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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3222 

To designate certain National Park System land in Olympic National Park 

as wilderness or potential wilderness, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 14, 2011 

Mr. DICKS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To designate certain National Park System land in Olympic 

National Park as wilderness or potential wilderness, 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. DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL NATIONAL 

4 PARK SYSTEM LAND IN OLYMPIC NATIONAL 

5 PARK AS WILDERNESS OR POTENTIAL WIL6 DERNESS. 

7 (a) DESIGNATION.—In accordance with the Wilder8 ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following lands 

9 within Olympic National Park in the State of Washington 

10 are designated as wilderness or potential wilderness and 


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1 incorporated in the Olympic Wilderness designated by sec2 tion 101(a) of Public Law 100–668 (102 Stat. 3961): 

3 (1) Certain Federal land comprising approxi4 mately 4,100 acres as generally depicted on the map 

5 entitled ‘‘Wilderness Boundary—Lake Crescent Ad6 dition, Olympic National Park, Washington’’, num7 bered 149/60,471a, and dated May 2010, is hereby 

8 designated as wilderness. The boundary along Lake 

9 Crescent shall be set back a sufficient distance to 

10 allow management of the historic World War I 

11 Spruce Railroad grade as the Olympic Discovery 

12 Trail, and to allow for operation and maintenance of 

13 the existing county road. The World War II Pyr14 amid Peak lookout shall be included in the wilder15 ness and be managed and maintained as a historic 

16 structure. 

17 (2) Certain Federal land comprising approxi18 mately 11 acres as generally depicted on the map 

19 entitled ‘‘Wilderness Boundary—Boulder Creek Ad20 dition, Olympic National Park, Washington’’, num21 bered 149/60,470, and dated May 2009, is hereby 

22 designated as a potential wilderness addition. 

23 (b) MANAGEMENT.—Except as provided in subsection 

24 (c), and subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of 

25 the Interior (hereafter in this section referred to as the 


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1 ‘‘Secretary’’) shall manage each area designated as wilder2 ness or potential wilderness in accordance with the Wilder3 ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that any ref4 erence in the Wilderness Act to the effective date of the 

5 Wilderness Act shall be considered to be a reference to 

6 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

7 (c) ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION.—For purposes of ec8 ological restoration (including the elimination of nonnative 

9 species, removal of decommissioned roads, and any other 

10 activity necessary to restore the natural ecosystems in the 

11 potential wilderness area) and construction of a foot/stock 

12 trail, the Secretary may use motorized equipment and 

13 mechanized transport in the potential wilderness area 

14 until the date on which the potential wilderness area is 

15 incorporated into the Olympic Wilderness, whereupon wil16 derness minimum requirement practices shall be imple17 mented in accordance with the Wilderness Act. 

18 (d) BOULDER CREEK ADDITION WILDERNESS DES19 IGNATION.—The Boulder Creek Addition, consisting of 

20 the Boulder Creek Trail and the Boulder Creek camp21 ground potential wilderness area, approximately 15 acres 

22 as shown on the map titled ‘‘Wilderness Boundary—Boul23 der Creek Addition, Olympic National Park, Washington’’, 

24 numbered 149/60,470, and dated May 2009, shall be des25 ignated as wilderness and incorporated in the Olympic 


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1 Wilderness on the date on which the Secretary publishes 

2 notice in the Federal Register that conditions in the poten3 tial wilderness areas that are incompatible with the Wil4 derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) have been removed. 

5 (e) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 

6 (1) SUBMISSION OF MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIP7 TION.—As soon as practicable, after the date of the 

8 enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file a map 

9 and legal description of each area designated as wil10 derness and potential wilderness by this subtitle 

11 with— 

12 (A) the Senate Committee on Energy and 

13 Natural Resources; and 

14 (B) the House Committee on Natural Re15 sources. 

16 (2) FORCE AND EFFECT.—The map and legal 

17 description filed under paragraph (1) shall have the 

18 same force and effect as if included in this subtitle, 

19 except that the Secretary may correct any clerical or 

20 typographical errors in the map or legal description. 

21 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal 

22 description filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file 

23 and available for public inspection in the Office of 

24 the Secretary. 

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