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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2177

To designate the James Peak Wilderness in the Arapaho National Forest

in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 10, 1999

Mr. UDALL of Colorado introduced the following bill; which was referred to

the Committee on Resources

A BILL

To designate the James Peak Wilderness in the Arapaho

National Forest in the State of Colorado, and for other

purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘James Peak Wilder5 ness Act of 1999’’.

6 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF JAMES PEAK WILDERNESS, COLO7 RADO.

8 (a) INCLUSION WITH OTHER COLORADO WILDER9 NESS AREAS.—Section 2(a) of the Colorado Wilderness

10 Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–77; 107 Stat. 756) is
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1 amended by adding at the end the following new para2 graph:

3 ‘‘(20) Certain lands in the Arapaho National

4 Forest which comprise approximately 22,000 acres,

5 as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘Proposed

6 James Peak Wilderness’, dated June 1999 and

7 which shall be known as the James Peak Wilder8 ness.’’.

9 (b) MAP AND BOUNDARY DESCRIPTIONS.—As soon

10 as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the

11 Secretary of Agriculture shall file with the Committee on

12 Resources of the House of Representatives and the Com13 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate

14 a map and a boundary description of the James Peak Wil15 derness. The map and boundary description shall have the

16 same force and effect as if included in the Colorado Wil17 derness Act of 1993, except that the Secretary may cor18 rect clerical and typographical errors in the map and

19 boundary descriptions. The map and boundary description

20 shall be on file and available for public inspection in the

21 Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of

22 Agriculture.

23 SEC. 3. INHOLDINGS IN JAMES PEAK WILDERNESS.

24 (a) STATE LAND BOARD LANDS.—If the Colorado

25 State Land Board informs the Secretary of Agriculture
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1 that the Board is willing to transfer to the United States

2 some or all of the lands owned by the Board located within

3 the James Peak Wilderness in the Arapaho National For4 est, Colorado, the Secretary shall promptly seek to reach

5 agreement with the Board regarding terms and conditions

6 for acquisition of the lands by the United States by pur7 chase or exchange.

8 (b) JIM CREEK INHOLDING.—The Secretary of Agri9 culture shall enter into negotiations with the owner of

10 lands located within the portion of the Jim Creek drainage

11 within the James Peak Wilderness for the purpose of ac12 quiring the lands by purchase or exchange.

13 (c) REPORT.—Upon conclusion of an agreement for

14 acquisition by the United States of lands referred to in

15 subsection (a) or (b), or one year after the date of enact16 ment of this Act, whichever occurs first, the Secretary of

17 Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Resources

18 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on

19 Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report con20 cerning any such agreement or the status of negotiations

21 pursuant to such subsections. The report shall indicate to

22 what extent funds are available to the Secretary as of the

23 date of the report for the acquisition of the lands and

24 whether additional funds need to be appropriated or other25 wise made available to the Secretary for such purpose.
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1 SEC. 4. ALICE TOWNSHIP AND ST. MARY’S GLACIER, COLO2 RADO.

3 (a) SERVICES AND FACILITIES.—Following the con4 sultation required by subsection (c), the Forest Supervisor

5 of the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in the

6 State of Colorado (in this section referred to as the ‘‘For7 est Supervisor’’) shall establish a trailhead and cor8 responding facilities and services to regulate use of Na9 tional Forest System lands adjacent to Alice Township

10 and St. Mary’s Glacier in the State of Colorado. The facili11 ties and services shall include, but are not limited to, the

12 following:

13 (1) Trailhead parking.

14 (2) Public restroom accommodations.

15 (3) Trailhead and trail maintenance.

16 (b) PERSONNEL.—The Forest Supervisor shall assign

17 Forest Service personnel to provide appropriate manage18 ment and oversight of the area described in subsection (a).

19 (c) CONSULTATION.—The Forest Supervisor shall

20 consult with the Clear Creek County Commissioners and

21 residents in the immediate vicinity of Alice Township and

22 St. Mary’s Glacier regarding the appropriate location of

23 facilities and services in the area described in subsection

24 (a). This consultation should include any other appro25 priate measures that may be needed in this area to provide

26 access by emergency or law enforcement vehicles or that
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1 is necessary for public health or that impede access by

2 local residents.

3 (d) REPORT.—After the consultation required by sub4 section (b), the Forest Supervisor shall submit to the

5 Committee on Resources and the Committee on Appro6 priations of the House of Representatives and the Com7 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Com8 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate a report regarding

9 the amount of any additional funding required to imple10 ment appropriate measures to provide the facilities and

11 services specified in subsections (a), (b), and (c).

12 SEC. 5. POTENTIAL WILDERNESS LANDS.

13 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘potential

14 wilderness lands’’ means lands that are identified as ‘‘po15 tential wilderness’’ on the map referred to in paragraph

16 (20) of section 2(a) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of

17 1993, as added by section 2(a) of this Act, designating

18 the James Peak Wilderness in the Arapaho National For19 est, Colorado.

20 (b) MANAGEMENT.—Potential wilderness lands shall

21 be managed as components of the National Wilderness

22 Preservation System upon publication in the Federal Reg23 ister of a notice by the Secretary of Agriculture that all

24 structures on the lands have been removed and all uses
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1 of the lands inconsistent with the Wilderness Act (16

2 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) have ceased.

3 (c) REMOVAL OF RADIO TOWER.—As soon as prac4 ticable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec5 retary of Agriculture shall remove the abandoned radio

6 tower and associated structures located on Mount Eva on

7 the potential wilderness lands.

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