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<br />a few States wilh established scenic
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<br />use conlrol measures in 10rce.
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<br />Progress and Problems
<br />On lt1e surface. 11 appeals that
<br />lhere has not been a great deal of
<br />progress In reaching the objectives
<br />set by Congress However, the s,lu-
<br />alion IS nol as bleak as It seems.
<br />The stud,es of the wild and
<br />scemc rivers proposals have be-
<br />come considerably more complex
<br />as a result 01 the need to consider
<br />the reQuirements of the Nat,onal
<br />Environmental Policy Act ot 1969
<br />(inCluding the preparation oj en-
<br />vironmental impact statements), var"
<br />ious Slate and Federal water Quality
<br />aCls, the Principles and Standards
<br />lor Planning for Water and Related
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<br />land Resources developed by the
<br />Water Resources CounCil, the etA
<br />for1s to solicit public participation
<br />in the planning process, and other
<br />legIslation. This, together with the
<br />efforts to soliCit State participation
<br />in the aCQuisition, development.
<br />and administration of all or portions
<br />01 the proposal, has slowed study
<br />progress.
<br />trrespectlVe of these problems,
<br />nine 01 the river stud,es have been
<br />completed and submitted to the
<br />President and the Conqress, while
<br />12 additional study reports are un.
<br />der review by the ElI:ecutive Office
<br />01 the PreSidei'll The 94th Congress
<br />enacted legislation on three of the
<br />river studies pnor to clearance by
<br />the Executive Olt.ce and, hopefully,
<br />the remall'1mg nine will be cleared
<br />lor conSideration early in the 1977
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<br />session 01 Congress.
<br />In 1975 and again in 1976, In.
<br />terior and Agricullure jointly pre.
<br />pared a list of some 20 additional
<br />rivers recommended for study as
<br />potential candidates lor addition to
<br />the National Syslem Hopefully, the
<br />legislation will be cleared for con-
<br />sideration by the 95th Congress
<br />early In the 1st Session.
<br />While the Wild and Scenic Rivets
<br />Act, Pl. 90-542. established a Na-
<br />tional Wild and Scenic Rivers Sys-
<br />tem. it did not delme the system or
<br />establish parameters. The system
<br />eJl:iSls open-ended as to its intent,
<br />geographiC distribution. and bal-
<br />ance of types or rivers to be in-
<br />cluded The Bureau has imtiated an
<br />effon to define ....hat should com.
<br />pnse the scope 01 a minimum sys-
<br />tem The Bureau of Outdoor Recre-
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