[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR19.3]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
PART 19--WILDERNESS PRESERVATION--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart A--National Wilderness Preservation System
 
Sec. 19.3  Reviews of roadless areas and roadless islands.

    (a) The Secretary is required by section 3(c) of the Wilderness Act 
to review every roadless area of 5,000 contiguous acres or more in each 
unit of the National Park System and every roadless area of 5,000 
contiguous acres or more and every roadless island in the national 
wildlife refuges and game ranges of the National Wildlife Refuge System, 
which was under the supervision of the Secretary on September 3, 1964. 
The Secretary is further required to recommend to the President whether 
each such area and island is suitable or not suitable for preservation 
as wilderness. Reports and recommendations must be submitted by the 
Secretary in time to permit the President to advise the Congress of his 
recommendations thereon:
    (1) Covering not less than one-third of such areas and islands by 
September 3, 1967;
    (2) Covering not less than an additional one-third by not later than 
September 3, 1971; and
    (3) Covering the remainder by not later than September 3, 1974.
    (b) The primary objective of the Department of the Interior's review 
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roadless areas and roadless islands pursuant to section 3(c) of the 
Wilderness Act and the regulations of this part shall be to identify and 
recommend for preservation as wilderness, by inclusion in the National 
Wilderness Preservation System, those areas which, after consideration 
of all relevant factors, it is concluded will achieve the policy of the 
Congress, as expressed in section 2(a) of the Wilderness Act.
    (c) Nothing in the sections of this part shall, by implication or 
otherwise, be construed to lessen the authority of the Secretary with 
respect to the maintenance of roadless areas within units of the 
National Park System or the maintenance of roadless areas and islands 
within units of the National Wildlife Refuge System.