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<br />J!)~!;IJ' <br /> <br />lIuP9R I U' I <br />...,. cd~~ra 1'>.(~~ls\er <br /> <br />hii/"\'CS1, !Inti may Include some <br />. residential. !:ommcn.:iul or similar <br />t1cvelopmcnL . <br />c. "Some impoundment or djv~rsil}1l in <br />the pust." There 1ll1..lY be some existing <br />impoundments, diversions nnd other <br />modifications of the waterway having <br />an impact on the river area. Existing low <br />uJms. diversion works, rip-rnp unu other <br />minor structures will not bilr <br />rccrCOltiolllll classification. providt:u Ihc <br />waterway remains generlJlIy natural and <br />riverine in appearllncc. <br />The classificiltion crilC!l'in lire <br />summarized in Table Z. appenued tu <br />these guidelines. <br />There are several points which all <br />parlicipanls and observers of the study <br />process should bear in mind when <br />reading and applying the c1assific.alion <br />r:nll!riil: <br />It is important to understand each <br />criterion, but it is more imporlnnt 10 <br />understand their collective intent. <br />E<1ch river segment and its immet.liall! <br />environment should be considered as <br />a unil. The basis for c1assificatiun is <br />the degree of naturalness. or staled <br />np.galively. the degree of evidence of <br />/Il;UI'S actlvity In Ihe river Mei!. "I'lw <br />mo~t naturnl rivers will be clussified <br />wliet those somcwhalless nalur.1l. <br />scenic. and those least nuturill. <br />r~creationaL <br />Generally. only conuitions within Ihe <br />rivcr area determine classHici..llion: <br />hO\\I'cver. occasionally conditions <br />outside Ihc river area, such as <br />developments which could impact uir <br />and water quality, noise levels or <br />scenic views within the river area. <br />may influence classification. <br />For the purpose of classification. a <br />river area may ue divided into <br />segments. Each segment. considered <br />as u whole. will conform 10 one of the <br />classifications. In segmenting the river <br />the study team should lake into <br />accounl the management sIrs legies <br />necessary lo administer the enUre <br />river iJrc.1 i1nd should uvoid exc;es::;ive <br />scgmenti:l tion. <br />The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act <br />provides no specific guidance on <br />wa ler Quality lor scenic and <br />rp.c;l"I~iltioniJ I rivers. J Iclwl!ver, thl! <br />CICiJll Water Act hus made it u <br />nalional goallhal all walers of the <br />Uniled Slates be made fishable and <br />swimmable. and provides the legal <br />mf:!ans for upgrading wilter quality in <br />any river which would otherwise be <br />suitable for inclusion in the syslcm. <br />Therefore, rivers win not neCeSSRrl\Y <br />be excluded from the syslern because <br />of poor water quality ill the lime <br />study, provided j) wuter qUillity <br />improvemenl plan exists or is being <br /> <br />~-_._- <br /> <br />-. <br /> <br />, 47, Nil. J7:1 / Tllf~sdil'y, SI:JlII~/llIJ(~r 7, <br /> <br />devdop'!d illl:onlplj;1l11:e wllh <br />applic;dllt~ ~~\Ol'C i!llll Fctlt:rilllilws. <br />^llhtJugh eilr.h das!:>ificillillll IWl'mits <br />ccrlllin I!xiSlillf{ devdlll'lIl'~nL t!H~ <br />crill~,.iCl UU 1101 imply Ihill culditiunal <br />incul\sish:n\ lIcvduJlll1c:1I1 is IH~rrni lied <br />in Ihcdutul"l!. <br />. Tht! GlmlsifiC:iltion criteria provide <br />unifol'/Il guitlancl! (01' prUfl!Ssinllill <br />jIHI~IlWIII. JIIII IJw,V iln~ 1101 ;lhsollltl!S. <br />II i~ nul pU:-lsiiJle lu rlJrJllulillt~ Cl'ih:l'iil <br />so LIS to nlCchclllir.ally ur autotllilticnHy <br />dussify riVf!f ilrl:iHI. TllI:rdol'f:, ['wn~ <br />1II11Y uct:;n:,iullillly IH~ l~xu=llli(\lI!:' In <br />sumu uf Ihe I:ritl!riil. For 1:";,III1Jlk if <br />the study t(:am fin(ls. Ihut stricl <br />appliclltion of the statutorl( <br />c1assificlltion Grilcri.. wOllhl nol <br />proviue \hn lllOS\ ilpproprilllc <br />c1ilssific;ation fm II sjHH:ifil: rivpl' <br />SI!1:11ll~1l1. llll~ 1;/lIcly l"I'l'orl llldY <br />r'(!1;(1l1IliWI1U fur ClllIHI"CI';,')!tJJI'11 <br />consiuortllion an cxceptiunlo lhe <br />c1U6l3ificl.1lion critcriD. <br /> <br />AIICl/ysis of till.' AlllJrll(ltiv('.~' <br /> <br />To provide for c1cdsiollllli.killg :Illd 10 <br />satisfy lhe 1'~4uirements of lhe Na tiollal <br />Environmenlul Policy ^ct. shltly reporls <br />will indlJdl~;1Il ;In:l!ysis uf idll:n\a\lvt:~. <br />The Hluuy IC<11Il will develop ,III llrl"ilY uf <br />illtcrnalivc plan::; cncompils:;ing all <br />reilsonnhlc p\'l)posa\s tur IISI: of lht! river <br />,11'(:<1 including URes whkh 1I\.IY i)e <br />incompatihle with designation uf t(\C <br />river Ilrca CIS fI c;umpullent of the <br />nAlional system. Where llppropriiltc, <br />iIlicrnl.ltivc pl{\n~ for Ihe river area IIlOlY <br />be based on, but not limiteu to: <br /> <br />. Altern II live nlunuging agencies for thu <br />river ureu: <br />" Ahernutivc protective menSures other <br />than national dcsignalion; <br />Alternulive useS of the urcl.l <br />incompfllible with dcsiglllltion as i.J <br />componnnt of the nutiol1l'1l syslem: <br />anu <br />. Alternnlivc c1ass.ificu\ions for the <br />river area. Occasionally lhere ffiilY be <br />authorized but not yet conslruGled <br />{Iroiccts, which if (;ullslnll:II:c1 w(Juld <br />ullt:r the c1u~sint:ution of lilt: rive/' <br />areu. In such cases, alternatives may <br />be presented to permit ccn::idcrution <br />of Ihe river arCH liS it wuuld he <br />da'3'IMlnO \)O\h wilh i1m\ withoul Ihe <br />illllhori:wd pflJjl~I;I. AulhUt'i1.(!t! <br />projects muy include upprovcd lund <br />mOniJgemen! plilns prepared by n <br />fedcrullulld nwnilgemenl {Igenr.y <br />under its stHtutory uuthorilics, <br /> <br />The study report will present ;:11 lcust <br />one ullernalivc plan cnHing for nil\ionlll <br />lIesignalion through either <br />Congressional or Sccretariul Jcsign<llion <br />of nil eligible scgnwnls of the <br />con1-:n!~sionillly i1ulhorized ~ttldy il!"l',.. <br />If the filudy t(~i1m finLls il Sl~gnlCllt <br />ineligible fur desif.:1I111ion ilH il <br /> <br />._..-.---_...._-~~--......'. <br /> <br />~~ / Noliel:"; <br /> <br />compo/will of rhl' N;lliut\al Wild .lllll <br />St:Cllit; Hivcrs System, Ullt slilJ \....orthy of <br />proleGlion, ilItCrl1iltivl~S fur Sl"h'. IO(;id <br />ur priviJll: IJI'CIWI'Viliiull lIlilY bL' <br />pmscnh:u, as well as pru\~c\iUll undn <br />other Fcdcl'i11 (Jrogrum~. <br />If l.IrCllS lJdjacenl to the study arl':L <br />h.'lVe Lwen filudir.d <lOll (ounJ tdlgilJk <br />\\w I'l~\lort may pr(~s(:nt i11t(~l'lwliv(!s <br />which int:ol'jWrlllC sllch aft'/Is inlu rill! <br />river .lrr.a proposed for designation. <br />Sm;h l!.'l(pilnsion of Ihe original 1illldy <br />ill'l~il I:illwl' ill h~llgth 01" ill widlh IIltl.'" be <br />llcsirilhll: III pn!snrvl: illHl (i1cililille <br />I1Umil~Cmenl of rivl!r CCLJsysll!ll1s. <br />hhiloric or archeological arcus ur Diller <br />spcci..d areas. <br /> <br />Sc~lion III-Mnnagement <br /> <br />\Vild /llld :lc'~l\ic rivl'l":, ~;h;d\ \Jt~ <br />llIil1lllJ.Wd willi IJJilnS prep:trcd HI <br />lu;cordunce with rhe reqlliremenls uf the <br />Acl. ulher upplicublc lilws, i.lIld Iln: <br />following gcneral manilgnnwnt <br />IJI'illt.:ifJ"~S. Mllllill)cnwllt plill\~ will slall~: <br />GCllcnd IJl"indpl!:s fUI" ilny IUlld <br />acquisition which may be necessury: the <br />kinds nnd amollnts of pulllic IIse whil:h <br />!he l'iVI:r llreu Cull sllslllill withuul <br />imp;lct lu the v.lluC5 for whir.h i! was <br />dcsigniltcll: and spccific muna~em(~nl <br />measures which will ue used 10 <br />implcnlent lhe nwnllgcmcnt ohjec.livt!s <br />fur ci\cll of the various river 5cgnlCIlls <br />and protc(;l cSlhclic, scenic. historic, <br />archeolasic ilnd scientific (c,Jtllres, <br />if the c1ussificalion or clHssificiltlons <br />Jl~lermined in the manllgemenl pllln <br />L1iffer from those statcll in the sllldy <br />report. the management plan will <br />describe the changes in the exiaHng <br />condition o( the river llrea or ulher <br />considerations which required the <br />change in c1asstCiCi.Hion. <br /> <br />General Management Principles <br /> <br />Seclion lO[a) slates, <br /> <br />Each cornponcnl of lhe nalionnl wild unu <br />scenic rivers sYitem shull ue ndminililt:red in <br />Illll:h II rllUllIwr liS I(J pmlclillllld cnh,It\t.;c 11u: <br />vallJc~ which CllU5CU ilia lw induded in said <br />6ya\Cm wHhoul. insofar as is consistent <br />Iherewith,limiHng other \laea \hol uo not <br />5ub,tilnlially inlcr(erc with public use tlnd <br />enjuyment of these vuluC's. In such <br />udlllilli~ll'lilltlllllrimllry Cml)llll!lis shull Uti <br />giVl!ll 10 prolecting ils cl5lhelic, scenic. <br />hi9loric. orcheologic. and scientific feiJlurcs. <br />Mnnugement plilns for ilny such componenl <br />mily eSlablish vilrying degrees of inlcnsilY for <br />ils protection ;lnu development on \he Spl~l:iU\ <br />IIllribulCs of the area. <br /> <br />This section is inlerpreted as stating il <br />nondcgradation and cnhancemenl policy <br />for liB de5ignntcd rivcr arens, regardless <br />of dnssificl.ltion. Eu.ch component will <br />be milnll~cc..llo prolec;t nnll enhance the <br />values for which the river was <br />designated, whilu providin~ fur public <br /> <br />, <br />