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<br /> System or How Established (dale) Number <br />State Program Legislative Admin. of Rivers <br />New Mexico None <br />New York System 1973 61 <br />North Carolina' System 1971 2 <br />North Dakota System 1975 1 <br />Ohio' System 1968 8 <br />Oklahoma System 1970 5 <br />Oregon' System 1971 8 <br />Pennsylvania Program 1972 0 <br />Puerto Rico None <br />Rhode Island None <br />South Carolina System 1974 0 <br />South Dakota Program 1972 0 <br />Tennessee System 1968 11 <br />Texas None <br />Utah None <br />Vermont None <br />Virginia System 1970 2 <br />Washington None <br />West Virginia System 1969 5 <br />Wisconsin System 1965 3 <br />Wyoming None <br />Totar 24 2 190 <br /> <br />Secretarial Designation of State Rivers to the National System: <br />'Maine - Allagash River designated July 1970. <br />I North Carolina - New River added to the National System by the Secretary <br />01 the Interior April 13, 1976. P,L. 94-407, September 11, 1976. gave the <br />New River additional prOlection, <br />. Ohio - Lllfle Miami River designated Augusl 20, 1973 little Beaver Creek <br />designated October 23, 1975, <br />'Oregon - Application denied Segments of 6 rivers requested to be added. <br />Sec 2(a) (ii) is not applicable to fivers where Federal lands are involved <br />Would require Act of Congress. <br /> <br />tal planrllny consultants 10 conserve <br />time and control costs <br />Objectives 01 the California pro- <br />gram are to administer a system <br />which protects the fivers mcluded <br />and to prepare waterway manage- <br />ment olans in cooperation With local <br />and other government and pnvate <br />agenCies <br /> <br />Tne program has tour goals <br /> <br />InO<:!8se awareness and partlclpa- <br />:ion so as to protect the designated <br />rivers and thelf values <br /> <br />ClaSSify river segments according <br /> <br />10 eXisting access and walershed <br />condItions <br />Develop a planmng process to in- <br />clude tM cooperation 01 Interested <br />Federal, State. and local govern- <br />ment agencIes <br />Develop a management plan pro- <br />Viding recommendal!ons lor ellee- <br />tlve implementation by responSible <br />agencies <br />The California Act sta:es: "It is <br />tM policy 01 the State ot California <br />thaI cerlam rivers which possess <br />extraordinary scemc, recreatIonal, <br /> <br />000582 <br /> <br /> <br />California's Klamath R'ver <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />fishery or Wildlife values. shall be <br />preserved in their Iree-flowing state, <br />together with their immediale en- <br />Vironments, tor Ihe benefit and en- <br />(oyment at Ihe people of the State." <br /> <br />District a. Columbia <br />Formmg a great Y -shaped ex- <br />panse o! water through the Nation's <br />Capital, the Potomac and Anacoslla <br />Rivers are among WaShington, <br />DC's greatest environmental re- <br />sources. Despite premIum value, <br />neither the Federal Government, <br />which owns much of the riverfronts, <br />nor the 0 C. Government has estab- <br />lished clearly defined controls for <br />development or preservation, <br />No current Dlstnct legiSlation <br />governs the waterways. Federally, <br />all projects affectmg water bOdies <br />In the District must be approved by <br />the US Army Corps of Engineers, <br />Bills have been Introduced in Con- <br />gress to estabhsh the POlomac Na- <br />tional River and the POlomac Heri. <br />tage Trail. <br />Both the District Department of <br />Recreation and the Nalional CapitOl <br />Planning Commission have made <br />policy recommendations for the <br />rIVers and creeks In general, objec- <br />t:ves are 10 preserve hlstonc char- <br />acter, maintain open shorelines, <br />and make the streams more acces- <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />9 <br />