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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period from the date a report is due and the time a report is actually submitted to the Congress; and (iii)
during such additional period thereafter as, in the case of any river the report for which is submitted to
the President and the Congress for inclusion in the national wild and scenic rivers system, is necessary
for congressional consideration thereof or, in the case of any river recommended to the Secretary of the
Interior for inclusion in the national wild and scenic rivers system under section 2(a)(ii) of this Act, is
necessary for the Secretary's consideration thereof, which additional period, however, shall not exceed
three years in the first case and one year in the second.
Nothing contained in the foregoing sentence, however, shall preclude licensing of, or assistance
to, developments below or above a potential wild, scenic or recreational river area or on any stream
tributary thereto which will not invade the area or diminish the scenic, recreational, and fish and wildlife
values present in the potential wild, scenic or recreational river area on the date of designation of a river
for study as provided in section 5 of this Act. No department or agency of the United States shall, during
the periods hereinbefore specified, recommend authorization of any water resources project on any such
river or request appropriations to begin construction of any such project, whether heretofore or hereafter
authorized, without advising the Secretary of the Interior and, where national forest lands are involved,
the Secretary of Agriculture in writing of its intention so to do at least sixty days in advance of doing so
and without specifically reporting to the Congress in writing at the time it makes its recommendation or
request in what respect construction of such project would be in conflict with the purposes of this Act
and would affect the component and the values to be protected by it under this Act.
(c) The Federal Power Commission [FERC] and all other Federal agencies shall, promptly upon
enactment of this Act, inform the Secretary of the Interior and, where national forest lands are involved,
the Secretary of Agriculture, of any proceedings, studies, or other activities within their jurisdiction
which are now in progress and which affect or may affect any of the rivers specified in section 5,
subsection (a), of this Act. They shall likewise inform him of any such proceedings, studies, or other
activities which are hereafter commenced or resumed before they are commenced or resumed.
Grants under Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965.
(d) Nothing in this section with respect to the making of a loan or grant shall apply to grants made
under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 897; 16 U.S.C. 4601 -5 et seq.).
Limitations to entry on public lands.
(a) Designated rivers.
SECTION 8. (a) All public lands within the authorized boundaries of any component of the
national wild and scenic rivers system which is designated in section 3 of this Act or which is hereafter
designated for inclusion in that system are hereby withdrawn from entry, sale, or other disposition under
the public land laws of the United States. This subsection shall not be construed to limit the authorities
granted in section 6(d) or section 14A of this Act.
(b) Study rivers.
(b) All public lands which constitute the bed or bank, or are within one - quarter mile of the bank,
of any river which is listed in section 5, subsection (a), of this Act are hereby withdrawn from entry,
sale, or other disposition under the public land laws of the United States for the periods specified in
section 7, subsection (b), of this Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection or any
other provision of this Act, subject only to valid existing rights, including valid Native selection rights
under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, all public lands which constitute the bed or bank, or are
within an area extending two miles from the bank of the river channel on both sides of the river
segments referred to in paragraphs (77) through (88) of section 5(a) are hereby withdrawn from entry,
sale, State selection or other disposition under the public land laws of the Unites States for the periods
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