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OOOS43 Scenic Rivers Act and prevent those which degrade the river's special environment, The exact type of control and boundaries vary from area to area. These aft: largely de- termineu by existing and proposed liSt'S of the river, its immediate environment, and by topography. A federally-managed component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System should not normally exceed all average of 320 acres of land per mile of river. No more than an average of 100 acres of land per mile of river GIll be purcllJ.sed in fee title. \Vhenever a total of 50 percent or more of the entire acretlgc within a federnlly-man. aged component is alretlcly owned hy the Fed. eral Government, a State, or its political sub. divisions, the. St:cretaries of the Interior or Agriculture are prohibited from acquiring fee title [0 ;lilY priwltt bntl unless the owner is willing to scll his or her property. Likewise. neither Secretary may acquire lands from an unwilling seller within an incorporated city, village, or borough whcll I.olling ordin;ll1ccs protecring special \';tlues :lfe in r.tfeo :lnd approved by the appropriate Secretary. H' hen.' valid lOlling ordinances adequately pro ten special values ill unincorporated are<l<;. tile appropriate Secretary may deet to sll:-.pend hi.... or her condemnation authorities. Owners of privilte, Ilonlollllllerci:ll resi- denles IOLated on bile! acquired by a Federal agency [or inclusion ill the National S"stun may. under c..crt:lin ("ircllm~t<lnces. continue to live in their hom<..:s (or fixed periods Ilr to ~5 years or lor lifc terms. The price p:lid the owner under sllch an <II r:lIlgc1llcnt i" (he fair m..rket vallie at the timl' thl' propeny is purcha'lcd les!-. the fair market \'alllt~ of con. tinued Otcllpancy. 12 Lamb oWlled bY;1 'st:Ue within a rcder;.Jlv- lllan:lgl.'d component Ill<lY be acquired by t';e Fcder;li Government unly Il)' dontltion. Indian tribal bnds or lands belonging- to local 1,],0\'- ernTTlents m:l) he acldnl to such a cOlllponcnt only wjlll their consult when these bTlds are managed ;!nd protected ill a manner COI1- sistent with the purposes of the \Vild and Scenic Rivtrs Act. The degree of public ownership and bnd area within the IJOllllclarics of a State-admin- istered cOrnpOlll'llt propmed for addition to the Ntltion,d \'Vild and Scenic Rivers System ,1fe matters to be determined bv the State. However, before .:,uc!1 a ri\.er tlrea' is approved for addition to the Nation"l System there must be ..degu;:)te provisions to protect special vallles and assure public lJ.~e consiMent 'with the c1assifiGuion and 1TI:llltlgement objeClives of the \Vild and Scenic Rivers Act and the "Guidelines" adopted by the Secret<lry of the Interior and the Secretary of AgricullUre. Public Use The extent and type of recreational de- velopment on a panicular river area 'within the N3tional Systcm would be determined by the ~pecial qualities of that area and its c1assifl(ation ;IS v,,'ild. scenic. or recreational. Hunting and fi~hing on lands 3nd waters included in the National System \,.;ou1ll con- tinue to be governed by tlpproprit"lte Srate ;lnd Fedcral l<lws. Protection for Rivers "fh<..: special values of a river in thc Na- tional \Vilcl and Scenic Rivers System 3re so illlponalll that the Congress established pro- cedlllcs that protect them from any harmful 13