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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />involved in wilderness classification under the Wilderness <br />Act of 1964. One major distinction, in contrsst to wilder- <br />ness, is that a wild river area also may contain recreation <br />facilities for the conveni~ce of the user in keeping with <br />the primitive setting. <br /> <br />1. An "impoundment" is a slack water pool formed by any <br />man-made structure. Except in rare instances in which <br />esthetic and recreational characteristics are of such out- <br />standing quality as to counterbalance the disruptive nature <br />of an impoundment, such features will not be allowed on wild <br />river areas. Future construction of such structures that <br />would have a direct and adverse effect on the values for <br />which that river area was included in the national system, <br />as determined by the Secretary charged with the administra- <br />tion of the area, would not be permitted. In the case of <br />rivers added to the national system pursuant to Sec.2(a)(ii). <br />such construction could result in a determination by the <br />Secretary of the Interior to reclassify or withdraw the <br />affected river area from the system. <br /> <br />2. "Generally inaccessible" means there are no roads or <br />other provisions for overland motorized travel within a <br />narrow, incised river valley, or if the river valley is <br />broad, within 1/4 mile of the riverbank. Ihe presence, how- <br />ever, of one or two inconspicuous roads leading to the river <br />area will not necessarily bar wild river classification. <br /> <br />3. "Essentially primitive" means the shorelines are free of <br />habitation and other substantial evidence of man's intrusion. <br />This would include such things as diversions, straightening, <br />rip-rapping, and other modifications of the waterway. These <br />would not be permitted except in instances where such de- <br />velopments would not have a direct and adverse effect on the <br />values for which that river area waS included in the national <br />svstem as determined by the Secretary charged with the admin- <br />istration of the area. In the case of rivers added to the <br />national system pursuant to Section 2(a)(ii), such construe. <br />tion could result in a determination by the Secretary of the <br />Interior to reclassify or withdraw the affected river area <br />from the system. With respect to watersheds, "essentially <br />p"'imitive" means that the portion of the watershed within the <br />boundaries has a natural-like appearance. As with shorelines, <br />developments within the boundar~es should emphasize a natura1- <br /> <br />-6- <br />