(43) Tule Valley (approximately 159,000
acres).
(44) Wah Wah Mountains (approximately 167,000
acres).
(45) Wasatch/Sevier Plateaus (approximately
29,000 acres).
(46) White Rock Range (approximately 5,200
acres).
102.
Grand
Staircase-Escalante Wilderness Areas
(a)
Grand Staircase
area
(1)
Findings
Congress finds that—
(A) the area known as the Grand Staircase rises
more than 6,000 feet in a series of great cliffs and plateaus from the depths
of the Grand Canyon to the forested rim of Bryce Canyon;
(B) the Grand Staircase—
(i) spans 6 major life zones, from the lower
Sonoran Desert to the alpine forest; and
(ii) encompasses geologic formations that
display 3,000,000,000 years of Earth’s history;
(C) land managed by the Secretary lines the
intricate canyon system of the Paria River and forms a vital natural corridor
connection to the deserts and forests of those national parks;
(D) land described in paragraph (2) (other than
East of Bryce, Upper Kanab Creek, Moquith Mountain, Bunting Point, and
Vermillion Cliffs) is located within the Grand Staircase-Escalante National
Monument; and
(E) the Grand Staircase in Utah should be
protected and managed as a wilderness area.
(2)
Designation
In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in the State are designated as
wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation
System:
(A) Bryce View (approximately 4,500
acres).
(B) Bunting Point (approximately 11,000
acres).
(C) Canaan Mountain
(approximately 16,000 acres in Kane County).
(D) Canaan Peak Slopes (approximately 2,300
acres).
(E) East of Bryce (approximately 750
acres).
(F) Glass Eye Canyon (approximately 24,000
acres).
(G) Ladder Canyon (approximately 14,000
acres).
(H) Moquith Mountain (approximately 16,000
acres).
(I) Nephi Point (approximately 14,000
acres).
(J) Orderville Canyon
(approximately 9,200 acres).
(K) Paria-Hackberry (approximately 188,000
acres).
(L) Paria Wilderness Expansion (approximately
3,300 acres).
(M) Parunuweap Canyon
(approximately 43,000 acres).
(N) Pine Hollow (approximately 11,000
acres).
(O) Slopes of Bryce (approximately 2,600
acres).
(P) Timber Mountain (approximately 51,000
acres).
(Q) Upper Kanab Creek (approximately 49,000
acres).
(R) Vermillion Cliffs (approximately 26,000
acres).
(S) Willis Creek (approximately 21,000
acres).
(b)
Kaiparowits
Plateau
(1)
Findings
Congress finds that—
(A) the Kaiparowits Plateau east of the Paria
River is one of the most rugged and isolated wilderness regions in the United
States;
(B) the Kaiparowits Plateau, a windswept land
of harsh beauty, contains distant vistas and a remarkable variety of plant and
animal species;
(C) ancient forests, an abundance of big game
animals, and 22 species of raptors thrive undisturbed on the grassland mesa
tops of the Kaiparowits Plateau;
(D) each of the areas described in paragraph
(2) (other than Heaps Canyon, Little Valley, and Wide Hollow) is located within
the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument; and
(E) the Kaiparowits Plateau should be protected
and managed as a wilderness area.
(2)
Designation
In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in the State are designated as
wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation
System:
(A) Andalex Not (approximately 18,000
acres).
(B) The Blues (approximately 21,000
acres).
(C) Box Canyon (approximately 2,800
acres).
(D) Burning Hills (approximately 80,000
acres).
(E) Carcass Canyon (approximately 83,000
acres).
(F) The Cockscomb (approximately 11,000
acres).
(G) Fiftymile Bench (approximately 12,000
acres).
(H) Fiftymile Mountain (approximately 203,000
acres).
(I) Heaps Canyon (approximately 4,000
acres).
(J) Horse Spring Canyon (approximately 31,000
acres).
(K) Kodachrome Headlands (approximately 10,000
acres).
(L) Little Valley Canyon (approximately 4,000
acres).
(M) Mud Spring Canyon (approximately 65,000
acres).
(N) Nipple Bench (approximately 32,000
acres).
(O) Paradise Canyon-Wahweap (approximately
262,000 acres).
(P) Rock Cove (approximately 16,000
acres).
(Q) Warm Creek (approximately 23,000
acres).
(R) Wide Hollow (approximately 6,800
acres).
(c)
Escalante
canyons
(1)
Findings
Congress finds that—
(A) glens and coves carved in massive sandstone
cliffs, spring-watered hanging gardens, and the silence of ancient Anasazi
ruins are examples of the unique features that entice hikers, campers, and
sightseers from around the world to Escalante Canyon;
(B) Escalante Canyon links the spruce fir
forests of the 11,000-foot Aquarius Plateau with winding slickrock canyons that
flow into Glen Canyon;
(C) Escalante Canyon, one of Utah’s most
popular natural areas, contains critical habitat for deer, elk, and wild
bighorn sheep that also enhances the scenic integrity of the area;
(D) each of the areas described in paragraph
(2) is located within the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument;
and
(E) Escalante Canyon should be protected and
managed as a wilderness area.
(2)
Designation
In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in the State are designated as
wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation
System:
(A) Brinkerhof Flats (approximately 3,000
acres).
(B) Colt Mesa (approximately 28,000
acres).
(C) Death Hollow (approximately 49,000
acres).
(D) Forty Mile Gulch (approximately 6,600
acres).
(E) Hurricane Wash (approximately 9,000
acres).
(F) Lampstand (approximately 7,900
acres).
(G) Muley Twist Flank (approximately 3,600
acres).
(H) North Escalante Canyons (approximately
176,000 acres).
(I) Pioneer Mesa (approximately 11,000
acres).
(J) Scorpion (approximately 53,000
acres).
(K) Sooner Bench (approximately 390
acres).
(L) Steep Creek (approximately 35,000
acres).
(M) Studhorse Peaks (approximately 24,000
acres).
103.
Moab-La Sal Canyons
Wilderness Areas
(a)
Findings
Congress finds that—
(1) the canyons surrounding the La Sal
Mountains and the town of Moab offer a variety of extraordinary
landscapes;
(2) outstanding examples of natural formations
and landscapes in the Moab-La Sal area include the huge sandstone fins of
Behind the Rocks, the mysterious Fisher Towers, and the whitewater rapids of
Westwater Canyon; and
(3) the Moab-La Sal area should be protected
and managed as a wilderness area.
(b)
Designation
In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in the State are designated as
wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation
System:
(1) Arches Adjacent (approximately 12,000
acres).
(2) Beaver Creek (approximately 41,000
acres).
(3) Behind the Rocks and Hunters Canyon
(approximately 22,000 acres).
(4) Big Triangle (approximately 20,000
acres).
(5) Coyote Wash (approximately 28,000
acres).
(6) Dome Plateau-Professor Valley
(approximately 35,000 acres).
(7) Fisher Towers (approximately 18,000
acres).
(8) Goldbar Canyon (approximately 9,000
acres).
(9) Granite Creek (approximately 5,000
acres).
(10) Mary Jane Canyon (approximately 25,000
acres).
(11) Mill Creek (approximately 14,000
acres).
(12) Porcupine Rim and Morning Glory
(approximately 20,000 acres).
(13) Renegade Point (approximately 6,600
acres).
(14) Westwater Canyon (approximately 37,000
acres).
(15) Yellow Bird (approximately 4,200
acres).
104.
Henry Mountains
Wilderness Areas
(a)
Findings
Congress finds that—
(1) the Henry Mountain Range, the last mountain
range to be discovered and named by early explorers in the contiguous United
States, still retains a wild and undiscovered quality;
(2) fluted badlands that surround the flanks of
11,000-foot Mounts Ellen and Pennell contain areas of critical habitat for mule
deer and for the largest herd of free-roaming buffalo in the United
States;
(3) despite their relative accessibility, the
Henry Mountain Range remains one of the wildest, least-known ranges in the
United States; and
(4) the Henry Mountain range should be
protected and managed to ensure the preservation of the range as a wilderness
area.
(b)
Designation
In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in the State are designated as
wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation
System:
(1) Bull Mountain (approximately 16,000
acres).
(2) Bullfrog Creek (approximately 35,000
acres).
(3) Dogwater Creek (approximately 3,400
acres).
(4) Fremont Gorge (approximately 20,000
acres).
(5) Long Canyon (approximately 16,000
acres).
(6) Mount Ellen-Blue Hills (approximately
140,000 acres).
(7) Mount Hillers (approximately 21,000
acres).
(8) Mount Pennell (approximately 147,000
acres).
(9) Notom Bench (approximately 6,200
acres).
(10) Oak Creek (approximately 1,700
acres).
(11) Ragged Mountain (approximately 28,000
acres).
105.
Glen Canyon
Wilderness Areas
(a)
Findings
Congress finds that—
(1) the side canyons of Glen Canyon, including
the Dirty Devil River and the Red, White and Blue Canyons, contain some of the
most remote and outstanding landscapes in southern Utah;
(2) the Dirty Devil River, once the fortress
hideout of outlaw Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch, has sculpted a maze of slickrock
canyons through an imposing landscape of monoliths and inaccessible
mesas;
(3) the Red and Blue Canyons contain colorful
Chinle/Moenkopi badlands found nowhere else in the region; and
(4) the canyons of Glen Canyon in the State
should be protected and managed as wilderness areas.
(b)
Designation
In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in the State are designated as
wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation
System:
(1) Cane Spring Desert (approximately 18,000
acres).
(2) Dark Canyon (approximately 134,000
acres).
(3) Dirty Devil (approximately 242,000
acres).
(4) Fiddler Butte (approximately 92,000
acres).
(5) Flat Tops (approximately 30,000
acres).
(6) Little Rockies (approximately 64,000
acres).
(7) The Needle (approximately 11,000
acres).
(8) Red Rock Plateau (approximately 213,000
acres).
(9) White Canyon (approximately 98,000
acres).
106.
San Juan-Anasazi
Wilderness Areas
(a)
Findings
Congress finds that—
(1) more than 1,000 years ago, the Anasazi
Indian culture flourished in the slickrock canyons and on the piñon-covered
mesas of southeastern Utah;
(2) evidence of the ancient presence of the
Anasazi pervades the Cedar Mesa area of the San Juan-Anasazi area where cliff
dwellings, rock art, and ceremonial kivas embellish sandstone overhangs and
isolated benchlands;
(3) the Cedar Mesa area is in need of
protection from the vandalism and theft of its unique cultural
resources;
(4) the Cedar Mesa wilderness areas should be
created to protect both the archaeological heritage and the extraordinary
wilderness, scenic, and ecological values of the United States; and
(5) the San Juan-Anasazi area should be
protected and managed as a wilderness area to ensure the preservation of the
unique and valuable resources of that area.
(b)
Designation
In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in the State are designated as
wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation
System:
(1) Allen Canyon (approximately 5,900
acres).
(2) Arch Canyon (approximately 30,000
acres).
(3) Comb Ridge (approximately 15,000
acres).
(4) East Montezuma (approximately 45,000
acres).
(5) Fish and Owl Creek Canyons (approximately
73,000 acres).
(6) Grand Gulch (approximately 159,000
acres).
(7) Hammond Canyon (approximately 4,400
acres).
(8) Nokai Dome (approximately 93,000
acres).
(9) Road Canyon (approximately 63,000
acres).
(10) San Juan River (Sugarloaf) (approximately
15,000 acres).
(11) The Tabernacle (approximately 7,000
acres).
(12) Valley of the Gods (approximately 21,000
acres).
107.
Canyonlands Basin
Wilderness Areas
(a)
Findings
Congress finds that—
(1) Canyonlands National Park safeguards only a
small portion of the extraordinary red-hued, cliff-walled canyonland region of
the Colorado Plateau;
(2) areas near Arches National Park and
Canyonlands National Park contain canyons with rushing perennial streams,
natural arches, bridges, and towers;
(3) the gorges of the Green and Colorado Rivers
lie on adjacent land managed by the Secretary;
(4) popular overlooks in Canyonlands Nations
Park and Dead Horse Point State Park have views directly into adjacent areas,
including Lockhart Basin and Indian Creek; and
(5) designation of those areas as wilderness
would ensure the protection of this erosional masterpiece of nature and of the
rich pockets of wildlife found within its expanded boundaries.
(b)
Designation
In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in the State are designated as
wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation
System:
(1) Bridger Jack Mesa (approximately 33,000
acres).
(2) Butler Wash (approximately 27,000
acres).
(3) Dead Horse Cliffs (approximately 5,300
acres).
(4) Demon’s Playground (approximately 3,700
acres).
(5) Duma Point (approximately 14,000
acres).
(6) Gooseneck (approximately 9,000
acres).
(7) Hatch Point Canyons/Lockhart Basin
(approximately 149,000 acres).
(8) Horsethief Point (approximately 15,000
acres).
(9) Indian Creek (approximately 28,000
acres).
(10) Labyrinth Canyon (approximately 150,000
acres).
(11) San Rafael River (approximately 101,000
acres).
(12) Shay Mountain (approximately 14,000
acres).
(13) Sweetwater Reef (approximately 69,000
acres).
(14) Upper Horseshoe Canyon (approximately
60,000 acres).
108.
San Rafael Swell
Wilderness Areas
(a)
Findings
Congress finds that—
(1) the San Rafael Swell towers above the
desert like a castle, ringed by 1,000-foot ramparts of Navajo Sandstone;
(2) the highlands of the San Rafael Swell have
been fractured by uplift and rendered hollow by erosion over countless
millennia, leaving a tremendous basin punctuated by mesas, buttes, and canyons
and traversed by sediment-laden desert streams;
(3) among other places, the San Rafael
wilderness offers exceptional back country opportunities in the colorful Wild
Horse Badlands, the monoliths of North Caineville Mesa, the rock towers of
Cliff Wash, and colorful cliffs of Humbug Canyon;
(4) the mountains within these areas are among
Utah’s most valuable habitat for desert bighorn sheep; and
(5) the San Rafael Swell area should be
protected and managed to ensure its preservation as a wilderness area.
(b)
Designation
In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in the State are designated as
wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation
System:
(1) Cedar Mountain (approximately 15,000
acres).
(2) Devils Canyon (approximately 23,000
acres).
(3) Eagle Canyon (approximately 38,000
acres).
(4) Factory Butte (approximately 22,000
acres).
(5) Hondu Country (approximately 20,000
acres).
(6) Jones Bench (approximately 2,800
acres).
(7) Limestone Cliffs (approximately 25,000
acres).
(8) Lost Spring Wash (approximately 37,000
acres).
(9) Mexican Mountain (approximately 100,000
acres).
(10) Molen Reef (approximately 33,000
acres).
(11) Muddy Creek (approximately 240,000
acres).
(12) Mussentuchit Badlands (approximately 25,000
acres).
(13) Pleasant Creek Bench (approximately 1,100
acres).
(14) Price River-Humbug (approximately 120,000
acres).
(15) Red Desert (approximately 40,000
acres).
(16) Rock Canyon (approximately 18,000
acres).
(17) San Rafael Knob (approximately 15,000
acres).
(18) San Rafael Reef (approximately 114,000
acres).
(19) Sids Mountain (approximately 107,000
acres).
(20) Upper Muddy Creek (approximately 19,000
acres).
(21) Wild Horse Mesa (approximately 92,000
acres).
109.
Book Cliffs and
Uinta Basin Wilderness Areas
(a)
Findings
Congress finds that—
(1) the Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin wilderness
areas offer—
(A) unique big game hunting opportunities in
verdant high-plateau forests;
(B) the opportunity for float trips of several
days duration down the Green River in Desolation Canyon; and
(C) the opportunity for calm water canoe
weekends on the White River;
(2) the long rampart of the Book Cliffs bounds
the area on the south, while seldom-visited uplands, dissected by the rivers
and streams, slope away to the north into the Uinta Basin;
(3) bears, Bighorn sheep, cougars, elk, and
mule deer flourish in the back country of the Book Cliffs; and
(4) the Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin areas
should be protected and managed to ensure the protection of the areas as
wilderness.
(b)
Designation
In accordance with the Wilderness Act (16
U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following areas in the State are designated as
wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation
System.
(1) Bourdette Draw (approximately 15,000
acres).
(2) Bull Canyon (approximately 2,800
acres).
(3) Chipeta (approximately 95,000
acres).
(4) Dead Horse Pass (approximately 8,000
acres).
(5) Desbrough Canyon (approximately 13,000
acres).
(6) Desolation Canyon (approximately 555,000
acres).
(7) Diamond Breaks (approximately 9,000
acres).
(8) Diamond Canyon (approximately 166,000
acres).
(9) Diamond Mountain (also known as Wild
Mountain) (approximately 27,000 acres).
(10) Dinosaur Adjacent (approximately 10,000
acres).
(11) Goslin Mountain (approximately 4,900
acres).
(12) Hideout Canyon (approximately 12,000
acres).
(13) Lower Bitter Creek (approximately 14,000
acres).
(14) Lower Flaming Gorge (approximately 21,000
acres).
(15) Mexico Point (approximately 15,000
acres).
(16) Moonshine Draw (also known as
Daniels Canyon) (approximately 10,000 acres).
(17) Mountain Home (approximately 9,000
acres).
(18) O-Wi-Yu-Kuts (approximately 13,000
acres).
(19) Red Creek Badlands (approximately 3,600
acres).
(20) Seep Canyon (approximately 21,000
acres).
(21) Sunday School Canyon (approximately 18,000
acres).
(22) Survey Point (approximately 8,000
acres).
(23) Turtle Canyon (approximately 39,000
acres).
(24) White River (approximately 23,000
acres).
(25) Winter Ridge (approximately 38,000
acres).
(26) Wolf Point (approximately 15,000
acres).
II
Administrative provisions
201.
General
provisions
(a)
Names of
wilderness areas
Each
wilderness area named in title I shall—
(1) consist of the quantity of land referenced
with respect to that named area, as generally depicted on the map entitled
Utah BLM Wilderness Proposed by H.R.
___, 113th Congress; and
(2) be known by the name given to it in title
I.
(b)
Map and
description
(1)
In
general
As soon as
practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file a
map and a legal description of each wilderness area designated by this Act
with—
(A) the Committee on Natural Resources of the
House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate.
(2)
Force of
law
A map and legal
description filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as
if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct clerical and
typographical errors in the map and legal description.
(3)
Public
availability
Each map and
legal description filed under paragraph (1) shall be filed and made available
for public inspection in the Office of the Director of the Bureau of Land
Management.
202.
Administration
Subject to valid rights in existence on the
date of enactment of this Act, each wilderness area designated under this Act
shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with—
(1) the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.);
and
(2) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et
seq.).
203.
State school trust
land within wilderness areas
(a)
In
general
Subject to subsection
(b), if State-owned land is included in an area designated by this Act as a
wilderness area, the Secretary shall offer to exchange land owned by the United
States in the State of approximately equal value in accordance with section
603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)) and section 5(a) of the
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1134(a)).
(b)
Mineral
interests
The Secretary shall
not transfer any mineral interests under subsection (a) unless the State
transfers to the Secretary any mineral interests in land designated by this Act
as a wilderness area.
204.
Water
(a)
Reservation
(1)
Water for
wilderness areas
(A)
In
general
With respect to each
wilderness area designated by this Act, Congress reserves a quantity of water
determined by the Secretary to be sufficient for the wilderness area.
(B)
Priority
date
The priority date of a
right reserved under subparagraph (A) shall be the date of enactment of this
Act.
(2)
Protection of
rights
The Secretary and
other officers and employees of the United States shall take any steps
necessary to protect the rights reserved by paragraph (1)(A), including the
filing of a claim for the quantification of the rights in any present or future
appropriate stream adjudication in the courts of the State—
(A) in which the United States is or may be
joined; and
(B) that is conducted in accordance with
section 208 of the Department of Justice Appropriation Act, 1953 (66 Stat. 560,
chapter 651).
(b)
Prior rights not
affected
Nothing in this Act
relinquishes or reduces any water rights reserved or appropriated by the United
States in the State on or before the date of enactment of this Act.
(c)
Administration
(1)
Specification of
rights
The Federal water
rights reserved by this Act are specific to the wilderness areas designated by
this Act.
(2)
No precedent
established
Nothing in this
Act related to reserved Federal water rights—
(A) shall establish a precedent with regard to
any future designation of water rights; or
(B) shall affect the interpretation of any
other Act or any designation made under any other Act.
205.
Roads
(a)
Setbacks
(1)
Measurement in
general
A setback under this
section shall be measured from the center line of the road.
(2)
Wilderness on
one side of roads
Except as
provided in subsection (b), a setback for a road with wilderness on only one
side shall be set at—
(A) 300 feet from a paved Federal or State
highway;
(B) 100 feet from any other paved road or high
standard dirt or gravel road; and
(C) 30 feet from any other road.
(3)
Wilderness on
both sides of roads
Except as
provided in subsection (b), a setback for a road with wilderness on both sides
(including cherry-stems or roads separating 2 wilderness units) shall be set
at—
(A) 200 feet from a paved Federal or State
highway;
(B) 40 feet from any other paved road or high
standard dirt or gravel road; and
(C) 10 feet from any other roads.
(b)
Setback
exceptions
(1)
Well-defined
topographical barriers
If,
between the road and the boundary of a setback area described in paragraph (2)
or (3) of subsection (a), there is a well-defined cliff edge, stream bank, or
other topographical barrier, the Secretary shall use the barrier as the
wilderness boundary.
(2)
Fences
If, between the road and the boundary of a
setback area specified in paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a), there is a
fence running parallel to a road, the Secretary shall use the fence as the
wilderness boundary if, in the opinion of the Secretary, doing so would result
in a more manageable boundary.
(3)
Deviations from
setback areas
(A)
Exclusion of
disturbances from wilderness boundaries
In cases where there is an existing
livestock development, dispersed camping area, borrow pit, or similar
disturbance within 100 feet of a road that forms part of a wilderness boundary,
the Secretary may delineate the boundary so as to exclude the disturbance from
the wilderness area.
(B)
Limitation on
exclusion of disturbances
The
Secretary shall make a boundary adjustment under subparagraph (A) only if the
Secretary determines that doing so is consistent with wilderness management
goals.
(C)
Deviations
restricted to minimum necessary
Any deviation under this paragraph from the
setbacks required under in paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a) shall be the
minimum necessary to exclude the disturbance.
(c)
Delineation
within setback area
The
Secretary may delineate a wilderness boundary at a location within a setback
under paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a) if, as determined by the
Secretary, the delineation would enhance wilderness management goals.
206.
Livestock
Within the wilderness areas designated under
title I, the grazing of livestock authorized on the date of enactment of this
Act shall be permitted to continue subject to such reasonable regulations and
procedures as the Secretary considers necessary, as long as the regulations and
procedures are consistent with—
(1) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et
seq.); and
(2) section 101(f) of the Arizona Desert
Wilderness Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–628; 104 Stat. 4469).
207.
Fish and
wildlife
Nothing in this Act
affects the jurisdiction of the State with respect to wildlife and fish on the
public land located in the State.
208.
Management of newly
acquired land
Any land within
the boundaries of a wilderness area designated under this Act that is acquired
by the Federal Government shall—
(1) become part of the wilderness area in which
the land is located; and
(2) be managed in accordance with this Act and
other laws applicable to wilderness areas.
209.
Withdrawal
Subject to valid rights existing on the date
of enactment of this Act, the Federal land referred to in title I is withdrawn
from all forms of—
(1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under
public law;
(2) location, entry, and patent under mining
law; and
(3) disposition under all laws pertaining to
mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.