WSPC07474

• File Number: 8210.761.09.C
• Description: Colorado River-Federal Agencies-US NPS-Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/3000
• Title: Legislation to Make BC a National Park-Wild and Scenic Rivers Act Amendments
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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(g) (1) Any owner or owners (hereinafter in this subsection referred
to as "owner") of improved property on the date of its acquisition, may
retain for themselves and their successors or assigns a right of use and
occupancy of the improved property for noncommercial residential purposes
for a definite term not to exceed twenty-five years or, in lieu thereof,
for a term ending at the death of the owner, or the death of his spouse,
or the death of either or both of them. The owner shall elect the term to
be rese'rved. The appropriate Secretary shall pay to the owner the fair
market value of the property on the date of such acquisition less the
fair market value on such date of the right retained by the owner.

(2) A right of use and occupancy retained pursuant to this sub-
section shall be subject to termination whenever the appropriate Secretary
is given reasonable cause to find that such use and occupancy is being
exercised in a manner which conflicts with the purposes of this Act. In
the event of such a finding, the Secretary shall tender to the holder of
that right an amount equal to the fair market value of that portion of the
right which remains unexpired on the date of termination 0 Such right of
use or occupancy shall terminate by operation of law upon tender of the
I market price.

(3) The term "improved property", as used in this Act, means
a detached, one- family dwelling (hereinafter referred to as "dwelling"),
the construction of which was begun before January I, 1967, together
with so much of the land on which the dwelling is situated, the said
land being in the same ownership as the dwelling, as the appropriate
Secretary shall designate to be reasonably necessary for the enjoyment
of the dwelling for the sole purpose of noncommercial residential use,
together with any structures accessory to the dwelling which are situ-
ated on the land so designated.

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Section 6 is codified as 16 U.SoC.A.1277.

SEC. 7. (a) The Federal Power Commission shall not license
the construction of any dam, water conduit, reservoir, powerhouse,
transmission line., or other project works under the Federal Power Act
(41 Stat. 1063), as amended (16 U .S.C. 791a et seq.), on or directly
affecting any river which is designated in section 3 of this Act as a
component of the national wild and scenic rivers system or which is
_after designated for inclusion in that system, and no department
"ency of the United States shall assist by loan, grant, license,

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