PUBLIC LAW 106-418—NOV. 1, 2000 114 STAT. 1817 Public Law 106-418 106th Congress An Act To designate portions of the lower Delaware River and associated tributaries as Nov. 1, 2000 a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. [g i296] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. Lower Delaware Wild and Scenic SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Rivers Act. rm . » -1 • -1 -1 ii- r T-W t TTT.I i in • ^" USC 127 1 This Act may be cited as the Lower Delaware Wild and Scenic note. Rivers Act". SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that— (1) Public Law 102-460 directed the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation and consultation with appropriate Federal, State, regional, and local agencies, to conduct a study of the eligibility and suitability of the lower Delaware River for inclusion in the Wild and Scenic Rivers System; (2) during the study, the Lower Delaware Wild and Scenic River Study Task Force and the National Park Service prepared a river management plan for the study area entitled "Lower Delaware River Management Plan" and dated August 1997, which establishes goals and actions that will ensure long-term protection of the river's outstanding values and compatible management of land and water resources associated with the river; and (3) after completion of the study, 24 municipalities along segments of the Delaware River eligible for designation passed resolutions supporting the Lower Delaware River Management Plan, agreeing to take action to implement the goals of the plan, and endorsing designation of the river. SEC. 3 DESIGNATION. Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended— (1) by designating the first undesignated paragraph following paragraph 156, pertaining to Elkhorn Creek and enacted by Public Law 104-208, as paragraph 157; (2) by designating the second undesignated paragraph following paragraph 156, pertaining to the Clarion River, Pennsylvania, and enacted by Public Law 104-314, as paragraph 158; (3) by designating the third undesignated paragraph following paragraph 156, pertaining to the Lamprey River, New Hampshire, and enacted by Public Law 104-333, as paragraph 159;
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