[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1380 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1380

 To designate portions of the Maurice River and its tributaries in the 
   State of New Jersey as components of the national wild and scenic 
                             rivers system.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               August 5 (legislative day, June 30), 1993

 Mr. Bradley (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To designate portions of the Maurice River and its tributaries in the 
   State of New Jersey as components of the national wild and scenic 
                             rivers system.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) the Maurice River and its tributaries, Menantico Creek, 
        the Manumuskin River, and Muskee Creek, are eligible for 
        inclusion into the national wild and scenic rivers system;
            (2) a resource assessment of the Maurice River and its 
        tributaries, Menantico Creek, the Manumuskin River, and the 
        Muskee Creek shows that the area possesses numerous remarkable 
        natural, cultural, scenic, and recreational resources that are 
        significant at the local, regional, and international levels, 
        including rare plant and animal species and critical habitats 
        for birds migrating to and from the northern and southern 
        hemispheres;
            (3) a river management plan for the river system has been 
        developed by the Cumberland County Department of Planning and 
        Development and adopted by the Maurice River Township, 
        Commercial Township, and the City of Millville that meets the 
        requirements of section 6(c) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
        (16 U.S.C. 1277(c));
            (4) the city of Vineland has adopted a master plan that 
        calls for river planning and management, and is in the process 
        of adopting zoning ordinances to implement its plan; and
            (5) Buena Vista Township in Atlantic County has adopted a 
        land use plan consistent with the Pinelands Comprehensive Plan 
        which is more restrictive than the Cumberland County local 
        river management plan.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to declare the importance and irreplaceable resource 
        value of the Maurice River and its tributaries to water 
        quality, human health, traditional economic activities, 
        ecosystem integrity, biotic diversity, fish and wildlife, 
        scenic open space and recreation;
            (2) to protect such values through the designation of the 
        segments as components of the national wild and scenic rivers 
        system;
            (3) to recognize that the Maurice River System will 
        continue to be threatened by major development, and that land 
        use regulations of the individual local political jurisdictions 
        through which the river segments pass cannot alone provide for 
        an adequate balance between conservation of the resources of 
        the river and commercial and industrial development; and
            (4) to recognize that segments of the Maurice River and its 
        tributaries other than to those designated under this Act are 
        eligible for potential designation at some point in the near 
        future.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 
U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs:
    ``(  ) Maurice River, Middle Segment.--From Route 670 Bridge at 
Mauricetown to 3.6 miles upstream (at drainage ditch just upstream of 
Fralinger Farm), approximately 3.8 miles, to be administered by the 
Secretary of the Interior as a scenic river.
    ``(  ) Maurice River, Middle Segment.--From the drainage ditch just 
upstream of Fralinger Farm to \1/2\ mile upstream from the United 
States Geological Survey Station at Burcham Farm, approximately 3.1 
miles, to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior as a 
recreational river.
    ``(  ) Maurice River, Upper Segment.--From \1/2\ mile upstream from 
the United States Geological Survey Station at Burcham Farm to the 
south side of the Millville sewage treatment plant, approximately 3.6 
miles, to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior as a scenic 
river.
    ``(  ) Menantico Creek, Lower Segment.--From its confluence with 
the Maurice River to the Route 55 Bridge, approximately 1.4 miles, to 
be administered by the Secretary of the Interior as a recreational 
river.
    ``(  ) Menantico Creek, Upper Segment.--From the Route 55 Bridge to 
the base of the impoundment at Menantico Lake, approximately 6.5 miles, 
to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior as a scenic river.
    ``(  ) Manumuskin River, Lower Segment.--From its confluence with 
the Maurice River to a point 2 miles upstream, to be administered by 
the Secretary of the Interior as a recreational river.
    ``(  ) Manumuskin River, Upper Segment.--From a point 2 miles 
upstream from its confluence with the Maurice River to its headwaters 
near Route 557, approximately 12.3 miles, to be administered by the 
Secretary of the Interior as a scenic river.
    ``(  ) Muskee Creek, New Jersey.--From its confluence with the 
Maurice River to the Pennsylvania Seashore Line Railroad Bridge, 
approximately 2.7 miles, to be administered by the Secretary of the 
Interior as a scenic river.''.

SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT.

    (a) Duties of Secretary.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of 
        the Interior shall manage the river segments designated as 
        components of the national wild and scenic rivers system by the 
        amendments made by section 2 this Act through cooperative 
        agreements with the political jurisdictions within which the 
        segments pass, pursuant to section 10(e) of the Wild and Scenic 
        Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1281(e)), and in consultation with such 
        jurisdictions.
            (2) Publicly owned lands.--Publicly owned lands within the 
        boundaries of the segments referred to in paragraph (1) shall 
        be managed by the agency having jurisdiction over such lands on 
        the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Cooperative Agreements.--
            (1) Requirements.--Cooperative agreements for the 
        management of the river segments referred to in subsection (a) 
        shall--
                    (A) provide for the long-term protection, 
                preservation, and enhancement of such segments;
                    (B) be consistent with the comprehensive management 
                plan for such segments to be prepared by the Secretary 
                of the Interior pursuant to section 3(d) of the Wild 
                and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(d)); and
                    (C) be consistent with the local river management 
                plans prepared by appropriate local political 
                jurisdictions in conjunction with the Secretary of the 
                Interior.
            (2) Designation of zoning ordinances.--
                    (A) Review.--The Secretary of the Interior, in 
                consultation with appropriate representatives of local 
                political jurisdictions and the State of New Jersey, 
                shall review the local river management plans described 
                in paragraph (1) to ensure that the proper 
                implementation of the plans will protect the values for 
                which the river segments described in the amendments 
                made by section 2 were designated as components of the 
                national wild and scenic rivers system.
                    (B) Establishment of zoning ordinances.--If, after 
                the review required by subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
                determines that the plans and their implementing local 
                zoning ordinances meet the protection standards 
                specified in section 6(c) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
                Act (16 U.S.C. 1277(c)), the plans shall be deemed to 
                constitute ``local zoning ordinances'' and each 
                township and other incorporated local jurisdiction 
                covered by such plans shall be deemed to constitute a 
                ``village'' for the purposes of section 6(c) of the 
                Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1277(c)).
            (3) Compliance.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
        biennially review compliance with the local river management 
        plans described in paragraph (1), and shall promptly report to 
        the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and 
        to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
        Representatives any deviation from the management plans that 
        would result in any diminution of the values for which the 
        river segment concerned was designated as a component of the 
        national wild and scenic rivers system.
    (c) Planning Assistance.--The Secretary of the Interior may provide 
planning assistance to local political subdivisions of the State of New 
Jersey through which flow river segments that are designated as 
components of the national wild and scenic rivers system, and may enter 
into memoranda of understanding or cooperative agreements with 
officials or agencies of the United States or the State of New Jersey 
to ensure that Federal and State programs that could affect the 
segments are carried out in a manner consistent with the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act and applicable river management plans.
    (d) Segment Additions.--
            (1) Segments.--The Secretary of the Interior is encouraged 
        to continue to work with the local municipalities to negotiate 
        agreement and support for designating those segments of the 
        Maurice River and its tributaries that were found eligible for 
        designation pursuant to Public Law 100-33 (100 Stat. 299) and 
        were not designated by this Act.
            (2) Administration.--For a period of 3 years beginning on 
        the date of enactment of this Act, subsections (b), (c), and 
        (d) of section 5 of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 
        1276(b), (c), and (d)) shall apply to the eligible segments 
        described in paragraph (1).
            (3) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
        report to the appropriate congressional committees on the 
        status of discussions and negotiations with the local 
        municipalities and on recommendations toward inclusion of 
        additional river segments into the national wild and scenic 
        rivers system.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act and the 
amendments made by this Act.

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