Public Law 90-542, 90th Congress, S. 119

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October 2, 1968 - 5 - Pub. Law 90 -542 tit ;TAT, 911 executive agencies, that Mexico has no objection to its being included a►nong the studies t►ufhorived by this Act. (21) Saint. Croix, Minnesota and Wisconsiu:'1'he segment be(w•een the darns near Taylors Falls and its confluence with the Mississippi River. (22) Saint .Toe, Idaho: The entire main stem. (2:3) S ;tlmon, Idaho: The segment from the town of North Fork to its confluence with the Snake Itiver. (24) Skagit, 1Vashingtolt:.ThP segment from the tott•n of \10111 Vernon to and ncluding the i nout b of Bacon Creek; the Cascade River between its mouth and the junction of its North sand South Forks; the South Fork tothebotindary of the Glacier 1'eak Wilderne:ssArea; (he Suiattle Itiver from its ntcnafh to the Wavier i'eak Wilderness Arent houndary ill Milk ('reek; the Saul( Itiver frcan its uaonth to its junction with Elliott Creek; the North Fork of the Saul: Itiver from its junction with the South Fork of the Sauk to the ({lacier Peak Wilderness :treat boundary. (25) Suwannee, (aeorgiu and Florida: The entire rites Isom its so111110 in the Okefenokee Swamp in (leorgitt to the gulf tua(1 the out- lying Ichefucknee Springs, hlorida. (26) Ilplx,r lowa, Iowa.: The entire river. (27) Youghiogheny, Maryland and 1'ennsylt• ;t►nitt: The segment from Oakland, Maryland, to file Youghiogheny Iteservoir, and from the Youghiogheny Dail downstreatin to the town of Connellsville, 1'e1insyl •all (b) The Secretary of the Interior and, where national forest lauds studies. are involved, the Secretary of Agriculture shall proceed its expedi- tiously as possible to study each of the rivers na ined in subsect ion 00 of t,ilis section in order to dete.rnline whether it should IKk. included in t he national wild and scenic rivers system. Such si tidies shall be completed and reports uutde thereon to the President and the Congress, its pro - vided in section 4 of this Act, within ten yews from the ditte of this Act: Prov hmcii•er. That * with respect to the Suw•;uulee Itiver, (?eorgia and Florida, and the I1ppe►• Iowa River, lows, such shady ;hall be completed and relmos made thereon to the President and the Congress, its provided in section 4 of this Act, withitn two yean•s from tile date of enactinent of this Act. in conducting these stuches tile Sex• - retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agricti It'll re, shall give � )►•iority to those rivers w•id.h respect to which there is f he greatest likeli- to(xl of develo(mlenis which, if undertaken, world render t beta unsuit- able for inclusion in Ole national wild and s(•enic rivers system. (c) The study of any of said rivers shall be pursued in its close cooperation with appropriate agencies of the affected State and its political subdivisions as possible, shall be. carried on jointly with such agencies if regnest. for sneh joint study is made by the State, and shall include it determination of the degree to which the State or itspolit.ical subdivisions might participate in the preservation and administration of the river should it be proposed for inclusion in the national wild and scenic rivers system. (d) In all plamung for the use and development. of water aril relined land resources, consideration shall be given by all Federal agencies involved to potential national wild, scenic and recreational river areas, and all river basin and project plan reports submitted to the Congress shall consider and diseuss any such potentials. The Secre- tary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall inake spe- cific studies and investigations to determine which additional wild, scenic and recreational river areas within the United States shall he evaluated in planning reports by all Federal agencies as potential alternative uses of the water and related land resources involved.