Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 999 To designate certain lands in the State of Washington as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 11, 2021 Mr. KILMER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To designate certain lands in the State of Washington as components of the National Wilderness Preservation Sys- tem, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wild Olympics Wilder- 4 ness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF OLYMPIC NATIONAL FOREST WIL- 6 DERNESS AREAS. 7 (a) IN GENERAL.—In furtherance of the Wilderness 8 Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following Federal land 9 in the Olympic National Forest in the State of Wash- 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:23 Mar 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H999.IH H999 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 999 IH ington comprising approximately 126,554 acres, as gen- 1 erally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Proposed Wild Olym- 2 pics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act’’ and 3 dated April 8, 2019 (referred to in this section as the 4 ‘‘map’’), is designated as wilderness and as components 5 of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 6 (1) LOST CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed- 7 eral land managed by the Forest Service, comprising 8 approximately 7,159 acres, as generally depicted on 9 the map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Lost Creek 10 Wilderness’’. 11 (2) RUGGED RIDGE WILDERNESS.—Certain 12 Federal land managed by the Forest Service, com- 13 prising approximately 5,956 acres, as generally de- 14 picted on the map, which shall be known as the 15 ‘‘Rugged Ridge Wilderness’’. 16 (3) ALCKEE CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 17 Federal land managed by the Forest Service, com- 18 prising approximately 1,787 acres, as generally de- 19 picted on the map, which shall be known as the 20 ‘‘Alckee Creek Wilderness’’. 21 (4) GATES OF THE ELWHA WILDERNESS.—Cer- 22 tain Federal land managed by the Forest Service, 23 comprising approximately 5,669 acres, as generally 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:23 Mar 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H999.IH H999 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 999 IH depicted on the map, which shall be known as the 1 ‘‘Gates of the Elwha Wilderness’’. 2 (5) BUCKHORN WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.—Cer- 3 tain Federal land managed by the Forest Service, 4 comprising approximately 21,965 acres, as generally 5 depicted on the map, is incorporated in, and shall be 6 managed as part of, the ‘‘Buckhorn Wilderness’’, as 7 designated by section 3 of the Washington State 8 Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Pub- 9 lic Law 98–339). 10 (6) GREEN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS.—Certain 11 Federal land managed by the Forest Service, com- 12 prising approximately 4,790 acres, as generally de- 13 picted on the map, which shall be known as the 14 ‘‘Green Mountain Wilderness’’. 15 (7) THE BROTHERS WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.— 16 Certain land managed by the Forest Service, com- 17 prising approximately 8,625 acres, as generally de- 18 picted on the map, is incorporated in, and shall be 19 managed as part of, the ‘‘The Brothers Wilderness’’, 20 as designated by section 3 of the Washington State 21 Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Pub- 22 lic Law 98–339). 23 (8) MOUNT SKOKOMISH WILDERNESS ADDI- 24 TIONS.—Certain land managed by the Forest Serv- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:23 Mar 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H999.IH H999 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 999 IH ice, comprising approximately 8,933 acres, as gen- 1 erally depicted on the map, is incorporated in, and 2 shall be managed as part of, the ‘‘Mount Skokomish 3 Wilderness’’, as designated by section 3 of the 4 Washington State Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 5 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 98–339). 6 (9) WONDER MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS ADDI- 7 TIONS.—Certain land managed by the Forest Serv- 8 ice, comprising approximately 26,517 acres, as gen- 9 erally depicted on the map, is incorporated in, and 10 shall be managed as part of, the ‘‘Wonder Mountain 11 Wilderness’’, as designated by section 3 of the 12 Washington State Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 13 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 98–339). 14 (10) MOONLIGHT DOME WILDERNESS.—Certain 15 Federal land managed by the Forest Service, com- 16 prising approximately 9,117 acres, as generally de- 17 picted on the map, which shall be known as the 18 ‘‘Moonlight Dome Wilderness’’. 19 (11) SOUTH QUINAULT RIDGE WILDERNESS.— 20 Certain Federal land managed by the Forest Serv- 21 ice, comprising approximately 10,887 acres, as gen- 22 erally depicted on the map, which shall be known as 23 the ‘‘South Quinault Ridge Wilderness’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:23 Mar 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H999.IH H999 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 999 IH (12) COLONEL BOB WILDERNESS ADDITIONS.— 1 Certain Federal land managed by the Forest Serv- 2 ice, comprising approximately 353 acres, as gen- 3 erally depicted on the map, is incorporated in, and 4 shall be managed as part of, the ‘‘Colonel Bob Wil- 5 derness’’, as designated by section 3 of the Wash- 6 ington State Wilderness Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 7 1132 note; Public Law 98–339). 8 (13) SAM’S RIVER WILDERNESS.—Certain Fed- 9 eral land managed by the Forest Service, comprising 10 approximately 13,418 acres, as generally depicted on 11 the map, which shall be known as the ‘‘Sam’s River 12 Wilderness’’. 13 (14) CANOE CREEK WILDERNESS.—Certain 14 Federal land managed by the Forest Service, com- 15 prising approximately 1,378 acres, as generally de- 16 picted on the map, which shall be known as the 17 ‘‘Canoe Creek Wilderness’’. 18 (b) ADMINISTRATION.— 19 (1) MANAGEMENT.—Subject to valid existing 20 rights, the land designated as wilderness by sub- 21 section (a) shall be administered by the Secretary of 22 Agriculture (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec- 23 retary’’), in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 24 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that any reference in 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:23 Mar 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H999.IH H999 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 999 IH that Act to the effective date of that Act shall be 1 considered to be a reference to the date of enact- 2 ment of this Act. 3 (2) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.— 4 (A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable 5 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec- 6 retary shall file a map and a legal description 7 of the land designated as wilderness by sub- 8 section (a) with— 9 (i) the Committee on Natural Re- 10 sources of the House of Representatives; 11 and 12 (ii) the Committee on Energy and 13 Natural Resources of the Senate. 14 (B) EFFECT.—Each map and legal de- 15 scription filed under subparagraph (A) shall 16 have the same force and effect as if included in 17 this title, except that the Secretary may correct 18 minor errors in the map and legal description. 19 (C) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Each map 20 and legal description filed under subparagraph 21 (A) shall be filed and made available for public 22 inspection in the appropriate office of the For- 23 est Service. 24 (c) POTENTIAL WILDERNESS.— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:23 Mar 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H999.IH H999 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 999 IH (1) IN GENERAL.—In furtherance of the pur- 1 poses of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et 2 seq.), certain Federal land managed by the Forest 3 Service, comprising approximately 5,346 acres as 4 identified as ‘‘Potential Wilderness’’ on the map, is 5 designated as potential wilderness. 6 (2) DESIGNATION AS WILDERNESS.—On the 7 date on which the Secretary publishes in the Federal 8 Register notice that any nonconforming uses in the 9 potential wilderness designated by paragraph (1) 10 have terminated, the potential wilderness shall be— 11 (A) designated as wilderness and as a com- 12 ponent of the National Wilderness Preservation 13 System; and 14 (B) incorporated into the adjacent wilder- 15 ness area. 16 (d) ADJACENT MANAGEMENT.— 17 (1) NO PROTECTIVE PERIMETERS OR BUFFER 18 ZONES.—The designations in this section shall not 19 create a protective perimeter or buffer zone around 20 any wilderness area. 21 (2) NONCONFORMING USES PERMITTED OUT- 22 SIDE OF BOUNDARIES OF WILDERNESS AREAS.—Any 23 activity or use outside of the boundary of any wilder- 24 ness area designated under this section shall be per- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:23 Mar 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H999.IH H999 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 999 IH mitted even if the activity or use would be seen or 1 heard within the boundary of the wilderness area. 2 (e) FIRE, INSECTS, AND DISEASES.—The Secretary 3 may take such measures as are necessary to control fire, 4 insects, and diseases, in the wilderness areas designated 5 by this section, in accordance with section 4(d)(1) of the 6 Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(1)) and subject to 7 such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines to 8 be appropriate. 9 SEC. 3. WILD AND SCENIC RIVER DESIGNATIONS. 10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(a) of the National Wild 11 and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended 12 by adding at the end the following: 13 ‘‘(231) ELWHA RIVER, WASHINGTON.—The ap- 14 proximately 29.0-mile segment of the Elwha River 15 and tributaries from the source to Cat Creek, to be 16 administered by the Secretary of the Interior as a 17 wild river. 18 ‘‘(232) DUNGENESS RIVER, WASHINGTON.— 19 The segment of the Dungeness River from the head- 20 waters to the State of Washington Department of 21 Natural Resources land in T. 29 N., R. 4 W., sec. 22 12, to be administered by the Secretary of Agri- 23 culture, except that portions of the river within the 24 boundaries of Olympic National Park shall be ad- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:23 Mar 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H999.IH H999 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 9 •HR 999 IH ministered by the Secretary of the Interior, including 1 the following segments of the mainstem and major 2 tributary the Gray Wolf River, in the following class- 3 es: 4 ‘‘(A) The approximately 5.8-mile segment 5 of the Dungeness River from the headwaters to 6 the 2870 Bridge, as a wild river. 7 ‘‘(B) The approximately 2.1-mile segment 8 of the Dungeness River from the 2870 Bridge 9 to Silver Creek, as a scenic river. 10 ‘‘(C) The approximately 2.7-mile segment 11 of the Dungeness River from Silver Creek to 12 Sleepy Hollow Creek, as a wild river. 13 ‘‘(D) The approximately 6.3-mile segment 14 of the Dungeness River from Sleepy Hollow 15 Creek to the Olympic National Forest bound- 16 ary, as a scenic river. 17 ‘‘(E) The approximately 1.9-mile segment 18 of the Dungeness River from the National For- 19 est boundary to the State of Washington De- 20 partment of Natural Resources land in T. 29 21 N., R. 4 W., sec. 12, to be administered as a 22 recreational river through a cooperative man- 23 agement agreement between the State of Wash- 24 ington and the Secretary of Agriculture as pro- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:23 Mar 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H999.IH H999 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 10 •HR 999 IH vided in section 10(e) of the Wild and Scenic 1 Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1281(e)). 2 ‘‘(F) The approximately 16.1-mile segment 3 of the Gray Wolf River from the headwaters to 4 the 2870 Bridge, as a wild river. 5 ‘‘(G) The approximately 1.1-mile segment 6 of the Gray Wolf River from the 2870 Bridge 7 to the confluence with the Dungeness River, as 8 a scenic river. 9 ‘‘(233) BIG QUILCENE RIVER, WASHINGTON.— 10 The segment of the Big Quilcene River from the 11 headwaters to the City of Port Townsend water in- 12 take facility, to be administered by the Secretary of 13 Agriculture, in the following classes: 14 ‘‘(A) The approximately 4.4-mile segment 15 from the headwaters to the Buckhorn Wilder- 16 ness boundary, as a wild river. 17 ‘‘(B) The approximately 5.3-mile segment 18 from the Buckhorn Wilderness boundary to the 19 City of Port Townsend water intake facility, as 20 a scenic river. 21 ‘‘(C) Section 7(a), with respect to the li- 22 censing of dams, water conduits, reservoirs, 23 powerhouses, transmission lines, or other 24 project works, shall apply to the approximately 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:23 Mar 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H999.IH H999 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 11 •HR 999 IH 5-mile segment from the City of Port Townsend 1 water intake facility to the Olympic National 2 Forest boundary. 3 ‘‘(234) DOSEWALLIPS RIVER, WASHINGTON.— 4 The segment of the Dosewallips River from the 5 headwaters to the private land in T. 26 N., R. 3 W., 6 sec. 15, to be administered by the Secretary of Agri- 7 culture, except that portions of the river within the 8 boundaries of Olympic National Park shall be ad- 9 ministered by the Secretary of the Interior, in the 10 following classes: 11 ‘‘(A) The approximately 12.9-mile segment 12 from the headwaters to Station Creek, as a wild 13 river. 14 ‘‘(B) The approximately 6.8-mile segment 15 from Station Creek to the private land in T. 26 16 N., R. 3 W., sec. 15, as a scenic river. 17 ‘‘(235) DUCKABUSH RIVER, WASHINGTON.— 18 The segment of the Duckabush River from the head- 19 waters to the private land in T. 25 N., R. 3 W., sec. 20 1, to be administered by the Secretary of Agri- 21 culture, except that portions of the river within the 22 boundaries of Olympic National Park shall be ad- 23 ministered by the Secretary of the Interior, in the 24 following classes: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:23 Mar 09, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H999.IH H999 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 12 •HR 999 IH ‘‘(A) The approximately 19.0-mile segment 1 from the headwaters to the Brothers Wilderness 2 boundary, as a wild river. 3 ‘‘(B) The approximately 1.9-mile segment 4 from the Brothers Wilderness boundary to the 5 private land in T. 25 N., R. 3 W., sec. 1, as 6 a scenic river. 7 ‘‘(236) HAMMA HAMMA RIVER, WASHINGTON.— 8 The segment of the Hamma Hamma River from the 9 headwaters to the eastern edge of the NW1/4 sec. 10 21, T. 24 N., R. 3 W., to be administered by the 11 Secretary of Agriculture, in the following classes: 12 ‘‘(A) The approximately 3.1-mile segment 13 from the headwaters to the Mt. 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