[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 19 (Monday, May 11, 1998)]
[Pages 795-796]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report on the Pemigewasset River

May 5, 1998

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

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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.