Volume 100 · 3527
Public Law 99–635
To revise the boundaries of Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest in the State of Washington, and for other purposes.
Approved November 7, 1986
Statutory text
An Act
To revise the boundaries of Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest in the State of Washington, 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.
The boundary of Olympic National Park, Washington, is hereby revised to include within the park—
all submerged lands and waters of Lake Ozette, Washington, and the Ozette River, Washington;
all surveyed and unsurveyed islands lying off the coast of the State of Washington in the Pacific Ocean between latitudes 48 degrees 23 minutes north and 47 degrees 38 minutes north;
those lands between mean high tide and the lowest low
Indians.
Fish and fishing.
tide beginning in section 22, township 24 north, range 13 west Willamette meridian, at the common boundary between the Olympic National Park and the Quinault Indian Reservation, to section 18, township 32 north, range 15 west Willamette meridian, at the common boundary between the Olympic National Park and the Makah Indian Reservation, except those lands directly adjacent to and west of the Hoh, Ozette, and Quillayute Indian Reservations: Provided, That such lands as are identified in this paragraph shall continue to be open to fishing and to the taking of shellfish in conformity with the laws and regulations of the State of Washington; and
approximately nine thousand six hundred and thirty-eight
Public information.
acres, and to exclude from the park approximately three thousand three hundred and fifty-two acres, as generally depicted on the maps entitled “Boundary Modifications, Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park”, numbered 149/60,030A, sheets 1 through 9, and dated September 1986, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior.
The boundary of Olympic National Forest, Washington, is
Public information.
16 USC 251n note.
hereby revised to include in the national forest approximately three thousand three hundred and fifty-two acres and to exclude from the national forest approximately nine thousand three hundred and twenty-four acres, as generally depicted on the maps entitled “Boundary Modifications, Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park”, numbered 149/60,030A, sheets 1 through 10, and dated September 1986, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
Section 3 of the Washington State Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–339, Act of July 3, 1984, 98 Stat. 301) is amended—
by striking subsection (2) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new subsection:
“(2) certain lands in the Olympic National Forest, Washington, which comprise approximately forty-four thousand four hundred and seventy-four acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘Buckhorn Wilderness—Revised’, numbered 98–339–3(2), sheets 1 and 2, and dated September 1986, and which shall be known as the Buckhorn Wilderness;”;
by striking subsection (13) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new subsection:
“(13) certain lands in the Olympic National Forest, Washington, which comprise approximately thirteen thousand and fifteen acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘Mount Skokomish Wilderness—Revised’, numbered 98–339–3(13) and dated September 1986, and which shall be known as the ‘Mount Skokomish Wilderness—Revised’, dated September 1986, and which shall be known as the Mount Skokomish Wilderness;”; and
by striking subsection (19) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new subsection:
“(19) certain lands in the Olympic National Forest, Washington, which comprise approximately sixteen thousand six hundred and eighty-two acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘The Brothers Wilderness—Revised’, numbered 98–339–3(19) and dated September 1986, and which shall be known as ‘The Brothers Wilderness;’.”.
Sec. 2.
Federal lands, waters, and interests therein formerly within the boundary of Olympic National Forest which are included within the boundary of Olympic National Park pursuant to section 1 of this Act are, subject to valid existing rights, hereby transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for administration as part of the park, and shall be subject to all the laws and regulations applicable to the park: Provided further, That within section 15, township 15 north, range 9 west Willamette meridian, and within an area extending not more than one mile north of such section, nothing herein shall be construed to limit or otherwise modify the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to design and construct a forest logging road east of the park boundary: Provided, however, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall not construct the road as close as practically possible to the park boundary but not more them five hundred feet east of the divide. Following construction, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to redescribe and relocate the boundary of the park along the eastern clearing limits of the road.
Federal lands, waters, and interests therein formerly within the boundary of Olympic National Park which are excluded therefrom pursuant to section 1 of this Act are, subject to valid existing rights, hereby transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture for administration as part of Olympic National Forest, and shall be subject to all the laws and regulations applicable to the National Forest System: Provided, That any lands deleted from the park and included within the Buckhorn Wilderness, Mount Skokomish Wilderness, or The Brothers Wilderness pursuant to this Act shall be managed in accordance with the provisions of the Washington State Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public
Gifts and property.
Real property.
Water.
16 USC 251n note.
Law 98–339, Act of July 3, 1984, 98 Stat. 301).
Sec. 3.
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, bequest or otherwise any non-Federal lands, waters, and interests therein included within the boundary of Olympic National Park pursuant to section 1 of this Act: Provided: That any lands, waters, or interests therein owned by the State of Washington or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired only by donation or exchange.
For the purpose of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 903, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 460l–9), the boundary of the Olympic National Forest, as modified pursuant to section 1 of this Act, shall be treated as if it was the boundary of that national forest on January 1, 1965.
Sec. 4.
There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums
Appropriation authorization.
Real property.
Water.
16 USC 251n note.
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, except that the total amounts authorized to be appropriated for the purpose of acquisition of lands, waters, and interests therein pursuant to this Act shall not exceed $1,000,000.
Approved November 7, 1986.