106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1843

AN ACT

To designate certain Federal land in the Talladega National

Forest, Alabama, as the ‘‘Dugger Mountain Wilderness’’.

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 ‘‘Dugger Mountain Wil5 derness Act of 1999’’.
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1 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF DUGGER MOUNTAIN WILDER2 NESS, ALABAMA.

3 (a) DESIGNATION.—There is designated as wilder4 ness and as a component of the National Wilderness Pres5 ervation System, in accordance with the Wilderness Act

6 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), certain Federal land in the

7 Talladega National Forest, Alabama, comprising approxi8 mately 9,200 acres, as generally depicted on the map enti9 tled ‘‘Proposed Dugger Mountain Wilderness’’, dated July

10 2, 1999, to be known as the ‘‘Dugger Mountain Wilder11 ness’’.

12 (b) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after

14 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of

15 Agriculture (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Sec16 retary’’) shall submit to Congress a map and de17 scription of the boundaries of the Dugger Mountain

18 Wilderness.

19 (2) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The map and de20 scription shall have the same force and effect as if

21 included in this Act, except that the Secretary may

22 correct clerical and typographical errors in the map

23 and description.

24 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—A copy of the map

25 and description shall be on file and available for

26 public inspection in the office of—
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1 (A) the Chief of the Forest Service; and

2 (B) the Supervisor of National Forest Sys3 tem land located in the State of Alabama.

4 (c) MANAGEMENT.—

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing

6 rights, land designated as wilderness by this Act

7 shall be managed by the Secretary in accordance

8 with the applicable provisions of the Wilderness Act

9 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).

10 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE EXCEPTION.—With re11 spect to the Dugger Mountain Wilderness, any ref12 erence in the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et

13 seq.) to the effective date of that Act shall be consid14 ered to be a reference to the date of enactment of

15 this Act.

16 (d) TREATMENT OF DUGGER MOUNTAIN FIRE

17 TOWER.—

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later 2 years after the

19 date of enactment of this Act, the Forest Service

20 shall disassemble and remove from the Dugger

21 Mountain Wilderness the Dugger Mountain fire

22 tower (including any supporting structures).

23 (2) EQUIPMENT.—The Forest Service may use

24 ground-based mechanical and motorized equipment

25 to carry out paragraph (1).
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1 (3) FIRE TOWER ROAD.—

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—The road to the fire

3 tower shall be open to motorized vehicles during

4 the period required to carry out paragraph (1)

5 only for the purpose of removing the tower (in6 cluding any supporting structures).

7 (B) PERMANENT CLOSURE.—After the pe8 riod referred to in subparagraph (A), the road

9 to the fire tower shall be permanently closed to

10 motorized use.

11 (4) APPLICABLE LAW.—The Forest Service

12 shall carry out paragraph (1) in accordance with the

13 National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470

14 et seq.).

Passed the Senate November 2, 1999.

Attest:

Secretary.
106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1843

AN ACT

To designate certain Federal land in the Talladega

National Forest, Alabama, as the ‘‘DuggerMountain Wilderness’’.