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<br />length is sufficient to provide a "meaningful experience"; it has an <br />adequate volume of high quality water; its watershed and shoreline <br />are primitive and relatively inaccessible; and its environs possess <br />outstandingly remarkable scenic, geologic, recreational and wildlife <br />values. <br /> <br />-, <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />Principles and Standards Analysis <br /> <br />Socioeconomic evaluations conducted for the study indicate that both <br />environmental quality and national economic development objectives <br />will be maximized by designation of the eligible river corridor. <br />Except for the loss of peaking power potential within the eligible <br />segment, electric power and domestic water supply needs can <br />probably be satisfied at less cost by water resources development <br />projects located outside the eligible study segment. <br /> <br />Legislative Mandates <br /> <br />Numerous executive and legislative mandates affect the federally <br />owned or controlled lands in the study area. Those applying to <br />lands in the Gunnison River corridor include the Antiquities Act of <br />1906, the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National <br />Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Executive Order 11593, and the <br />Endangered Species Act of 1973. <br /> <br />The monument segment of the study corridor was established as <br />part of the National Park System on March 2, 1933, by Presidential <br />Proclamation No. 2033. Most of the river corridor through Black <br />Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument is within an 11, 180-acre <br />(4,524-ha) wilderness area designated in 1976 by Public Law 94-567. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />viii <br />