Public Law 102–584

the Potlatch Corporation has offered to the United States Government an exchange of lands under which Potlatch would receive approximately 17,625 acres of scattered tracts of Federal lands in the State of Idaho in return for conveying to the United States lands owned by Potlatch consisting of approximately 40,922 acres of undisturbed bottomland hard wood lands in the State of Arkansas and approximately 1,170 acres of lands with important recreational and fisheries values in the State of Idaho;

the lands in Arkansas that Potlatch has offered to convey to the United States are surrounded by Federal and State lands on the Cache and White Rivers which are designated as a “Wetland of International Importance” under the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (commonly referred to as the “Ramsar Convention”, one of only 10 areas in the United States so designated;

acquisition of these lands by the United States will remove the lands from sustained timber production and other development in the heart of this critical wetland ecosystem;

the lands Potlatch has offered to convey to the United States will qualify for inclusion as a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention;

the lands Potlatch has offered to convey to the United States are outstanding fish and wildlife habitat and should continue to be made available for activities such as public hunting, fishing, trapping, nature observation, enjoyment, and education;

the lands the United States would convey to Potlatch do not contain comparable fish, wildlife, or wetland values;

appraisals of all lands to be conveyed in the exchange have been completed; and

the United States and Potlatch have agreed to the values and boundaries of all lands to be conveyed in the exchange and concur that the lands to be conveyed by Potlatch and the lands to be conveyed by the United States are of equal value.

Transfers between secretary and secretary of agriculture.—

Transfer to secretary.—

Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall transfer to the Secretary for conveyance to Potlatch pursuant to subsection (b), approximately 7,979 acres of lands within the National Forest System in the State of Idaho, as identified upon the map referenced in subparagraph (A).

In general.—

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), within 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall convey to Potlatch, in accordance with the provisions of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd–668ee) and subject to paragraph (2) and any valid existing rights, approximately 17,625 acres of public lands in the State of Idaho identified for transfer to Potlatch on the map referenced in subsection (a)(1)(A) in exchange for lands owned by Potlatch consisting of—

Limitation.—

The Secretary may not convey any lands to Potlatch under this subsection unless title to the lands to be conveyed by Potlatch in exchange is in accordance with the Department of Justice standards for the preparation of title evidence in land acquisitions by the United States,

Maps controlling.—

To ensure the management benefits of consolidating isolated tracts of lands, any conflict between a number of acres of lands referred to in this Act and a depiction of the lands on a map referenced in this Act shall be resolved in favor of the map.

Cancellation.—

Prior to implementation of the exchange required by subsection (b), if Potlatch notifies the Secretary in writing that it no longer intends to complete the exchange, the lands referenced in subsection (a) shall revert to their status as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act, and shall be managed in accordance with applicable management plans.

Final maps.—

Not later than 6 months after the conclusion of the exchange required by subsection (b), the Secretary shall transmit maps accurately depicting the lands transferred and conveyed pursuant to this Act and the acreages and legal descriptions of such lands to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate.

Withdrawal.—

Subject to valid existing rights, the lands depicted for conveyance to Potlatch on the map referenced in subsection (a)(1)(A) are withdrawn from all forms of entry and appropriation under the public land laws (including the mining laws) and from operation of the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws effective upon the date of the enactment of this Act. Such withdrawal shall terminate on the date of completion of the exchange required by subsection (b) or on the date of any notification by Potlatch of a decision not to complete the exchange pursuant to paragraph (2).

Power site reservations.—

The following Executive Orders shall have no effect insofar as they involve the following described lands:

Indemnity List Classification Order.—

Bureau of Land Management Indemnity List Classification Orders on public lands to be conveyed to Potlatch as required by subsection (b) are hereby removed fi*om such classification.

Conveyance documents; before survey.—

Lands to be conveyed by the United States pursuant to subsection (b) on which any boundary is required to be surveyed in order to describe remaining public lands shall be conveyed by an interim conveyance. An interim conveyance under this para graph shall convey to and vest in the recipient the same right, title, and interest in and to such lands as the recipient would

Patents and trademarks

have received in a patent issued pursuant to this Act. Upon completion of the survey, the Secretary shall issue a patent for such lands. The boundaries of such lands shall be those which were defined in and conveyed by the interim conveyance, except that the boundaries shall be corrected and redescribed in the patent, where necessary, as a result of the survey of such lands.

Addition to the system.—

The Secretary shall add the lands conveyed to the United States in Arkansas pursuant to section 3(b), to the Cache River and White River National Wildlife Refuges, as depicted upon the map described in such section. The Secretary shall manage such lands in accordance with the provisions of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd–668ee).

Plan preparation.—

Within 24 months after the completion of the exchange required by section 3(b), the Secretary shall prepare and implement a single refuge management plan for the Cache River and White River Refuges, as expanded by this Act. Such plan shall recognize the important public purposes served by nonconsumptive activities, other recreational activities, and wildlife-related public use, including hunting, fishing, and trapping. The plan shall permit, to the maximum extent practicable, such uses to the extent that they are consistent with sound wildlife management and in accordance with the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd–668ee) and other applicable law. Any regulations promulgated by the Secretary with respect to fishing, hunting, and trapping on those lands shall, to the extent practicable, be consistent with State fish and wildlife laws and regulations. In preparing the management plan and regulations, the Secretary shall consult with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.

Interim use of lands.—

Status.—

Except as provided in section 3(a)(1)(B), the lands referred to in section 3(b)(1)(B) shall be public lands, as defined in section 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and shall be managed in accordance with the provisions of such Act.

Grandmother mountain area.—

Subject to valid existing rights, those Federal and non-Federal lands within the Grandmother Mountain Wilderness Study Area which are transferred to the jurisdiction of the Forest Service pursuant to section 3(b) shall be managed so as to preserve their suit ability for designation as wilderness, pursuant to section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)), until the Congress determines otherwise. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as permitting or prohibiting continued use of motorized vehicles on existing routes within such area at the level of such use as was permitted on August 1,1992.

Plan amendments and environmental analysis.—

Within 24 months after the completion of the exchange under section 3(b), the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare amendments to applicable resource management plans and accompan3dng documents pursuant to section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712), section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604), and section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)) for lands in Idaho conveyed to the United States pursuant to section 3(b).