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 Page 6 of 50
(20) DELAWARE, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, AND NEW JERSEY. -- The segment
from the point where the river crosses the northern boundary of the Delaware Water Gap National
Recreation Area to the point where the river crosses the southern boundary of such recreation area; to be
administered by the Secretary of the Interior. For purposes of carrying out this Act with respect to the
river designated by this paragraph, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary. Action required to be taken under subsection (b) of this section with respect to such segment
shall be taken within one year from the date of enactment of this paragraph [November 10, 1978],
except that, with respect to such segment, in lieu of the boundaries provided for in such subsection (b),
the boundaries shall be the banks of the river. Any visitors facilities established for purposes of use and
enjoyment of the river under the authority of the Act establishing the Delaware Water Gap National
Recreation Area shall be compatible with the purposes of this Act and shall be located at an appropriate
distance from the river.
(2 1) AMERICAN, CALIFORNIA. -- The North Fork from a point 0.3 mile above Heath Springs
downstream to a point approximately 1,000 feet upstream of the Colfax -Iowa Hill Bridge, including the
Gold Run Addition Area, as generally depicted on the map entitled, "Proposed Boundary Maps"
contained in Appendix I of the document dated January 1978 and entitled, "A Proposal: North Fork
American Wild and Scenic River" published by the United States Forest Service, Department of
Agriculture; to be designated as a wild river and to be administered by agencies of the Departments of
Interior and Agriculture as agreed upon by the Secretaries of such Departments or as directed by the
President. Action required to be taken under subsection (b) shall be taken within one year after the date
of the enactment of this paragraph [November 10, 1978]; in applying such subsection (b) in the case of
the Gold Run Addition Area, the acreage limitation specified therein shall not apply and in applying
section 6(g)(3), January 1 of the calendar year [1977] preceding the calendar year in which this
paragraph is enacted shall be substituted for January 1, 1967. For purposes of carrying out the provisions
of this Act with respect to the river designated by this paragraph, there are authorized to be appropriated
not more than $850,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in land and not more than $765,000 for
development.
(22) MISSOURI RIVER, NEBRASKA, SOUTH DAKOTA. -- The segment from Gavins Point
Dam, South Dakota, fifty -nine miles downstream to Ponca State Park, Nebraska, as generally depicted
in the document entitled, "Review Report for Water Resources Development, South Dakota, Nebraska,
North Dakota, Montana," prepared by the Division Engineer, Missouri River Division, Corps of
Engineers, dated August 1977 (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "August 1977 Report").
Such segment shall be administered as a recreational river by the Secretary. The Secretary shall enter
into a written cooperative agreement with the Secretary of the Army (acting through the Chief of
Engineers) for construction and maintenance of bank stabilization work and appropriate recreational
development. After public notice and consultation with the State and local governments, other interested
organizations and associations; and the interested public, the Secretary shall take such action as is
required pursuant to subsection (b) within one year from the date of enactment of this section
[November 10, 1978]. In administering such river, the Secretary shall, to the extent, and in a manner,
consistent with this section --
(A) provide (i) for the construction by the United States of such recreation river features and
streambank stabilization structures as the Secretary of the Army (acting through the Chief of Engineers)
deems necessary and advisable in connection with the segment designated by this paragraph, and (ii) for
the operation and maintenance of all streambank stabilization structures constructed in connection with
such segment (including both structures constructed before the date of enactment of this paragraph and
structures constructed after such date, and including both structures constructed under the authority of
this section and structures constructed under the authority of any other Act); and (B) permit access for
such pumping and associated pipelines as may be necessary to assure an adequate supply of water for
owners of land adjacent to such segment and for fish, wildlife, and recreational uses outside the river
corridor established pursuant to this paragraph. The streambank structures to be constructed and
maintained under subparagraph (A) shall include, but not be limited to, structures at such sites as are
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