[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 853 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 853

 To designate additional segments and tributaries of White Clay Creek, 
   in the States of Delaware and Pennsylvania, as a component of the 
                National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 22, 2009

  Mr. Kaufman (for himself, Mr. Carper, and Mr. Casey) 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 additional segments and tributaries of White Clay Creek, 
   in the States of Delaware and Pennsylvania, as a component 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``White Clay Creek Wild and Scenic 
River Expansion Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the White Clay Creek watershed is 1 of only a few 
        relatively intact and unspoiled functioning river systems 
        remaining in the highly congested and developed corridor 
        between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Newark, Delaware;
            (2) Public Law 102-215 (16 U.S.C. 1271 note; 105 Stat. 
        1664) directed the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation 
        and consultation with appropriate State and local governments 
        and affected landowners, to conduct a study of the eligibility 
        and suitability of White Clay Creek, in the States of Delaware 
        and Pennsylvania, and the tributaries of the creek for 
        inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System;
            (3) as a part of the study described in paragraph (2), all 
        segments listed in the amendments made by section 3 were found 
        eligible for inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
        System;
            (4) local communities and governments along the proposed 
        river segments have passed resolutions in support of the 
        designation of the segments listed in the amendments made by 
        section 3 as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
        System; and
            (5) Public Law 106-357 (16 U.S.C. 1271 note; 114 Stat. 
        1393) designated 190 miles of river segments of White Clay 
        Creek (including tributaries of White Clay Creek and all second 
        order tributaries of the designated segments) in the States of 
        Delaware and Pennsylvania, to be administered by the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF SEGMENTS OF WHITE CLAY CREEK, AS SCENIC AND 
              RECREATIONAL RIVERS.

    Section 3(a)(163) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S. C. 
1274(a)(163)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``190 miles'' and inserting ``199 
                miles''; and
                    (B) by striking ``(dated June 2000)'' and inserting 
                ``(dated February 2009)'';
            (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(B) 22.4 miles of the east branch beginning at 
                the southern boundary line of the Borough of Avondale, 
                including Walnut Run, Broad Run, and Egypt Run, outside 
                the boundaries of the White Clay Creek Preserve, as a 
                recreational river.''; and
            (3) by striking subparagraph (H) and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(H) 14.3 miles of the main stem, including 
                Lamborn Run, that flow through the boundaries of the 
                White Clay Creek Preserve, Pennsylvania and Delaware, 
                and White Clay Creek State Park, Delaware beginning at 
                the confluence of the east and middle branches in 
                London Britain Township, Pennsylvania, downstream to 
                the northern boundary line of the City of Newark, 
                Delaware, as a scenic river.''.

SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION OF WHITE CLAY CREEK.

    Sections 4 through 8 of Public Law 106-357 (16 U.S.C. 1274 note; 
114 Stat. 1393), shall be applicable to the additional segments of the 
White Clay Creek designated by the amendments made by section 3.
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