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<br />OJ3JG8 <br /> <br />The exact type of control and bound- <br />aries vary from area to area. These are <br />largely determined by existing and pro- <br />posed uses of the river, its immediate en- <br />vironment, and by topography. <br />A federally-managed component of <br />the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Sys- <br />tem should not exceed an average of 320 <br />acres of land per mile of river. No more <br />than an average of 100 acres of land per <br />mile of river can be purchased in fee title. <br />Whenever a total of 50 percent or <br />more of the entire acreage within a feder- <br />ally-managed component is already owned <br />by the Federal Government, a State, or its <br />political subdivisions, the Secretaries of <br />the Interior or Agriculture are prohibited <br />from acquiring fee title to any private <br />land unless the owner is willing to sell his <br />property. Likewise, neither Secretary may <br />acquire lands from an unwilling seller <br />within an incorporated city, village, or <br />borough when zoning ordinances protect- <br />ing special values are in effect and ap- <br />proved by the appropriate Secretary. <br />Where valid zoning ordinances adequately <br />protect special values in unincorporated <br />areas, the appropriate Secretary may elect <br />to suspend his condemnation authorities. <br />Owners of private, noncommercial <br />residences located on land acquired by a <br />Federal agency for inclusion in the nation- <br />al system may, under certain circum- <br />stances, continue to live in their homes for <br />fixed periods up to 25 years or for life <br />terms, The price paid the owner under <br />such an arrangement is the fair market <br />value at the time the property is purchased <br />less the fair market value of continued <br />occupancy. <br />