article: TITLE I--EXPANSION OF CERTAIN WILDERNESS AREAS SEC. 101. PTARMIGAN PEAK WILDERNESS. Section 2(a)(18) of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-77; 16 U.S.C. 1132 note) is amended by inserting after ``January, 1993'' the following: ``; the approximately 2,000 acres of land known as Ute Pass and the approximately 900 acres of land known as Acorn Creek, both located in Summit County, Colorado, and generally depicted on the map entitled `Ptarmigan Peak', numbered ____, and dated ____.''. SEC. 102. RAGGEDS WILDERNESS. Section 102(a)(16) of Public Law 96-560 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 94 Stat. 3267) is amended by inserting after ``November 1980'' the following: ``; and the approximately 1,500 acres of land located in Gunnison County, Colorado, and generally depicted on the map entitled `Raggeds', numbered ____, and dated ____''. SEC. 103. HUNTER-FRYINGPAN WILDERNESS. Section 2(e) of the Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; 92 Stat. 41) is amended by inserting after ``Area-- Proposed'' the following: ``; the approximately 3,000 acres of land known as North Independence A and the approximately 1,100 acres of land known as Hunter both located in Pitkin County, Colorado, and generally depicted on the map entitled `Hunter-Fryingpan', numbered ____, and dated ____''. TITLE II--RED TABLE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS SEC. 201. RED TABLE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS. (a) Red Table Mountain Wilderness.--In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act, the approximately 50,000 acres of land located in Eagle County, Colorado, and generally depicted on the map entitled ``Red Table'', numbered ____, and dated ____'' are hereby designated as wilderness and therefore as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Such component shall be known as ``Red Table Mountain Wilderness''. (b) Management.--Subject to valid existing rights, land designated as wilderness by this title shall be managed by the Secretary, as appropriate, in accordance with this title and-- (1) the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that, with respect to any wilderness areas designated by this title, 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 the enactment of this title; (2) the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and (3) other applicable law. (c) Water Infrastructure.--Nothing in this title (including the provisions related to establishment or management of the Red Table Mountain Wilderness Area) shall affect, impede, interfere with, or diminish the operation, existence, access, maintenance, improvement, or construction of water facilities and infrastructure, rights-of-way, or other water-related property, interests, and uses, (including the use of motorized vehicles and equipment existing or located on lands within the Red Table Mountain Wilderness Area). (d) High Voltage Transmission Electricity Lines or Electrical Power Lines.--The Secretary shall allow for maintenance of rights-of-ways and access roads located within the Red Table Mountain Wilderness Area to the extent necessary to operate a transmission line or electrical power line in a manner that avoids negative impacts on public safety and allows for compliance with State and/or Federal safety requirements. Such maintenance may include vegetation management, road maintenance, ground stabilization, and motorized vehicle access. (e) Withdrawals.--Subject to valid existing rights, all Federal lands within the Red Table Mountain Wilderness Area are withdrawn from-- (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) the operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws, and all amendments thereto. (f) Aerial Navigation Training Exercises.-- (1) In general.--The Colorado Army National Guard, through the High Altitude ARNG Aviation Training Site, shall continue to be allowed to conduct aerial navigation training maneuver exercises over and upon the lands within the Red Table Mountain Wilderness Area in a manner consistent with the memorandum of understanding dated August 4, 1987, (or a subsequent memorandum of understanding entered into by all of the same parties), among the Colorado Army National Guard, the Bureau of Land Management, and the United States Forest Service as interpreted and implemented prior to the date of the enactment of this title. (2) Review and modification of memorandum of understanding.--The memorandum of understanding referred to in paragraph (1) may be modified subject to the agreement of all parties thereto. The parties to the memorandum of understanding shall review the memorandum and associated annual operating plan not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this title, and annually thereafter while the memorandum of understanding is in effect. The review shall include consideration of alternative locations over National Forest System lands and lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management outside of the Red Table Mountain Wilderness Area for the conduct of activities identified in the memorandum. If the Colorado Army National Guard identifies such an alternate location outside of the Red Table Mountain Wilderness Area that meets its aerial training needs, the memorandum of understanding shall be modified accordingly, subject to the agreement of all parties thereto. (g) Hunting and Fishing.--Nothing in this title shall affect the authority of the Colorado Division of Wildlife to regulate hunting or fishing in the Red Table Mountain Wilderness Area. (h) Grazing.-- (1) In general.--Except as provided by paragraph (2), the Secretary shall issue and administer any grazing leases or permits in the Red Table Mountain Wilderness Area in accordance with the same laws (including regulations) and Executive orders followed by the Secretary in issuing and administering grazing leases and permits on other land under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service. (2) Grazing in wilderness area.--Grazing of livestock in the Red Table Mountain Wilderness Area on lands that are under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)), in accordance with the guidelines set forth under the heading ``Grazing in National Forest Wilderness'' in House Report 96-617 of the 96th Congress. (i) No Buffer Zones.--Congress does not intend for the establishment of the Red Table Mountain Wilderness Area to lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around the Red Table Mountain Wilderness Area. The fact that there may be activities or uses on lands outside the Red Table Mountain Wilderness Area that would not be allowed in the Red Table Mountain Wilderness Area shall not preclude such activities or uses on such lands up to the boundary of the Red Table Mountain Wilderness Area consistent with other applicable laws. SEC. 202. WATER RIGHTS. (a) Findings.--Congress finds as follows: (1) The lands designated as wilderness by this title 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 or other values of such lands. (2) The lands designated as wilderness by this title includes several water resource facilities which provide for important water storage and transmission of water for the benefit of private owners of decreed water rights and the Town of Gypsum. (3) It is possible to provide for proper management and protection of the wilderness and other values of such lands in ways different from those used in other legislation designating as wilderness lands not sharing the attributes of the lands designated as wilderness by this title. (b) Statutory Construction.-- (1) Nothing in this title shall constitute or be construed to constitute either an express or implied reservation of any water or water rights with respect to the land designated as wilderness by this title. (2) Nothing in this title shall affect any conditional or absolute water rights in the State of Colorado existing on the date of the enactment of this title. (3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as establishing a precedent with regard to any future wilderness designations. (4) Nothing in this title 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. (c) Prohibition Against Instream Flow Permit Conditions.--The Secretary shall not, as a condition of permit renewal for existing facilities on National Forest System lands, impose bypass or other minimum instream flow requirements within or upstream of the Red Table Mountain Wilderness Area. SEC. 203. MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS. (a) In General.--As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this title, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a copy of the maps referred to in section 201 and legal descriptions of the land designated as wilderness by this title. The Secretary shall reflect, as necessary, the boundaries referred to in subsection (e) on the maps and legal descriptions submitted under this subsection. (b) Force and Effect.--The maps and legal descriptions shall have the same force and effect as if included in this title, except that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in the Map and the legal descriptions. (c) Public Availability.--Copies of the maps and the legal descriptions shall be on file and available for public inspection in-- (1) the office of the Chief of the Forest Service; and (2) the office of the White River National Forest in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. (d) Map Controlling.--In the case of a discrepancy between the maps and the legal descriptions, the maps shall control. (e) Areas Not Included in Red Table Mountain Wilderness.-- Notwithstanding the Map, or any other provision of this title, the following areas shall not be included in the Red Table Mountain Wilderness Area: (1) Any FAA site, parking area, or appurtenant access roads, power lines, facility or equipment, including an area 25 yards surrounding any such site, facility, area, or equipment. (2) The Town of Gypsum's Mosher intake facility, and any pipes or related facilities, including an area at least 200 linear feet upstream of the present facilities and 25 yards surrounding the facility and any related pipes or facilities. (3) The LEDE Ditch and Pipeline, and an access road for the LEDE Reservoir, including an area 25 yards surrounding any such ditch, pipeline or road. (4) The Eye Lake Reservoir and Eye Lake Supply Ditch, any related facilities in existence now or developed in the future designed to develop decreed water rights, including an area 25 yards surrounding any such reservoir, ditch or facilities, unless the White River National Forest and the Town of Gypsum certify to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Resources Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that the decreed diversion points for the above decreed water rights have been moved to the LEDE Reservoir, and any necessary permits or actions have been taken, thereby removing the need to utilize the Eye Lake Reservoir and Eye Lake Ditch. (5) Red Creek Road (FDR 425), Red Table Road (FDR 514), Muckey Lake Road (FDR 425.1B), and Antones Creek Road (FKR 457), including an area 10 yards to either side of the roads. (6) FDR 464, FDR 433, and FDR 431, including an area 10 yards to either side of the roads. (7) White Creek Trail (FDT 1862), Sundell Trail (FDT 1863), Sourdough Lake Trail (FDT 1863.1A), Muckey Lake Trail (FDT 1863.2B), Mount Thomas Trail (FDT 1870), Antones Trail (FDT 1871), and Antones Lakes Trail (FDT 1871.1C), including an area 10 yards to either side of the trails.
summary: Amends the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993, Public Law 96-560 (designating certain National Forest System lands in the State of Colorado for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System), and the American Wilderness Act of 1978 to designate specified lands in Acorn Creek, Gunnison, and Pitkin Counties, Colorado, as wilderness areas.Designates certain land in Eagle County, Colorado, as wilderness, the Red Table Mountain Wilderness Area (the "Area"). Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to allow for the maintenance of rights-of-way and access roads located within the Area in order to operate a transmission line or electrical power line.Withdraws all Federal lands within the Area from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) the operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.Permits continued aerial navigation training exercises by the Colorado Army National Guard in the Area.Declares that Congress does not intend for the establishment of protective perimeters or buffer zones around the Area.States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) constitute a reservation of any water or water rights in lands designated as wilderness; (2) affect any conditional or absolute water rights in Colorado; (3) establish a precedent with regard to future wilderness designations; or (4) affect compacts and decrees apportioning water among and between Colorado and other States.Prohibits the Secretary from making instream flow permit conditions within or upstream of the Area on existing facilities on National Forest System lands.