A bill to designate the Boundary Waters Wilderness, to establish the Boundary Waters National Recreation Area.

Summary

Title I: Boundary Waters Wilderness Area - Redesignates the Boundary Water Canoe Area in Superior National Forest, Minnesota, as the Boundary Water Wilderness Area. Title II: Boundary Waters National Recreation Area - Establishes the Boundary Waters National Recreation Area, Minnesota. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to administer the Area in cooperation with the State of Minnesota. Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, to develop a program to compensate persons who suffer loss of business, loss of property or other associated losses as a result of enactment of this Act. Title III: Effect on Other Laws and Authorities - States that any treaty and specified laws shall continue to apply to lands and waters which are included in the recreation area and the wilderness area. Preserves specified airspace reservation over Superior National Forest. Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and Transportation to undertake a study of the Safety, noise impact, and cost factors associated with such air space reservation. Sets forth the procedure for the validation of mining claims within the boundaries of the wilderness or national recreation area.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 3 August 1977

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