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establish criteria to be met by § 2(a)(ii) river management supplementary to criteria in <br /> the WSRA. <br /> The advantages of WSR designation through Section 2(a)(ii) include: (1) <br /> potentially faster administrative designation than congressional action, (2) a <br /> demonstration by state and/or local jurisdictions of a commitment to river protection, (3) <br /> where there is local concern over federal regulation, the river can still be designated, <br /> and (4) Section 2(a)(ii) rivers can receive most of the protections of the WSRA without <br /> federal involvement, with the exception of federal review of federally sponsored or <br /> permitted water-resource projects. <br /> If, and only if, a river has been authorized by Congress for study through §5(a) <br /> of the WSRA, and the governor of a state subsequently applies for designation through <br /> § 2(a)(ii), the river is protected from water-resource projects for one year following the <br /> application for designation to the Secretary. <br /> Under§ 2(a)(ii), all gubernatorial nominations are submitted to the Secretary, <br /> with notification to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and notice published in <br /> the Federal Register. The National Park Service then analyzes the nomination, the <br /> physical environment of the river(eligibility) and the ability of the state applying for <br /> designation to manage the river, and makes recommendations on designation to the <br /> Secretary. <br /> Under§4(c), the Secretary submits the proposal to the Secretaries of Agriculture <br /> and the Army, the Chairman of the Federal Power Commission, and the head of any <br /> other affected federal department or agency and evaluates and gives due weight to any <br /> recommendations or comments which these officials furnish him within 90 days of the <br /> date on which it is submitted to them. If the Secretary approves the proposed inclusion, <br /> notice is published in the Federal Register. <br /> C. Wilderness Designation: Wilderness Act of 1964('Wilderness Act"): <br /> The Wilderness Act established and determined the management parameters for the <br /> National Wilderness Preservation System, a system of major protection for federal lands <br /> — National Parks, Forests, Wildlife Refuges, and BLM lands—which may be <br /> designated as wilderness by Congress. The intent of the Wilderness Act is: <br /> . . . to assure that an increasing population, . . . does not occupy and modify all areas <br /> within the United States . . ., leaving no lands designated for preservation and protection <br /> in their natural condition, it is. . . the policy of the Congress to secure for the American <br /> people of present and future generations the benefits of an enduring resource of <br /> wilderness. <br /> -10- <br />