Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

• Description: Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
• State: CO
• Date: 8/29/2007
• Title: Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Legislation

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
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located or an officer designated by the Governor to receive the same. Any recommendations or
comments on the proposal which the said officials furnish the Secretary or Secretaries who prepared the
report within ninety days of the date on which the report is submitted to them, together with the
Secretary's or Secretaries' comments thereon, shall be included with the transmittal to the President and
the Congress.
Review requirements for State components.
(c) Before approving or disapproving for inclusion in the national wild and scenic rivers system
any river designated as a wild, scenic or recreational river by or pursuant to an act of the State
legislature, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit the proposal to the Secretary of Agriculture, the
Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of Energy, and the head of any other affected Federal department
or agency and shall evaluate and give due weight to any recommendations or comments which the said
officials furnish him within ninety days of the date on which it is submitted to them. If he approves the
proposed inclusion, he shall publish notice thereof in the Federal Register.
Study boundaries.
(d) The boundaries of any river proposed in section 5(a) of this Act for potential addition to the
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System shall generally comprise that area measured within one - quarter
mile from the ordinary high water mark on each side of the river. In the case of any designated river,
prior to publication of boundaries pursuant to section 3(b) of this Act, the boundaries also shall comprise
the same area. This subsection shall not be construed to limit the possible scope of the study report to
address areas which may lie more than one - quarter mile from the ordinary high water mark on each side
of the river.
Study rivers.
SECTION 5. (a) The following rivers are hereby designated for potential addition to the national
wild and scenic rivers system:
(1) Allegheny, Pennsylvania. -- The segment from its mouth to the town of East Brady,
Pennsylvania.
(2) Bruneau, Idaho. -- The entire main stem.
(3) Buffalo, Tennessee. -- The entire river.
(4) Chattooga, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. -- The entire river.
(5) Clarion, Pennsylvania. -- The segment between Ridgway and its confluence with the
Allegheny River.
(6) Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York. -- The segment from Hancock, New York, to
Matamoras, Pennsylvania.
(7) Flathead, Montana. -- The North Fork from the Canadian border downstream to its
confluence with the Middle Fork; the Middle Fork from its headwaters to its confluence with the South
Fork; and the South Fork from its origin to Hungry Horse Reservoir.
(8) Gasconade, Missouri. -- The entire river.
(9) Illinois, Oregon. -- The entire river.
(10) Little Beaver, Ohio. -- The segment of the North and Middle Forks of the Little Beaver
River in Columbiana County from a point in the vicinity of Negly and Elkton, Ohio, downstream to a
point in the vicinity of East Liverpool, Ohio.
(11) Little Miami, Ohio. -- That segment of the main stem of the river, exclusive of its
tributaries, from a point at the Warren - Clermont County line at Loveland, Ohio, upstream to the sources
of Little Miami including North Fork.
(12) Maumee, Ohio and Indiana. -- The main stem from Perrysburg, Ohio, to Fort Wayne,
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