H. R. 631
One Hundred Third Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three
An Act
To designate certain lands in the State of Colorado as components of the National
Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Colorado
Wilderness Act of 1993’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—(1) As used in this Act 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.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONS TO THE WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM.
(a) ADDITIONS.—The following lands in the State of Colorado
are hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, as components
of the National Wilderness Preservation System:
(1) Certain lands in the Gunnison Resource Area adminis-
tered by the Bureau of Land Management which comprise
approximately 3,390 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ‘‘American Flats Additions to the Big Blue Wilderness
Proposal (American Flats)’’, dated January, 1993, and which
are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part
of the wilderness area designated by section 102(a)(1) of Public
Law 96–560 and renamed Uncompahgre Wilderness by section
3(f) of this Act.
(2) Certain lands in the Gunnison Resource Area adminis-
tered by the Bureau of Land Management which comprise
approximately 815 acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled ‘‘Bill Hare Gulch and Larson Creek Additions to the Big
Blue Wilderness’’, dated January, 1993, and which are hereby
incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the wilder-
ness
area
designated
by
section
102(a)(1)
of
Public
Law
96–560 and renamed Uncompahgre Wilderness by section 3(f)
of this Act.
(3) Certain lands in the Pike and San Isabel National
Forests which comprise approximately 43,410 acres, as gen-
erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Buffalo Peaks Wilderness
Proposal’’, dated January, 1993, and which shall be known
as the Buffalo Peaks Wilderness.
(4) Certain lands in the Gunnison National Forest and
in the Powderhorn Primitive Area administered by the Bureau
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of Land Management which comprise approximately 60,100
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Powderhorn
Wilderness Proposal’’, dated January, 1993, and which shall
be known as the Powderhorn Wilderness.
(5) Certain lands in the Routt National Forest which com-
prise approximately 20,750 acres, as generally depicted on a
map entitled ‘‘Davis Peak Additions to Mount Zirkel Wilderness
Proposal’’, dated January, 1993, and which are hereby incor-
porated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the Mount
Zirkel Wilderness designated by Public Law 88–555, as
amended by Public Law 96–560.
(6) Certain lands in the Gunnison National Forests which
comprise approximately 33,060 acres, as generally depicted on
a map entitled ‘‘Fossil Ridge Wilderness Proposal’’, dated Janu-
ary, 1993, and which shall be known as the Fossil Ridge Wilder-
ness.
(7) Certain lands in the San Isabel National Forest which
comprise approximately 22,040 acres, as generally depicted on
a map entitled ‘‘Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness Proposal’’,
dated January, 1993, and which shall be known as the Green-
horn Mountain Wilderness.
(8) Certain lands within the Pike National Forest which
comprise approximately 14,700 acres, as generally depicted on
a map entitled ‘‘Lost Creek Wilderness Addition Proposal’’,
dated January, 1993, which are hereby incorporated in and
shall be deemed to be a part of the Lost Creek Wilderness
designated by Public Law 96–560: Provided, That the Secretary
is authorized to acquire, only by donation or exchange, various
mineral reservations held by the State of Colorado within the
boundaries of the Lost Creek Wilderness additions designated
by this Act.
(9) Certain lands in the Gunnison National Forests which
comprise approximately 5,500 acres, as generally depicted on
a map entitled ‘‘O-Be-Joyful Addition to the Raggeds Wilderness
Proposal’’, dated January, 1993, and which are hereby incor-
porated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the Raggeds
Wilderness designated by Public Law 96–560.
(10) Certain lands in the Rio Grande and San Isabel
National Forests and lands in the San Luis Resource Area
administered by the Bureau of Land Management which com-
prise approximately 226,455 acres, as generally depicted on
four maps entitled ‘‘Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Proposal
(North Section)’’, ‘‘Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Proposal (North
Middle Section)’’, ‘‘Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Proposal (South
Middle Section)’’, and ‘‘Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Proposal
(South Section)’’, all dated January, 1993, and which shall
be known as the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness.
(11) Certain lands in the Routt National Forest which
comprise approximately 47,140 acres, as generally depicted on
a map entitled ‘‘Service Creek Wilderness Proposal (Sarvis
Creek Wilderness)’’, dated January, 1993, and which shall be
known as the Sarvis Creek Wilderness.
(12) Certain lands in the San Juan National Forest which
comprise approximately 31,100 acres, as generally depicted on
two maps, one entitled ‘‘South San Juan Wilderness Expansion
Proposal, Montezuma Peak’’ and the other entitled ‘‘South San
Juan Wilderness Expansion Proposal, V-Rock Trail’’, both dated
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January, 1993, and which are hereby incorporated in and shall
be deemed to be a part of the South San Juan Wilderness
designated by Public Law 96–560.
(13) Certain lands in the White River National Forest
which comprise approximately 8,330 acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Spruce Creek Addition to the
Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness Proposal’’, dated January, 1993,
and which are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed
to be part of the Hunter Fryingpan Wilderness designated
by Public Law 95–327: Provided, That no right, or claim of
right, to the diversion and use of waters by the Fryingpan-
Arkansas Project shall be prejudiced, expanded, diminished,
altered, or affected by this Act, nor shall anything in this
Act be construed to expand, abate, impair, impede, limit, inter-
fere with, or prevent the construction, operation, use, mainte-
nance, or repair of the project facilities and diversion systems
to their full extent.
(14) Certain lands in the Arapaho National Forest which
comprise approximately 8,095 acres, as generally depicted on
a map entitled ‘‘Byers Peak Wilderness Proposal’’, dated Janu-
ary, 1993, and which shall be known as the Byers Peak Wilder-
ness.
(15) Certain lands in the Arapaho National Forest which
comprise approximately 12,300 acres, as generally depicted on
a map entitled ‘‘Vasquez Peak Wilderness Proposal’’, dated
January, 1993, and which shall be known as the Vasquez
Peak Wilderness.
(16) Certain lands in the San Juan National Forest which
comprise approximately 28,740 acres, as generally depicted on
a map entitled ‘‘West Needle Wilderness Proposal and
Weminuche Additions’’, dated January, 1993, and which are
hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of
the Weminuche Wilderness designated by Public Law 93–632,
as amended by Public Law 96–560.
(17) Certain lands in the Rio Grande National Forest which
comprise approximately 25,640 acres, as generally depicted on
a map entitled ‘‘Wheeler Addition to the La Garita Wilderness
Proposal’’, dated January, 1993, and which shall be incor-
porated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the La Garita
Wilderness designated by Public Law 96–560.
(18) Certain lands in the Arapaho National Forest which
comprise approximately 13,175 acres, as generally depicted on
a map entitled ‘‘Farr Wilderness Proposal’’, dated January,
1993, and which shall be known as the Ptarmigan Peak Wilder-
ness.
(19) Certain lands in the Arapaho National Forest which
comprise approximately 6,990 acres, as generally depicted on
a map entitled ‘‘Bowen Gulch Additions to Never Summer
Wilderness Proposal’’, dated January, 1993, and which are
hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of
the Never Summer Wilderness designated by Public Law
96–560.
(b) MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS.—As soon as practicable after the
date of enactment of this Act, the appropriate Secretary shall file
a map and a boundary description of each area designated as
wilderness by this Act with the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on Natu-
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ral Resources of the United States House of Representatives. Each
map and description shall have the same force and effect as if
included in this Act, except that the appropriate Secretary is author-
ized to correct clerical and typographical errors in such boundary
descriptions and maps. Such maps and boundary descriptions shall
be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the
Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, and the
Office of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Depart-
ment of the Interior, as appropriate.
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Subject to valid existing rights, lands
designated as wilderness by this Act shall be managed by the
Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as appro-
priate, in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131
et seq.) and this Act, except that, with respect to any wilderness
areas designated by this Act, any reference in the Wilderness Act
to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to
be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) Administrative jurisdiction over those lands designated as
wilderness pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (10) of section 2(a)
of this Act, and which, as of the date of enactment of this Act,
are administered by the Bureau of Land Management, is hereby
transferred to the Forest Service and such lands are hereby added
to the appropriate National Forest.
(b) GRAZING.—Grazing of livestock in wilderness areas des-
ignated by this Act shall be administered in accordance with the
provisions of section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C.
1133(d)(4)), as further interpreted by section 108 of Public Law
96–560, and, as regards wilderness managed by the Bureau of
Land Management, the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of House
Report 101–405 of the 101st Congress.
(c) STATE JURISDICTION.—As provided in section 4(d)(7) of the
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), nothing in this Act shall
be construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the
State of Colorado with respect to wildlife and fish in Colorado.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2(e) of the Endangered
American Wilderness Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 41) is amended by
striking ‘‘Subject to’’ and all that follows through ‘‘System.’’.
(e) BUFFER ZONES.—Congress does not intend that the designa-
tion by this Act of wilderness areas in the State of Colorado creates
or implies the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones
around any wilderness area. The fact that nonwilderness activities
or uses can be seen or heard from within a wilderness area shall
not, of itself, preclude such activities or uses up to the boundary
of the wilderness area.
(f) WILDERNESS NAME CHANGE.—The wilderness area des-
ignated as ‘‘Big Blue Wilderness’’ by section 102(a)(1) of Public
Law 96–560, and the additions thereto made by paragraphs (1)
and (2) of section 2(a) of this Act, shall hereafter be known as
the Uncompahgre Wilderness. Any reference to the Big Blue Wilder-
ness in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper
of the United States shall be considered to be a reference to the
Uncompahgre Wilderness.
(g) BOUNDARIES AND AUTHORIZATIONS TO USE LANDS.—(1) For
the purpose of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation
Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–9), the boundaries of affected
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National Forests, as modified by this section, shall be considered
to be the boundaries of such National Forests as of January 1,
1965.
(2) Nothing in this subsection shall affect valid existing rights
of any person under the authority of law.
(3) Authorizations to use lands transferred by this section which
were issued prior to the date of enactment of this Act shall remain
subject to the laws and regulations under which they were issued,
to the extent consistent with this Act. Such authorizations shall
be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. Any renewal or
extension of such authorizations shall be subject to the laws and
regulations pertaining to the Forest Service, Department of Agri-
culture, and the applicable law, including this Act. The change
of administrative jurisdiction resulting from the enactment of this
section shall not in itself constitute a basis for denying or approving
the renewal or reissuance of any such authorization.
SEC. 4. WILDERNESS RELEASE.
(a) REPEAL OF WILDERNESS STUDY PROVISIONS.—Sections 105
and 106 of the Act of December 22, 1980 (Public Law 96–560),
are hereby repealed.
(b) INITIAL PLANS.—Section 107(b)(2) of the Act of December
22, 1980 (Public Law 96–560), is amended by striking out ‘‘except
those lands remaining in further planning upon enactment of this
Act, areas listed in sections 105 and 106 of this Act, or previously
congressionally designated wilderness study areas,’’.
SEC. 5. FOSSIL RIDGE RECREATION MANAGEMENT AREA.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) In order to conserve, protect, and
enhance the scenic, wildlife, recreational, and other natural resource
values of the Fossil Ridge area, there is hereby established the
Fossil Ridge Recreation Management Area (hereinafter referred
to as the ‘‘recreation management area’’).
(2) The recreation management area shall consist of certain
lands in the Gunnison National Forest, Colorado, which comprise
approximately 43,900 acres, as generally depicted as ‘‘Area A’’ on
a map entitled ‘‘Fossil Ridge Wilderness Proposal’’, dated January,
1993.
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall admin-
ister the recreation management area in accordance with this sec-
tion and the laws and regulations generally applicable to the
National Forest System.
(c) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, all lands
within the recreation management 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) TIMBER
HARVESTING.—No timber harvesting shall be
allowed within the recreation management area except to the extent
that would be permitted in wilderness under section 4(d)(1) of
the Wilderness Act for necessary control of fire, insects, and dis-
eases, and for public safety.
(e) LIVESTOCK GRAZING.—The designation of the recreation
management area shall not be construed to prohibit, or change
the administration of, the grazing of livestock within the recreation
management area.
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(f) DEVELOPMENT.—No developed campgrounds shall be con-
structed within the recreation management area. After the date
of enactment of this Act, no new roads or trails may be constructed
within the recreation management area.
(g) OFF-ROAD RECREATION.—Motorized travel shall be per-
mitted within the recreation management area only on those estab-
lished trails and routes existing as of July 1, 1991, on which
such travel was permitted as of such date, except that other trails
and routes may be used where necessary for administrative pur-
poses or to respond to an emergency. No later than one year
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall identify
such routes and trails and shall prepare and make available to
the public a map showing such routes and trails. Nothing in this
subsection shall be construed as precluding the Secretary from
closing any trail or route from use for purposes of resource protec-
tion or public safety.
SEC. 6. 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, includ-
ing all amendments thereto.
(d) DEVELOPMENT.—No developed campgrounds shall be con-
structed within the protection area. After the date of enactment
of this Act, 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 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness
Act 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.
SEC. 7. OTHER LANDS.
Nothing in this Act shall affect ownership or use of lands
or interests therein not owned by the United States or access
to such lands available under other applicable law.
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SEC. 8. WATER.
(a) FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND DEFINITION.—(1) Congress finds
that—
(A) the lands designated as wilderness by this Act are
located at the headwaters of the streams and rivers on those
lands, with few, if any, actual or proposed water resource
facilities located upstream from such lands and few, if any,
opportunities for diversion, storage, or other uses of water
occurring outside such lands that would adversely affect the
wilderness values of such lands; and
(B) the lands designated as wilderness by this Act are
not suitable for use for development of new water resource
facilities, or for the expansion of existing facilities; and
(C) therefore, it is possible to provide for proper manage-
ment and protection of the wilderness value of such lands
in ways different from those utilized in other legislation des-
ignating as wilderness lands not sharing the attributes of the
lands designated as wilderness by this Act.
(2) The purpose of this section is to protect the wilderness
values of the lands designated as wilderness by this Act by means
other than those based on a Federal reserved water right.
(3) As used in this section, the term ‘‘water resource facility’’
means irrigation and pumping facilities, reservoirs, water conserva-
tion works, aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, wells, hydropower
projects, and transmission and other ancillary facilities, and other
water diversion, storage, and carriage structures.
(b) RESTRICTIONS ON RIGHTS AND DISCLAIMER OF EFFECT.—
(1) Neither the Secretary of Agriculture nor the Secretary of the
Interior, nor any other officer, employee, representative, or agent
of the United States, nor any other person, shall assert in any
court or agency, nor shall any court or agency consider, any claim
to or for water or water rights in the State of Colorado, which
is based on any construction of any portion of this Act, or the
designation of any lands as wilderness by this Act, as constituting
an express or implied reservation of water or water rights.
(2)(A) Nothing in this Act shall constitute or be construed
to constitute either an express or implied reservation of any water
or water rights with respect to the Piedra, Roubideau, and
Tabeguache areas identified in section 9 of this Act, or the Bowen
Gulch Protection Area or the Fossil Ridge Recreation Management
Area identified in sections 5 and 6 of this Act.
(B) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as a creation, recogni-
tion, disclaimer, relinquishment, or reduction of any water rights
of the United States in the State of Colorado existing before the
date of enactment of this Act, except as provided in subsection
(g)(2) of this section.
(C) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, nothing
in this Act shall be construed as constituting an interpretation
of any other Act or any designation made by or pursuant thereto.
(D) Nothing in this section shall be construed as establishing
a precedent with regard to any future wilderness designations.
(c) NEW OR EXPANDED PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, on and after the date of enactment of this Act
neither the President nor any other officer, employee, or agent
of the United States shall fund, assist, authorize, or issue a license
or permit for the development of any new water resource facility
within the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of this Act
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or the enlargement of any water resource facility within the areas
described in sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of this Act.
(d) ACCESS AND OPERATION.—(1) Subject to the provisions of
this subsection (d), the Secretary shall allow reasonable access
to water resource facilities in existence on the date of enactment
of this Act within the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, and
9 of this Act, including motorized access where necessary and
customarily employed on routes existing as of the date of enactment
of this Act.
(2) Existing access routes within such areas customarily
employed as of the date of enactment of this Act may be used,
maintained, repaired, and replaced to the extent necessary to main-
tain their present function, design, and serviceable operation, so
long as such activities have no increased adverse impacts on the
resources and values of the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6,
and 9 of this Act than existed as of the date of enactment of
this Act.
(3) Subject to the provisions of subsections (c) and (d), the
Secretary shall allow water resource facilities existing on the date
of enactment of this Act within areas described in sections 2,
5, 6, and 9 of this Act to be used, operated, maintained, repaired,
and replaced to the extent necessary for the continued exercise,
in accordance with Colorado State law, of vested water rights adju-
dicated for use in connection with such facilities by a court of
competent jurisdiction prior to the date of enactment of this Act:
Provided, That the impact of an existing facility on the water
resources and values of the area shall not be increased as a result
of changes in the adjudicated type of use of such facility as of
the date of enactment of this Act.
(4) Water resource facilities, and access routes serving such
facilities, existing within the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6,
and 9 of this Act on the date of enactment of this Act shall
be maintained and repaired when and to the extent necessary
to prevent increased adverse impacts on the resources and values
of the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of this Act.
(e) EXISTING PROJECTS.—Except as provided in subsections (c)
and (d) of this section, the provisions of this Act related to the
areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of this Act, and the
inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System of
the areas described in section 2 of this Act, shall not be construed
to affect or limit the use, operation, maintenance, repair, modifica-
tion, or replacement of water resources facilities in existence on
the date of enactment of this Act within the boundaries of the
areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of this Act.
(f) MONITORING
AND IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretaries of
Agriculture and the Interior shall monitor the operation of and
access to water resource facilities within the areas described in
sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of this Act and take all steps necessary
to implement the provisions of this section.
(g) INTERSTATE COMPACTS
AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER.—(1)
Nothing in this Act, and nothing in any previous Act designating
any lands as wilderness, shall be construed as limiting, altering,
modifying, or amending any of the interstate compacts or equitable
apportionment decrees that apportion water among and between
the State of Colorado and other States. Except as expressly provided
in this section, nothing in this Act shall affect or limit the develop-
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ment or use by existing and future holders of vested water rights
of Colorado’s full apportionment of such waters.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the
Secretary of Agriculture nor any other officer, employee, or agent
of the United States, or any other person, shall assert in any
court or agency of the United States or any other jurisdiction
any rights, and no court or agency of the United States shall
consider any claim or defense asserted by any person based upon
such rights, which may be determined to have been established
for waters of the North Platte River for purposes of the Platte
River Wilderness Area established by Public Law 98–550, located
on the Colorado-Wyoming State boundary, to the extent such rights
would limit the use or development of water within Colorado by
present and future holders of vested water rights in the North
Platte River and its tributaries, to the full extent allowed under
interstate compact or United States Supreme Court equitable
decree. Any such rights shall be exercised as if junior to, in a
manner so as not to prevent, the use or development of Colorado’s
full entitlement to interstate waters of the North Platte River
and its tributaries within Colorado allowed under interstate com-
pact or United States Supreme Court equitable decree.
SEC. 9. PIEDRA, ROUBIDEAU, AND TABEGUACHE AREAS.
(a) AREAS.—The provisions of this section shall apply to the
following areas:
(1) Certain lands in the San Juan National Forest, Colo-
rado, comprising approximately 62,550 acres, as generally
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Piedra Area’’ dated January,
1993;
(2) Certain lands in the Uncompahgre National Forest,
Colorado, comprising approximately 19,650 acres, as generally
depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Roubideau Area’’ dated January,
1993; and
(3) Certain lands in the Uncompahgre National Forest,
Colorado, and in the San Juan Resource Area administered
by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately
17,240 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled
‘‘Tabeguache Area’’ dated January, 1993.
(b) MANAGEMENT.—(1) Subject to valid existing rights, the areas
described in subsection (a) are withdrawn from all forms of location,
leasing, patent, disposition, or disposal under public land, mining,
and mineral and geothermal leasing laws of the United States.
(2) The areas described in subsection (a) shall not be subject
to any obligation to further study such lands for wilderness designa-
tion.
(3) Until Congress determines otherwise, and subject to the
provisions of section 8 of this Act, activities within such areas
shall be managed by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary
of the Interior, as appropriate, so as to maintain the areas’ presently
existing wilderness character and potential for inclusion in the
National Wilderness Preservation System.
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(4) Livestock grazing in such areas shall be permitted and
managed to the same extent and in the same manner as of the
date of enactment of this Act. Except as provided by this Act,
mechanized or motorized travel shall not be permitted in such
areas: Provided, That the Secretary may permit motorized travel
on trail number 535 in the San Juan National Forest during periods
of adequate snow cover.
(c) DATA COLLECTION.—The Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Colorado Water
Conservation Board, shall compile data concerning the water
resources of the areas described in subsection (a) and existing
and proposed water resource facilities affecting such values.
SEC. 10. SPANISH PEAKS PLANNING AREA STUDY.
(a) REPORT.—Not later than three years from the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall report to the Committee
on Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United
States Senate on the status of private property interests located
within the Spanish Peaks planning area of the San Isabel National
Forest in Colorado, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Spanish
Peaks Further Planning Area Study’’, dated January, 1993.
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report required by this section
shall identify the location of all private property situated within
the exterior boundaries of the Spanish Peaks planning area; the
nature of such property interests; the acreage of such private prop-
erty interests; and the Secretary’s views on whether the owners
of said properties would be willing to enter into either a sale
or exchange of these properties at fair market value if such a
transaction became available in the near future.
(c) NO AUTHORIZATION
OF EMINENT DOMAIN.—Nothing con-
tained in this Act authorizes, and nothing in this Act shall be
construed to authorize, the acquisition of real property by eminent
domain.
(d) MANAGEMENT.—Notwithstanding the provisions of section
4(a) of this Act, for a period of three years from the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall manage the Spanish
Peaks planning area as provided by section 105(c) of Public Law
96–560.
SEC. 11. PUMPING PLANT NAME CHANGE.
The facility of the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the
Interior, known as the Granby Pumping Plant of the Colorado-
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Big Thompson Project, in the State of Colorado, shall hereafter
be known as the Farr Pumping Plant. Any reference to the Granby
Pumping Plant in any law, regulation, map, document, record,
or other paper of the United States shall be considered to be
a reference to the Farr Pumping Plant.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.