[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 54 (Tuesday, May 5, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S4356]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  REPORT CONCERNING THE PREMIGEWASSET RIVER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE--MESSAGE 
                       FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 121

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources.

To the Congress of the United States:
  I take pleasure in transmitting the enclosed report for the 
Pemigewasset River in New Hampshire. The report and my recommendations 
are in response to the provisions of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 
Public Law 90-542, as amended. The Pemigewasset River study was 
authorized by Public Law 101-357.
  The study was conducted by the National Park Service with assistance 
from a local study committee. The National Park Service determined that 
the 32.5-mile study segment is eligible for designation based upon its 
free-flowing character and outstanding scenic, recreational, geologic, 
fishery, and botanic values. However, in deference to the wishes of 
local adjoining communities, six of seven of whom voted against 
designation, and the State of New Hampshire, I am recommending that the 
Congress not consider designation at this time. If the local 
communities and/or the State should change their position in the 
future, the question of designation could be reevaluated.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, May 5, 1998.

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