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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 16, folder \"1974/12/26 HR11013 Farallon\nWilderness and Point Keyes National Seashore\" of the White House Records Office:\nLegislation Case Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald R. Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nExact duplicates within this folder were not digitized.\nfrom Box 16 of the White House Records Office Legislation Case Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nAPPROVED DEC\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nACTION\nWASHINGTON\nLast Day: December 27\nPosterado\nDecember 23, 1974\n12/26\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nTHE PRESIDENT\nJo archive 12/30\nFROM:\nKEN COLE\nSUBJECT:\nEnrolled Bill H.R. 11013 - Farallon\nWilderness and Point Reyes National\nSeashore\nAttached for your consideration is H.R. 11013, sponsored by\nRepresentative Burton, which designates certain lands in\nthe Farallon National Wildlife Refuge in California as\nwilderness and adds approximately 499 acres to the existing\nPoint Reyes National Seashore in California.\nOMB recommends approval and provides you with additional\nbackground information in its enrolled bill report (Tab A).\nMax Friedersdorf and Phil Areeda both recommend approval.\nRECOMMENDATION\nThat you sign H.R. 11013 (Tab B).\nBERAL - FORD LIBRARY\nAPPROVED DEC 26 STATE UNITED\nPRESIDENT\nEXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT\nOFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20503\nDEC 2 0 1974\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT\nSubject: Enrolled Bill H.R. 11013 - Farallon Wilderness;\nand, Point Reyes National Seashore\nSponsor - Rep. Burton (D) California\nLast Day for Action\nDecember 27, 1974 - Friday\nPurpose\nDesignates certain lands in the Farallon National Wildlife\nRefuge as wilderness; and adds certain lands to the Point\nReyes National Seashore.\nAgency Recommendations\nOffice of Management and Budget\nApproval\nDepartment of the Interior\nApproval\nDepartment of the Army\nNo objection\nDepartment of Commerce\nNo objection\nDepartment of Transportation\nNo objection\nCouncil on Environmental Quality\nNo objection\nDepartment of Agriculture\nDefers to Interior\nFederal Energy Administration\nDefers to Interior\n(informally)\nDiscussion\nTitle I --- Farallon Wilderness\nUnder the Wilderness Act, Agriculture and Interior are\nrequired to make recommendations to the President for\nadditions to the National Wilderness Preservation System,\n2\nand the President is required to submit these, along with\nhis own recommendations, to the Congress. To qualify for\nwilderness designation, an area must generally be undeveloped\nFederal land retaining its primeval character and influence,\nwithout permanent improvements or human habitation, which is\nprotected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions.\nTitle I of the enrolled bill, which is essentially identical\nin substance to a proposal that was transmitted to Congress\nby the Nixon Administration, would establish the Farallon\nWilderness comprising an area of about 141 acres within the\nFarallon National Wildlife Refuge. The 211 acre refuge\nconsists of four rugged and picturesque island groups\nextending over about seven miles of the Pacific Ocean, some\n30 miles off shore from San Francisco, California. The\nislands host up to 200,000 nesting birds each summer and they\nsupport the largest colony of cormorants on the entire\nPacific coast, outside Alaska. The only part of the refuge\nthat would be excluded from the wilderness area is Southeast\nFarallon Island which has a lighthouse and related facilities\nthat are used by U. S. Coast Guard on a year round basis.\nTitle II -- Point Reyes National Seashore Addition\nTitle II of H.R. 11013 would add two tracts of land which\napproximate 449 acres to the existing Point Reyes National\nSeashore (presently totals 64,850 acres). The estimated\ncost of acquiring these lands is $1,090,500 although this\nwould be accommodated within the current authorization ceiling\nof $57,500,000.\nIn reporting on title II to the Congress, Interior stated\nthat this land acquisition was not a matter of priority and\nthat such an expenditure could not be justified. In this\nregard, the Department noted that the source of such land\nacquisition funds, the Land and Water Conservation Fund, was\nalready subject to substantial and more meritorious land\nacquisition claims.\nHowever, in its report on H.R. 11013, the Senate Interior\nCommittee stated that the additional land acquisition was\nnecessary (1) to protect the natural esthetic setting of the\nseashore and (2) for construction and maintenance of a\nvisitor's center.\n3\nIn its views letter on the enrolled bill, Interior notes\nwith respect to title II that:\n\"\nHaving spent a good deal of money to\nacquire the existing land, the additional\nexpenditure needed is not excessive to complete\nand assure the scenic beauty of the area, in\nview of the purpose of the Seashore to preserve\nthe land in its wild state. Therefore, we\nrecommend Presidential approval of the bill.\"\nAlthough we continue to question the priority of adding these\ntwo tracts to the seashore, we do not believe that the bill\nwarrants veto. We make this recommendation largely on the\nbasis that (1) the additional acquisition costs can be\naccommodated within the present authorization ceiling and\n(2) title I would establish a wilderness area that has been\nproposed by the Administration.\nRomeral\nAssistant Director for\nLegislative Reference\nEnclosures\nPRESIDENT\nEXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT\nOFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET\n12-20-74 STATE\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20503\nDEC 2 0 1974\n1:00\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT\nSubject: Enrolled Bill H.R. 11013 - Farallon Wilderness;\nand, Point Reyes National Seashore\nSponsor - Rep. Burton (D) California\nLast Day for Action\nDecember 27, 1974 - Friday\nPurpose\nDesignates certain lands in the Farallon National Wildlife\nRefuge as wilderness; and adds certain lands to the Point\nReyes National Seashore.\nAgency Recommendations\nOffice of Management and Budget\nApproval\nDepartment of the Interior\nApproval\nDepartment of the Army\nNo objection\nDepartment of Commerce\nNo objection\nDepartment of Transportation\nNo objection\nCouncil on Environmental Quality\nNo objection\nDepartment of Agriculture\nDefers to Interior\nFederal Energy Administration\nDefers to Interior\n(informally)\nDiscussion\nTitle I -- Farallon Wilderness\nUnder the Wilderness Act, Agriculture and Interior are\nrequired to make recommendations to the President for\nadditions to the National Wilderness Preservation System,\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nACTION MEMORANDUM\nWASHINGTON\nLOG NO.: 811\nDate: December 20, 1974\nTime: 9:30 pm\nok\nFOR ACTION: Mike Duval\nPhil Areeda\nok\ncc (for information): Warren Hendriks\nok\nJerry Jones\nMax Friedersdorf\nFROM THE STAFF SECRETARY\nDUE: Date: Monday, December 23\nTime: noon\nSUBJECT:\nEnrolled Bill H.R. 11013 Farallon Wilderness\nand Point Reyes National Seashore\nACTION REQUESTED:\nFor Necessary Action\nX For Your Recommendations\nPrepare Agenda and Brief\nDraft Reply\nX\nFor Your Comments\nDraft Remarks\nREMARKS:\nPlease return to Judy Johnston, Ground Floor West Wing\nPLEASE ATTACH THIS COPY TO MATERIAL SUBMITTED.\nIf you have any questions or if you anticipate a\ndelay in submitting the required material, please\nK.R. COLE, JR.\ntelephone the Staff Secretary immediately.\nFor the President\nOF THE ENTERIOR S\nUnited States Department of the Interior\nOFFICE OF THE SECRETARY\nADVANCE\nMarch\n3,\n1949\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20240\nDear Mr. Ash:\nThis responds to your request for the views of this Department on enrolled\nbill H.R. 11013, \"To designate certain lands in the Farallon National\nWildlife Refuge, California, as wilderness; to add certain lands to the\nPoint Reyes National Seashore; and for other purposes\".\nWe recommend that the President approve the enrolled bill.\nH.R. 11013 would designate 141 acres of the Farallon National Wildlife\nRefuge, California, as wilderness, to be administered by the Secretary\nof the Interior as the Farallon Wilderness. The second title of the bill\nwould add approximately 448 acres to the Point Reyes National Seashore.\nThe Point Reyes Act of 1962, which created the Point Reyes National\nSeashore did not, because of a surveying error, include 167 acres of land,\npredominantly privately held, which sits atop Inverness Ridge overlooking\nthe Seashore. This land is now facing residential development pressure.\nThe property is needed to preserve visual integrity of the area, to assure\nan unbroken natural ridgeline overlooking the Seashore and to avoid marring\nthe scenic beauty, by allowing the encroachment of development on a highly\nvisible section of the Seashore.\nThe other 281 acres, added by the Senate to the House version of the bill,\nprovides an area across Bear Valley Road from the Seashore Headquarters\nfor public parking and shuttle transportation into the Seashore, as well\nas containing several fault features of significance for study of the\nSan Andreas fault. This acreage is now available for purchase from the\nfamily owning the land, which has previously refused to sell the land.\nAdditionally, the acreage will provide a scenic buffer zone across from\nthe Seashore Headquarters, necessary due to gradual commercial develop-\nment of the area.\nCONSERVE\nAMERICA'S\nENERGY\nSave Energy and You Serve America!\nThe land may be acquired under the original funding authorization of the\nPoint Reyes Act. Though the acreage is expected to cost approximately\n$1,090,500, no additional authorization is necessary since the previous\nfunding for the acquisition of the Seashore will still adequately cover\nthis addition. Having spent a good deal of money to acquire the exist-\ning land, the additional expenditure needed is not excessive to complete\nand assure the scenic beauty of the area, in view of the purpose of the\nSeashore to preserve the land in its wild state. Therefore, we recommend\nPresidential approval of the bill.\nSincerely yours,\nSecretary of the Interior\nHonorable Roy L. Ash\nDirector\nOffice of Management and Budget\nWashington, D. C. 20503\nDEBAT IMENT OF OFFINE\nDEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20310\n(NITED STATES OF AMERICA\n1 8 DEC 1974\nHonorable Roy L. Ash\nDirector\nOffice of Management and Budget\nDear-Mr. Ash:\nThis is in reply to your request for the views of the Department of the\nArmy on enrolled enactment H.R. 11013, 93d Congress, \"To designate\ncertain lands in the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, California, as\nwilderness; to add certain lands to the Point Reyes National Seashore;\nand for other purposes.\"\nThe Department of the Army has no objection to the approval of the\nenrolled enactment.\nSection 101 of the enrolled enactment designates 141 acres of the\n211-acre Farallon National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. This area\nconsists of four rugged rock island groups extending over seven miles\nof the Pacific Ocean, 28 miles offshore from San Francisco, California.\nThis section represents congressional approval of the President's\nrecommendations dated April 28, 1971, for the designation of this area\nas a part of the National Wilderness System.\nSection 201 of the enrolled enactment amends Section 2(a) of the Act\nof September 13, 1962 for the purpose of readjusting the boundaries of\nPoint Reyes National Seashore, California, by adding an additional\n450 acres which were inadvertently excluded from the National Seashore\nthrough an error in its survey.\nSincerely,\nHerman R Standt\nHerman R. Staudt\nActing Secretary of the Army\nDEPARTMENT OF\nGENERAL COUNSEL OF THE\nDEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nWashington, D.C. 20230\nDEC 1 8 1974\nHonorable Roy L. Ash\nDirector, Office of Management\nand Budget\nWashington, D. C. 20503\nAttention: Assistant Director for Legislative Reference\nDear Mr. Ash:\nThis is in reply to your request for the views of this Department\nconcerning H.R. 11013, an enrolled enactment\n\"To designate certain lands in the Farallon National\nWildlife Refuge, California, as wilderness; to add\ncertain lands to the Point Reyes National Seashore;\nand for other purposes. 11\nThis Department would have no objection to approval by the\nPresident of H.R. 11013.\nEnactment of this legislation will not involve the expenditure of\nany funds by this Department.\nSincerely,\nKarl E. Bakke\nGeneral Counsel\n4020 is DELIV\nOF\nDEPARTMENT\nDEPARTATION\nOFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION\n*\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20590\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nDEC 18 1974\nHonorable Roy L. Ash\nDirector\nOffice of Management and Budget\nWashington, D. C. 20503\nDear Mr. Ash:\nThis is in response to your request for this Department's\ncomments on enrolled bill H. R. 11013,\n\"To designate certain lands in the Farallon National\nWildlife Refuge, California, as wilderness; to add\ncertain lands to the Point Reyes National Seashore; and\nfor other purposes.\"\nThis enrolled bill has been reviewed in light of the programs\nand policies of the Department of Transportation, and we have\nno objection to its enactment.\nSincerely,\nRad Egt\nRodney E. Eyster\nGeneral Counsel\nDEC\nBECEINED\nEXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT\nCOUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY\n722 JACKSON PLACE, N. W.\nWASHINGTON, D. C. 20006\nDEC 17 1974\nMEMORANDUM FOR W. H. ROMMEL\nOFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET\nATTN:\nMrs. Mohr\nSUBJECT: Enrolled Bill, H.R. 11013, \"To designate certain\nlands in the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge,\nCalifornia, as wilderness; to add certain lands\nto the Point Reyes National Seashore; and for\nother purposes.\"\nThis is in response to your request of December 13, for\nour views on the subject enrolled bill.\nThe Council has no objection to the approval and enactment\nof this bill.\nHangwidm Gary Widman\nGeneral Counsel\nM DEC bW 4:31\nBECEIVED\nINSURANCE DEPARTMENT OF DEPARTMENT COMMISSION\nDEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE\nOFFICE OF THE SECRETARY\nWASHINGTON, D. C. 20250\nDecember 19, 1974\nHonorable Roy L. Ash\nDirector, Office of Management\nand Budget\nDear Mr. Ash:\nIn reply to the request from your office, the following report is submitted\non the enrolled enactment H.R. 11013, \"To designate certain lands in the\nFarallon National Wildlife Refuge, California, as wilderness; to add certain\nlands to the Point Reyes National Seashore; and for other purposes.\"\nThe Department of Agriculture defers to the Department of the Interior for\na recommendation on whether the President should approve this enactment,\nbecause the enactment does not affect lands or programs administered by\nthis Department.\nTitle I of the enactment would designate about 141 acres of the Farallon\nNational Wildlife Refuge, on an island off the coast of California, as\nwilderness to be known as the Farallon Wilderness and to be administered by\nthe Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the applicable provisions\nof the Wilderness Act.\nTitle II would add certain lands to the Point Reyes National Seashore on\nthe Point Reyes Peninsula, Marin County, California, by amending subsection\n(a) of section 2 of the Act of September 13, 1962 (76 Stat. 538). The\nSecretary of the Interior would publish the amended description of the\nboundaries of the Point Reyes National Seashore in the Federal Register and\ntake other action to publicly announce and record the amended description\nof boundaries as required by the second sentence of subsection (b) of\nsection 4 of the Act of September 13, 1962, as amended.\nSincerely,\nCampbell\nUnder Secretary\nOF THE INTERIOR THE INTERIOR\nUnited States Department of the Interior\nOFFICE OF THE SECRETARY\nMarch\n1849\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20240\nDEC 1 9 1974\nDear Mr. Ash:\nThis responds to your request for the views of this Department on enrolled\nbill H.R. 11013, \"To designate certain lands in the Farallon National\nWildlife Refuge, California, as wilderness; to add certain lands to the\nPoint Reyes National Seashore; and for other purposes\".\nWe recommend that the President approve the enrolled bill.\nH.R. 11013 would designate 141 acres of the Farallon National Wildlife\nRefuge, California, as wilderness, to be administered by the Secretary\nof the Interior as the Farallon Wilderness. The second title of the bill\nwould add approximately 448 acres to the Point Reyes National Seashore.\nThe Point Reyes Act of 1962, which created the Point Reyes National\nSeashore did not, because of a surveying error, include 167 acres of land,\npredominantly privately held, which sits atop Inverness Ridge overlooking\nthe Seashore. This land is now facing residential development pressure.\nThe property is needed to preserve visual integrity of the area, to assure\nan unbroken natural ridgeline overlooking the Seashore and to avoid marring\nthe scenic beauty, by allowing the encroachment of development on a highly\nvisible section of the Seashore.\nThe other 281 acres, added by the Senate to the House version of the bill,\nprovides an area across Bear Valley Road from the Seashore Headquarters\nfor public parking and shuttle transportation into the Seashore, as well\nas containing several fault features of significance for study of the\nSan Andreas fault. This acreage is now available for purchase from the\nfamily owning the land, which has previously refused to sell the land.\nAdditionally, the acreage will provide a scenic buffer zone across from\nthe Seashore Headquarters, necessary due to gradual commercial develop-\nment of the area.\nCONSERVE\nAMERICA'S\nENERGY\nSave Energy and You Serve America!\nThe land may be acquired under the original funding authorization of the\nPoint Reyes Act. Though the acreage is expected to cost approximately\n$1,090,500, no additional authorization is necessary since the previous\nfunding for the acquisition of the Seashore will still adequately cover\nthis addition. Having spent a good deal of money to acquire the exist-\ning land, the additional expenditure needed is not excessive to complete\nand assure the scenic beauty of the area, in view of the purpose of the\nSeashore to preserve the land in its wild state. Therefore, we recommend\nPresidential approval of the bill.\nSincerely yours,\nCurtis Bohlen\nActing Assistant Secretary of the Interior\nHonorable Roy L. Ash\nDirector\nOffice of Management and Budget\nWashington, D. C. 20503\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nACTION MEMORANDUM\nWASHINGTON,\nLOG NO.: 811\nDate: December 20, 1974\nTime: 9:30 pm\nFOR ACTION: Mike Duval\nCC (for information): Warren Hendriks\nPhil Areeda\nJerry Jones\nMax Friedersdorf\nFROM THE STAFF SECRETARY\nDUE: Date: Monday, December 23\nTime: noon\nSUBJECT:\nEnrolled Bill H.R. 11013 - Farallon Wilderness\nand Point Reyes National Seashore\nACTION REQUESTED:\nFor Necessary Action\nX\nFor Your Recommendations\nPrepare Agenda and Brief\nDraft Reply\nX\nFor Your Comments\nDraft Remarks\nREMARKS:\nPlease return to Judy Johnston, Ground Floor West Wing\nOK mhe Deral\nBe sure Congressional notification\nare done Cy Max.\nPLEASE ATTACH THIS COPY TO MATERIAL SUBMITTED.\nIf you have any questions or if you anticipate a\ndelay in submitting the required material, please\nWarren ,Ka Hendriks\ntelephone the Staff Secretary immediately.\nFor the President\n729\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nACTION MEMORANDUM\nWASHINGTON\nLOG NO.: 811\nDate: December 20, 1974\nTime: 9:30 pm\nFOR ACTION: Mike Duval\ncc (for information) : Warren Hendriks\nPhil Areeda\nJerry Jones\nMax Friedersdorf\nFROM THE STAFF SECRETARY\nDUE: Date: Monday, December 23\nTime: noon\nSUBJECT:\nEnrolled Bill H.R. 11013 - Farallon Wilderness\nand Point Reyes National Seashore\nACTION REQUESTED:\nFor Necessary Action\nX\nFor Your Recommendations\nPrepare Agenda and Brief\nDraft Reply\nX\nFor Your Comments\nDraft Remarks\nREMARKS:\nPlease return to Judy Johnston, Ground Floor West Wing\n3\n12/23\nSERVICE R. FORD TIBRARY\nPLEASE ATTACH THIS COPY TO MATERIAL SUBMITTED.\nIf you have any questions or if you anticipate a\ndelay in submitting the required material, plèase\nWarren K. Hendriks\ntelephone the Staff Secretary immediately.\nFor the President\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nDecember 23, 1974\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nWARREN HENDRIKS\nFROM:\nMAX L. FRIEDERSDORF\nmf\nSUBJECT:\nAction Memorandum - Log No. 811\nEnrolled Bill H.R. 11013 - Farallon Wilderness\nand Point Reyes National Seashore\nThe Office of Legislative Affairs concurs in the attached proposal\nand has no additional recommendations.\nAttachment\n93D CONGRESS\nHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\nREPORT\n2d Session\nNo. 93-968\nDESIGNATING CERTAIN LANDS IN THE FARALLON\nNATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, SAN FRANCISCO\nCOUNTY, CALIF., AS WILDERNESS\nAPRIL 3, 1974.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the\nState of the Union and ordered to be printed\nMr. HALEY, from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs,\nsubmitted the following\nREPORT\n[To accompany H.R. 11013]\nThe Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, to whom was re-\nferred the bill (H.R. 11013) to designate certain lands in the Farallon\nNational Wildlife Refuge, San Francisco County, Calif., as wilderness,\nhaving considered the same, report favorably thereon with amend-\nments and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.\nThe amendments are as follows:\nPage 1, between lines 2 and 3, insert \"Title I\".\nPage 1, at the beginning of line 3, insert \"Sec. 101.\", strike out\n\"That, in\" and insert in lieu thereof \"In\".\nPage 2, line 3, strike out \"Sec. 2.\" and insert in lieu thereof \"Sec.\n102.\".\nPage 2, following line 6, insert the following new text:\nTITLE II\nSEC. 201. Section 2 of the Act of September 13, 1962 (76\nStat. 538), as amended (16 U.S.C. 459C-1) is further\namended by including the following new subsection (c) :\n(c) The Point Reyes National Seashore shall include, in\naddition to those lands hereinbefore described, such lands\nas are depicted on the map entitled 'Planning Map, Point\nReyes National Seashore, Marin County, California', num-\nbered 8530/30006A and dated February 1974, to which a legal\ndescription of such lands shall be attached. For the purposes\nof this subsection, there are authorized to be appropriated\nfor the acquisition of lands such sums as may be necessary,\nbut not to exceed $200,000.\"\n99-006\n3\n2\nAmend the title SO as to read\nGeologically, the Farallon Islands are a granitic formation of a\ndecomposing crystalline type. There are some pockets of shallow soil,\nTo designate certain lands in the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, Califor-\nparticularly on the less vertical portions of Southeast Farallon. No\nnia, as wilderness; to add certain lands to the Point Reyes National Seashore,\nand for other purposes.\nsignificant mineral deposits are known to exist on any of the islands.\nPURPOSE\nThe climate is characterized by frequent strong winds and dense\nfog. Rainfall occurs mainly during winter, with summer moisture\nThe purpose of H.R. 11013, as amended, is to designate certain lands\nusually limited to damp fogs. Annual precipitation is approximately\nlocated within the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness\n10 inches.\nand to add approximately 168 acres to the existing Point Reyes Na-\nVegetation is sparce. Farallon weed, a plant indigenous to the\ntional Seashore.\nislands, predominates. Fourteen other native plants, 68 marine algae,\nH.R. 11013 was introduced by Mr. Burton. An identical proposal,\nand six lichens have been identified on Southeast Farallon and most\nH.R. 4252 was introduced by Mr. Mailliard. A similar proposal is\nof these occur on certain of the other islands as well.\ncontained in H.R. 5422 and H.R. 5474-omnibus wilderness bills in-\nThe refuge preserves the natural condition of the islands and pro-\ntroduced by Mr. Melcher and Mr. Saylor.\nvides protection to some 200,000 nesting sea birds of 11 species. There\nare no active habitat management programs on the islands. The cor-\nTITLE I-FARALLON WILDERNESS\nmorant colony complex is the largest on the Pacific Coast outside\nAlaska. Also present are the Cassin's auklet, western gull, ashy petrel,\nEXPLANATION AND NEED\ncommon murre, tufted puffin, and black oystercatcher. The California\nand Stellar sea lions haul out on these rocks.\nThe Wilderness Act of September 3, 1964 (78 Stat. 890), directed\nAccess to the islands is limited to protect bird colonies, but boat\nthe Secretary of Agriculture to review, within ten years, areas within\ntours around the refuge are sponsored by the San Francisco Bay area\nthe National Forest System to determine their suitability for preserva-\nchapter of the National Audubon Society for birdwatching.\ntion as wilderness. The Secretary of the Interior was directed to re-\nThe Committee endorses the designation of this portion of the Faral-\nview areas within national parks, national monuments, wildlife\nlons National Wildlife Refuge for addition to the wilderness system\nrefuges and game ranges for the same purpose. Upon finding favor-\nand recommends enactment of H.R. 11013 as amended.\nable to wilderness designation, the respective Departments were di-\nrected to submit their recommendations to the President in order that\nTITLE II-POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE ADDITION\nhe might advise the Congress of his recommendations regarding these\nareas. Any such recommendation of the President for designation of an\nDuring the deliberations on this legislation by the Committee on\narea as wilderness becomes effective only if SO provided by an act of\nInterior and Insular Affairs mention was made of the fact that a sur-\nCongress.\nveying error had apparently been made in the original boundaries\nThe above outlined procedure was followed in the case of the Faral-\nof the Point Reyes National Seashore. To Correct this mistake, the\nlon proposal. The Presidential recommendation is dated April 28,\nCommittee agreed to an amendment making this minor (167.83A)\n1971, and it, together with the accompanying explanation and justifica-\nboundary adjustment. Prompt action is considered necessary in order\ntion, is contained in House Document 92-102, Part 10.\nto avoid, to the extent possible, any further development on the lands\nThis proposed wilderness contains 141 acres of the existing 211 acre\nin question.\nFarallon National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge consists of the emerged\nBy way of background, it should be noted that the legislative his-\nland of four rugged and picturesque island groups above mean high\ntory of the original Act creating the Point Reyes National Seashore\ntide. It extends over about seven miles of Pacific Ocean, 28 miles off-\nstrongly suggests that the Inverness Ridge, south of Tomales Bay\nshore from San Francisco County, California. The proposal includes\nState Park, should be the boundary for this portion of the seashore.\nall of the islands except the 70-acre southeast Farallon Island which\nThis, it was argued, was essential if the esthetic natural setting of the\nhas an extensive lighthouse installation. Personnel from the Point\nseashore was to be adequately protected since the Ridge is the nat-\nReyes Bird Observatory are residents on the island and Coast Guards-\nural visual barrier between the seashore and lands further inland. In\nmen stay overnight onan intermittent basis.\naddition to its line-of-sight value, it was important to include all of\nMiddle Farallon is a single rock, 50 yards in diameter and 20\nthese lands in order to assure the integrity of the watershed, as well.\nfeet high. The North Farallons are four miles to the north in two\nApparently, this boundary error went unnoticed in the complicated\nclusters of bare precipitous rocks. They reach a height of 155 feet.\nmetes and bounds description when the original legislation was enacted\nNoonday Rock, three miles further to the north, is awash most of the\nin 1962. Relatively recently it was learned that certain residential\ntime and is a feeding ground for diving birds.\ndwellings had been constructed or were being planned along the Ridge.\nThe Farallon Refuge was originally the three northern island\nThis development generated further review and the discovery of the\ngroups of 91 acres, established in 1909 by Executive order of Presi-\nerror in the boundary which H.R. 11013, as amended, is designed to\ndent Roosevelt. The Southeast Farallons were added by Executive\ncorrect.\norder in 1969. The U.S. Coast Guard has primary jurisdiction of this\nAs explained to the Committee, some of the landowners involved\naddition and concurs in this proposal.\nare willing to sell their holdings to the United States SO that the lands\nH.R. 968\nH.R. 968\n4\n5\ncan be included in the seashore. Undoubtedly, since some choice sites\nSection 1 (d) of H.R. 5422 would dsignate as wilderness certain\nare involved, some will not sell unless their lands are acquired by\nlands in the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, California. This sec-\neminent domain. In all cases, the landowners will be entitled to just\ntion is identical to a proposal submitted by the President, on recom-\ncompensation for any lands included in the seashore.\nmendation of this Department, to the Congress on April 24, 1971. Sec-\nThis boundary change-which involves less than 170 acres in a\ntion 1 (n) would designate as wilderness certain lands in the Bosque\nseashore now totaling 64,850 acres-has, in fact, been endorsed by the\ndel Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico. This section is\nlocal county planning commission and reflects a memorial approved\nidentical to a proposal submitted by the President on February 8,\nby the California Assembly urging the Congress \"to change the boun-\n1972. Accordingly, we recommend enactment of these sections of H.R.\ndaries of the Point Reyes National Seashore to include within it the\n5422.\nnational seashore.\nlast remaining undeveloped parcel on Inverness Ridge overlooking the\nSections 2(b), 2(c), and 2(i) correspond to proposals submitted by\nthe President upon the recommendation of the Department of Agri-\nculture. We defer to the views of that Department on these sections\nCOMMITTEE AMENDMENT\nof the bill.\nThe only substantive Committee amendment to H.R. 11013 would\nThe Office of Management and Budget has advised that there is no\nadd 167.83 acres to the Point Reyes National Seashore. All of these\nobjection to the presentation of this report from the standpoint of the\nlands are located along the Inverness Ridge and are adjacent to the\nAdministration's program.\nexisting national seashore.\nSincerely yours,\nNATHANIEL P. REED,\nCOST\nSecretary of the Interior.\nWhile the Farallon Wilderness Area will require no additional\nFederal investment, Title II of the bill relating to the Point Reyes\nCHANGES IN EXISTING LAW\naddition authorizes the appropriation of not more than $200,000 to\nacquire the lands involved. In making this recommendation, the Com-\nIn compliance with clause 3 of Rule XIII of the Rules of the\nmittee notes that the land acquisition program for this seashore is\nHouse of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill,\nnow virtually complete-only 577 acres of the lands in the land ac-\nas reported are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted\nis enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italics, existing\nquisition program remain in private ownership and they are included\nin the acquisition program presently underway. It is anticipated that\nlaw in which no change is proposed is shown in roman) :\nbetween $7 and $8 million of the existing authorization ceiling will\nnot be needed and will be available for use at other project areas.\nACT OF SEPTEMBER 13, 1962 (76 STAT. 538), AS AMENDED (16 U.S.C.\n459c-1)\nCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION\n*\n*\nThe Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs recommends that\nSEC. 2. (a) The area comprising that portion of the land and waters\nH.R. 11013, as amended, be approved. The bill was unanimously re-\nlocated on Point Reyes Peninsula, Marin County, California, which\nported, with the amendment, by a voice vote.\nshall be known as the Point Reyes National Seashore, is described\nas follows by reference to that certain boundary map, designated NS-\nDEPARTMENTAL REPORT\nPR-7001, dated June 1, 1960, on file with the Director, National Park\nService, Washington, District of Columbia.\nThe favorable report of the Department of the Interior follows:\nBeginning at a point, not monumented, where the boundary line\ncommon to Rancho Punta de los Reyes (Sobrante) and Rancho Las\nU.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,\nBaulines meets the average high tide line of the Pacific Ocean as shown\nOFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,\non said boundary map;\nWashington, D.C., October 17, 1973.\nThence southwesterly from said point 1,320 feet offshore on a pro-\nHon. JAMES A. HALEY,\nlongation of said boundary line common to Rancho Punta de los Reyes\nChairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Rep-\n(Sobrante) and Rancho Las Baulines;\nresentatives, Washington, D.C.\nThence in a northerly and westerly direction paralleling the average\nDEAR MR. CHAIRMAN This responds to your request for the views of\nhigh tide line of the shore of the Pacific Ocean; along Drakes Bay,\nthis Department on H.R. 5422, sections (d), 1(n), 2(b), 2(c), and\nand around Point Reyes;\n2(i), a bill \"To designate certain lands as wilderness.\"\nThence generally northerly and around Tomales Point, offshore a\nWe recomend enactment of sections 1(d) and (n) of this bill and\ndistance of 1,320 feet from average high tide line;\ndefer to the views of the Department of Agriculture with regard to\nThence southeasterly along a line 1,320 feet offshore and parallel to\nsections 2(b), 2(c), and 2(i).\nthe average high tide line along the west shore of Bodega Bay and\nH.R. 908\nH.R. 968\n6\n7\nTomales Bay to the intersection of this line with a prolongation of the\nmost northerly tangent of the boundary of Tomales Bay State Park;\nThence generally southeasterly up the centerline of Olema Creek to\nThence south 54 degrees 32 minutes west 1,320 feet along the pro-\na point on the west right-of-way line of State Route Numbered 1;\nlongation of said tangent of Tomales Bay State Park boundary to the\nThence southeasterly along westerly right-of-way line to State High-\naverage high tide line on the shore of Tomales Bay;\nway Numbered 1 to a point where a prolongation of the boundary line\ncommon to Rancho Punta de los Reyes (Sobrante) and Rancho Las\nThence following the boundary of Tomales Bay State Park in a\nBaulines would intersect right-of-way line of State Highway Num-\nsoutherly direction to a point lying 105.4 feet north 41 degrees east\nbered 1;\nof an unimproved road heading westerly and northerly from Pierce\nThence southwesterly to and along said south boundary line of\nPoint Road;\nRancho Punta de los Reyes (Sobrante) approximately 2,900 feet to a\nThence south 41 degrees west 105.4 feet to a point on the north\nproperty corner;\nright-of-way of said unimproved road;\nThence approximately south 38 degrees east approximately 1,500\nThence southeasterly along the north right-of-way of said unim-\nfeet to the centerline of Pine Gulch Creek;\nproved road and Pierce Point Road to a point at the southwest corner\nThence down the centerline of Pine Gulch Creek approximately 400\nof Tomales Bay State Park at the junction of the Pierce Point Road\nfeet to the intersection with a side creek flowing from the west;\nand Sir Francis Drake Boulevard;\nThence up said side creek to its intersection with said south bound-\nThence due south to a point on the south right-of-way of said Sir\nary line of Rancho Punta de los Reyes (Sobrante)\nFrancis Drake Boulevard;\nThence southwest along said south boundary line of Rancho Punta\nThence southeasterly along said south right-of-way approximately\nde los Reyes to the point of beginning, containing approximately 53,-\n3,100 feet to a point;\n000 acres. Notwithstanding the foregoing description, the Secretary\nThence approximately south 19 degrees west approximately 300 feet;\nis authorized to include within the Point Reves National Seashore the\nThence south approximately 400 feet;\nentire tract of land owned by the Vedanta Society of Northern Cali-\nThence southwest to the most northerly corner of the Inverness wa-\nfornia west of the centerline of Olema Creek, in order to avoid a sever-\ntershed area;\nance of said tract.\nThence southerly and easterly along the west property line of the\n(b) The area referred to in subsection (a) shall also include a\nInverness watershed area approximately 9,040 feet to a point near\nright-of-way to the aforesaid tract in the general vicinity of the north-\nthe intersection of this property line with an unimproved road as\nwesterly portion of the property known as \"Bear Valley Ranch\", to\nshown on said boundary map;\nbe selected by the Secretary, of not more than four hundred feet in\nThence southerly along existing property lines that roughly follow\nwidth, together with such adjoining lands as would be deprived of\nsaid unimproved road to its intersection with Drakes Summit Road\naccess by reason of the acquisition of such right-of-way.\nand to a point on the north right-of-way of Drakes Summit Road;\n(c) The Point Reyes National Seashore shall include, in addition\nThence easterly approximately 1,000 feet along the north right-of-\nto those lands hereinbefore described, such lands as are depicted on\nway of said Drakes Summit Road to a point which is a property line\nthe map entitled \"Planning Map, Point Reyes National Seashore,\ncorner at the intersection with an unimproved road to the south;\nMarin County, California\", numbered 8530/30006A and dated Feb-\nThence southerly and easterly and then northerly, as shown approxi-\nruary 1974, to which a legal description of such lands shall be\nmately on said boundary map, along existing property lines to a point\nattached. For the purposes of this subsection, there are authorized\non the south right-of-way of the Bear Valley Road, approximately\nto be appropriated for the acquisition of lands such sums as may\n1,500 feet southeast of its intersection with Sir Francis Drake Boule-\nbe necessary, but not to exceed $200,000.\nvard;\nThence easterly and southerly along said south right-of-way of Bear\nValley Road to a point on a property line approximately 1,000 feet\nwest of the intersection of Bear Valley Road and Sir Francis Drake\nBoulevard in the village of Olema:\nThence south approximately 1,700 feet to the northwest corner of\nproperty now owned by Helen U. and Mary S. Shafter;\nThence southwest and southeast along the west boundary of said\nShafter property to the southwest corner of said Shafter property;\nThence approximately south 30 degrees east on a course approxi-\nmately 1,700 feet to a point;\nThence approximately south 10 degrees east on a course to the center-\nline of Olema Creek;\nH.R, 968\nH.R. 968\nCalendar No. 1161\n93D CONGRESS\nSENATE\nREPORT\n2d Session\nNo. 93-1221\nDESIGNATING CERTAIN LANDS IN THE FARALLON NATIONAL WILD-\nLIFE REFUGE, SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY, CALIF., AS WILDERNESS\nAND ADDING CERTAIN LANDS TO POINT REYES NATIONAL SEA-\nSHORE, CALIF.\nOCTOBER 3, 1974.-Ordered to be printed\nMr. BIBLE, from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs,\nsubmitted the following\nREPORT\n[To accompany H.R. 11013]\nThe Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, to which was re-\nferred the act (H.R. 11013) to designate certain lands in the Farallon\nNational Wildlife Refuge, California, as wilderness; to add certain\nlands to the Point Reyes National Seashore; and for other purposes,\nhaving considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amend-\nment and recommends that the act, as amended, do pass.\nPURPOSE OF BILL\nThe purpose of H.R. 11013, as amended, is to designate certain lands\nlocated within the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness\nand to add approximately 448.83 acres to the existing Point Reyes\nNational Seashore.\nTITLE I-FARALLON WILDERNESS\nEXPLANATION AND NEED\nThe Wilderness Act of September 3, 1964 (78 Stat. 890), directed\nthe Secretary of Agriculture to review, within ten years, areas within\nthe National Forest System to determine their suitability for preserva-\ntion as wilderness. The Secretary of the Interior was directed to re-\nview areas within national parks, national monuments, wildlife\nrefuges and game ranges for the same purpose. Upon finding that the\nareas SO studied were suitable for wilderness designation, the respec-\ntive Departments were directed to submit their recommendations to\nthe President in order that he might advise the Congress of his recom-\n38-010\n2\n3\nmendations regarding these areas. Any such recommendation of the\nstrongly suggests that the Inverness Ridge, south of Tomales Bay\nPresident for designation of an area as wilderness becomes effective\nState Park, should be the boundary for this portion of the seashore.\nonly if SO provided by an act of Congress.\nThis, it was argued, was essential if the esthetic natural setting of the\nThe above outlined procedure was followed in the case of the Faral-\nseashore was to be adequately protected since the Ridge is the nat-\nural visual barrier between the seashore and lands further inland. In\nlon proposal. The Presidential recommendation is dated April 28,\n1971, and it, together with the accompanying explanation and justifica-\naddition to its line-of-sight value, it was important to include all of\ntion, is contained in House Document 92-102, Part 10.\nthese lands in order to assure the integrity of the watershed, as well.\nThis proposed wilderness contains 141 acres of the existing 211 acre\nApparently, this boundary error went unnoticed in the complicated\nFarallon National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge consists of the emerged\nmetes and bounds description when the original legislation was enacted\nland of four rugged and picturesque island groups above mean high\nin 1962. Relatively recently it was learned that certain residential\ntide. It extends over about seven miles of Pacific Ocean, 28 miles off-\ndwellings had been constructed or were being planned along the Ridge.\nshore from San Francisco County, California. The proposal includes\nThis development generated further review and the discovery of the\nall of the islands except the 70-acre southeast Farallon Island which\nerror in the boundary which H.R. 11013 is designed to correct.\nhas an extensive lighthouse installation. Personnel from the Point\nReyes Bird Observatory are residents on the island and Coast Guards-\nCOMMITTEE AMENDMENT\nmen stay overnight on an intermittent basis.\nMiddle Farallon is a single rock. 50 yards in diameter and 20\nThe Committee amended H.R. 11013 by adding the Kelham prop-\nerty, consisting of 281 acres, on which is to be constructed and main-\nfeet high. The North Farallons are four miles to the north in two\ntained a visitors' center. The Committee also deleted the authoriza-\nclusters of bare precipitous rocks. They reach a height of 155 feet.\ntion of $200,000 because it is expected that the existing authorization\nNoonday Rock, three miles further to the north, is awash most of the\ntime and is a feeding ground for diving birds.\nceiling in the Point Reyes Act will be adequate to fund the addi-\ntional land to be acquired under H.R. 11013.\nThe Farallon Refuge was originally the three northern island\ngroups of 91 acres, established in 1909 by Executive order of Presi-\nCOST\ndent Theodore Roosevelt. The Southeast Farallons were added by\nExecutive order in 1969. The U.S. Coast Guard has primary jurisdic-\nTitle I of H.R. 11013 which designates the Farallon Wilderness\ntion of this addition and concurs in this proposal.\nArea will require no expenditure of Federal funds. As stated previ-\nGeologically, the Farallon Islands are a granitic formation of a\nously, it is anticipated that the existing authorization ceiling should\ndecomposing crystalline type. There are some pockets of shallow soil,\nbe adequate to complete the acquisition of land contemplated by Title\nparticularly on the less vertical portions of Southeast Farallon. No\nII of H.R. 11013, as amended. Therefore, enactment of H.R. 11013,\nsignificant mineral deposits are known to exist on any of the islands.\nas amended, will result in no increased costs to the Federal\nThe climate is characterized by frequent strong winds and dense\nGovernment.\nfog. Rainfall occurs mainly during winter, with summer moisture\nCOMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION\nusually limited to damp fogs. Annual precipitation is approximately\n10 inches.\nThe Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs in open mark-up\nVegetation is sparce. Farallon weed, a plant indigenous to the\nsession on September 18, 1974, unanimously ordered H.R. 11013, as\nislands, predominates. Fourteen other native plants, 68 marine algae,\namended, favorably reported to the Senate.\nand six lichens have been identified on Southeast Farallon and most\nof these occur on certain of the other islands as well.\nDEPARTMENTAL REPORTS\nThe refuge preserves the natural condition of the islands and pro-\nvides protection to some 200,000 nesting sea birds of 11 species. There\nA report from the Department of the Interior on H.R. 11013 is\nare no active habitat management programs on the islands. The cor-\nset forth in full as follows:\nmorant colony complex is the largest on the Pacific Coast outside\nAlaska. Also present are the Cassin's auklet, western gull, ashy petrel,\nU.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,\ncommon murre, tufted puffin, and black oystercatcher. The California\nOFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,\nand Stellar sea lions haul out on these rocks.\nWashington, D.C., August 20, 1974.\nAccess to the islands is limited to protect bird colonies, but boat\nHon. HENRY M. JACKSON,\ntours around the refuge are sponsored by the San Francisco Bay area\nChairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, U.S. Senate,\nchapter of the National Audubon Society for birdwatching.\nWashington, D.C.\nDEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: This responds to your request for the views\nTITLE II-POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE ADDITION\nof this Department on H.R. 11013, a bill in the Senate \"To designate\ncertain lands in the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, California,\nBy way of background, it should be noted that the legislative his-\nas wilderness; to add certain lands to the Point Reyes National Sea-\ntory of the original Act creating the Point Reyes National Seashore\nshore; and for other purposes.\"\nS.R. 1221\nS.R. 1221\n4\n5\nWe recommend enactment of this bill, if amended as suggested\nherein.\nThence southwesterly from said point 1,320 feet offshore on a pro-\nlongation of said boundary line common to Rancho Punta de los Reyes\nAs passed by the House, title I of the bill would designate certain\n(Sobrante) and Rancho Las Baulines;\nlands in the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, California, as wilder-\nThence in a northerly and westerly direction paralleling the average\nness. This title is identical in substance to the wilderness proposal\nhigh tide line of the shore of the Pacific Ocean; along Drakes Bay,\nsubmitted by the President to the Congress on April 29, 1971, and we\nand around Point Reyes;\nfavor its enactment. Title II identifies certain lands to be added to\nThence generally northerly and around Tomales Point, offshore a\nthe Point Reyes National Seashore, California, and authorizes not to\ndistance of 1,320 feet from average high tide line;\nexceed $200,000 to be appropriated for the acquisition of these lands.\nThence southeasterly along a line 1,320 feet offshore and parallel to\nThe lands described in the map referred to in title II comprise ap-\nthe average high tide line along the west shore of Bodega Bay and\nproximately 167.83 acres, of which 166.77 acres are privately owned\nTomales Bay to the intersection of this line with a prolongation of the\nand 1.06 acres are owned by the North Marin Municipal Water Dis-\nmost northerly tangent of the boundary of Tomales Bay State Park;\ntrict. We estimate the cost of acquiring these private lands at approxi-\nThence south 54 degrees 32 minutes west 1,320 feet along the pro-\nmately $375,000. The lands owned by the North Marin Municipal\nlongation of said tangent of Tomales Bay State Park boundary to the\nWater District would be included within the boundaries of the national\naverage high tide line on the shore of Tomales Bay;\nseashore, but would remain in the public ownership of the Water\nThence following the boundary of Tomales Bay State Park in a\nDistrict.\nsoutherly direction to a point lying 105.4 feet north 41 degrees east\nWe believe that addition of these lands to the national seashore is\nof an unimproved road heading westerly and northerly from Pierce\nnot a matter of priority at this time. We would also point out that there\nPoint Road;\nare already substantial and more meritorious claims on the Land and\nThence south 41 degrees west 105.4 feet to a point on the north\nWater Conservation Fund. In light of the critical inflation problem\nright-of-way of said unimproved road;\nwhich the Nation is facing today, we believe that this expenditure\nThence southeasterly along the north right-of-way of said unim-\ncannot be justified. Accordingly, we recommend that the bill be\nproved road and Pierce Point Road to a point at the southwest corner\namended by deleting title II.\nof Tomales Bay State Park at the junction of the Pierce Point Road\nThe Office of Management and Budget has advised that there is no\nand Sir Francis Drake Boulevard;\nobjection to the presentation of this report from the standpoint of\nThence due south to a point on the south right-of-way of said Sir\nthe Administration's program.\nFrancis Drake Boulevard;\nSincerely yours,\nThence southeasterly along said south right-of-way approximately\nNATHANIEL P. REED,\n3,100 feet to a point;\nAssistant Secretary of the Interior.\nThence generally southeasterly up the centerline of Olema Creek to\na point on the west right-of-way line of State Route Numbered 1:\nCHANGES IN EXISTING LAW\nThence southeasterly along westerly right-of-way line to State High-\nIn compliance with subsection (4) of Rule XXIX of the Standing\nway Numbered 1 to a point where a prolongation of the boundary line\nRules of the Senate, changes in existing law made by the bill, H.R.\ncommon to Rancho Punta de los Reyes (Sobrante) and Rancho Las\n11013, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be\nBaulines would intersect right-of-way line of State Highway Num-\nomitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic,\nbered 1;\nexisting law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman) :\nThence southwesterly to and along said south boundary line of\nRancho Punta de los Reyes (Sobrante) approximately 2,900 feet to a\nACT OF SEPTEMBER 13, 1962 (76 STAT. 538), AS AMENDED (16 U.S.C.\nproperty corner;\nThence approximately south 38 degrees east approximately 1,500\n459c-1\nfeet to the centerline of Pine Gulch Creek;\nSEC. 2. (a) [The area comprising that portion of the land and waters\nThence down the centerline of Pine Gulch Creek approximately 400\nlocated on Point Reyes Peninsula, Marin County, California, which\nfeet to the intersection with a side creek flowing from the west;\nshall be known as the Point Reyes National Seashore, is described as\nThence up said side creek to its intersection with said south bound-\nfollows by reference to that certain boundary map, designated NS-\nary line of Rancho Punta de los Reyes (Sobrante)\nPR-7001, dated June 1, 1960, on file with the Director, National Park\nThence southwest along said south boundary line of Rancho Punta\nService, Washington, District of Columbia.\nde los Reyes to the point of beginning, containing approximately\nBeginning at a point, not monumented, where the boundary line\n53,000 acres. Notwithstanding the foregoing description, the Secretary\nis authorized to include within the Point Reves National Seashore the\ncommon to Rancho Punta de los Reyes (Sobrante) and Rancho Las\nBaulines meets the average high tide line of the Pacific Ocean as shown\nentire tract of land owned by the Vedanta Society of Northern Cali-\non said boundary map;\nfornia west of the centerline of Olema Creek, in order to avoid a sever-\nance of said tract.]\nS.R. 1221\nS.R. 1221\n6\nThe area comprising that portion of the land and waters located\non Point Reyes Peninsula, Marin County, California, which shall be\nknown as the Point Reyes National Seashore, is described as the area\nwithin the boundaries generally depicited on the map intitled Bound-\nary Map, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California',\nnumbered 612-80,008-H, and dated August 1974, which shall be on\nfile and available for public inspection in the office of the National\nPark Service, Department of the Interior.\n(b) The area referred to in subsection (a) shall also include a\nright-of-way to the aforesaid tract in the general vicinity of the north-\nwesterly portion of the property known as \"Bear Valley Ranch\", to\nbe selected by the Secretary, of not more than four hundred feet in\nwidth, together with such adjoining lands as would be deprived of\naccess by reason of the acquisition of such right-of-way.\nS.R. 1221\nH. R. 11013\nAinety-third Congress of the United States of America\nAT THE SECOND SESSION\nBegun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the twenty-first day of January,\none thousand nine hundred and seventy-four\nAn Act\nTo designate certain lands in the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, California,\nas wilderness; to add certain lands to the Point Reyes National Seashore;\nand for other purposes.\nBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the\nUnited States of America in Congress assembled,\nTITLE I\nSEC. 101. In accordance with section 3(c) of the Wilderness Act of\nSeptember 3, 1964 (78 Stat. 890, 892; 16 U.S.C. 1132 certain lands\nin the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, California, which comprise\nabout one hundred and forty-one acres and which are depicted on a\nmap entitled \"Farallon Wilderness-Proposed\" and dated October\n1969, and revised March 1970, are hereby designated as wilderness.\nThe map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the\noffices of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Department\nof the Interior.\nSEC. 102. The area designated by this Act as wilderness shall be\nknown as the Farallon Wilderness and shall be administered by the\nSecretary of the Interior in accordance with the applicable provisions\nof the Wilderness Act.\nTITLE II\nSEC. 201. Subsection (a) of section 2 of the Act of September 13,\n1962 (76 Stat. 538), describing the boundaries of the Point Reyes\nNational\nSeashern,\nCalifornia,\n\"SEC. 2. (a) The area comprising that portion of the land and\nwaters located on Point Reyes Peninsula, Marin County, California,\nwhich shall be known as the Point Reyes National Seashore, is\ndescribed as the area within the boundaries generally depicted on the\nmap entitled 'Boundary Map, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin\nCounty, California', numbered 612-80,008-B, and dated August 1974,\nwhich shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office\nof the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.\".\nSEC. 202. The Secretary of the Interior shall, as soon as practicable\nafter the date of enactment of this title, publish an amended descrip-\ntion of the boundaries of the Point Reyes National Seashore in the\nFederal Register, and thereafter he shall take such action with regard\nto such amended description and the map referred to in section 201 of\nthis title as is required in the second sentence of subsection (b) of sec-\ntion 4 of the Act of September 13, 1962, as amended.\nSpeaker of the House of Representatives.\nVice President of the United States and\nPresident of the Senate.\nDecember 16, 1974\nDear Mr. Director:\nThe following bills were received at the White\nHouse on December 16ths\nS.J. Bas. 263\n2.A. 14349\nH.R. 1355\nH.R. 15067\nH.R. 5056\nR.R. 15818\nH.R. 7072\nH.R. 16006\nH.R. 7077\nH.R. 16424\nH.R. 11013\nPlease let the President have reperts and\nrecommendations as to the approval. of these\nbills as soon as pessible.\nSincerely,\nRobert D. Linder\nChief Executive Clerk\nThe Honorable Roy L. Ash\nDirector\nOffice of Management and Budget\nWashington, D. C."
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