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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2569 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014 

Received 

AN ACT 

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 

segments of the Missisquoi River and the Trout River 

in the State of Vermont, as components of the National 

Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Upper Missisquoi and 

3 Trout Wild and Scenic Rivers Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVER SEG5 MENTS. 

6 Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 

7 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(208) MISSISQUOI RIVER AND TROUT RIVER, 

10 VERMONT.—The following segments in the State of 

11 Vermont, to be administered by the Secretary of the 

12 Interior as a recreational river: 

13 ‘‘(A) The 20.5-mile segment of the 

14 Missisquoi River from the Lowell/Westfield 

15 town line to the Canadian border in North 

16 Troy, excluding the property and project bound17 ary of the Troy and North Troy hydroelectric 

18 facilities. 

19 ‘‘(B) The 14.6-mile segment of the 

20 Missisquoi River from the Canadian border in 

21 Richford to the upstream project boundary of 

22 the Enosburg Falls hydroelectric facility in 

23 Sampsonville. 

24 ‘‘(C) The 11-mile segment of the Trout 

25 River from the confluence of the Jay and Wade 

26 Brooks in Montgomery to where the Trout 


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1 River joins the Missisquoi River in East Berk2 shire.’’. 

3 SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT. 

4 (a) MANAGEMENT.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The river segments des6 ignated by paragraph (208) of section 3(a) of the 

7 Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) 

8 shall be managed in accordance with— 

9 (A) the Upper Missisquoi and Trout Rivers 

10 Management Plan developed during the study 

11 described in section 5(b)(19) of the Wild and 

12 Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1276(b)(19)) (re13 ferred to in this section as the ‘‘management 

14 plan’’); and 

15 (B) such amendments to the management 

16 plan as the Secretary determines are consistent 

17 with this Act and as are approved by the Upper 

18 Missisquoi and Trout Rivers Wild and Scenic 

19 Committee (referred to in this section as the 

20 ‘‘Committee’’). 

21 (2) COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

22 The management plan, as finalized in March 2013, 

23 and as amended, shall be considered to satisfy the 

24 requirements for a comprehensive management plan 


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1 pursuant to section 3(d) of the Wild and Scenic Riv2 ers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(d)). 

3 (b) COMMITTEE.—The Secretary shall coordinate 

4 management responsibility of the Secretary of the Interior 

5 under this Act with the Committee, as specified in the 

6 management plan. 

7 (c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—In order to provide for the 

9 long-term protection, preservation, and enhancement 

10 of the river segments designated by paragraph (208) 

11 of section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 

12 (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)), the Secretary of the Interior 

13 may enter into cooperative agreements pursuant to 

14 sections 10(e) and 11(b)(1) (16 U.S.C. 1281(e), 

15 1282(b)(1)) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 

16 with— 

17 (A) the State of Vermont; 

18 (B) the municipalities of Berkshire, 

19 Enosburg Falls, Enosburgh, Montgomery, 

20 North Troy, Richford, Troy, and Westfield; and 

21 (C) appropriate local, regional, statewide, 

22 or multi-state planning or recreational organiza23 tions consistent with the management plan. 

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1 sistent with the management plan and may include 

2 provisions for financial or other assistance from the 

3 United States. 

4 (d) EFFECT ON EXISTING HYDROELECTRIC FACILI5 TIES.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The designation of the river 

7 segments by paragraph (208) of section 3(a) of the 

8 Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)), 

9 does not— 

10 (A) preclude, prohibit, or restrict the Fed11 eral Energy Regulatory Commission from li12 censing, relicensing, or otherwise authorizing 

13 the operation or continued operation of the 

14 Troy Hydroelectric, North Troy, or Enosburg 

15 Falls hydroelectric project under the terms of 

16 licenses or exemptions in effect on the date of 

17 enactment of this Act; or 

18 (B) limit modernization, upgrade, or other 

19 changes to the projects described in paragraph 

20 (1). 

21 (2) HYDROPOWER PROCEEDINGS.—Resource 

22 protection, mitigation, or enhancement measures re23 quired by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

24 hydropower proceedings— 


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1 (A) shall not be considered to be project 

2 works for purposes of this Act; and 

3 (B) may be located within the river seg4 ments designated by paragraph (208) of section 

5 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 

6 U.S.C. 1274(a)). 

7 (e) LAND MANAGEMENT.— 

8 (1) ZONING ORDINANCES.—For the purpose of 

9 the segments designated in paragraph (208) of sec10 tion 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 

11 U.S.C. 1274(a)), the zoning ordinances adopted by 

12 the towns of Berkshire, Enosburg Falls, Enosburgh, 

13 Montgomery, North Troy, Richford, Troy, and West14 field in the State of Vermont, including provisions 

15 for conservation of floodplains, wetlands, and water16 courses associated with the segments, shall be con17 sidered to satisfy the standards and requirements of 

18 section 6(c) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 

19 U.S.C. 1277(c)). 

20 (2) ACQUISITIONS OF LAND.—The authority of 

21 the Secretary to acquire land for the purposes of the 

22 segments designated in paragraph (208) of section 

23 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 

24 1274(a)) shall be— 


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1 (A) limited to acquisition by donation or 

2 exchange; and 

3 (B) subject to the additional criteria set 

4 forth in the management plan. 

5 (3) NO CONDEMNATION.—The Secretary of the 

6 Interior may not acquire by condemnation any land 

7 or interest in land within the boundaries of the river 

8 segments designated by paragraph (208) of section 

9 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 

10 1274(a)). 

11 (4) WRITTEN CONSENT OF OWNER RE12 QUIRED.—No private property or non-Federal public 

13 property shall be included within the boundaries of 

14 the river segments designated by paragraph (208) of 

15 section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 

16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) without the written consent of the 

17 owner of that property. 

18 (f) RELATION TO NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.—Not19 withstanding section 10(c) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers 

20 Act (16 U.S.C. 1281(c)), the Missisquoi and Trout Rivers 

21 shall not be administered as part of the National Park 

22 System or be subject to regulations that govern the Na23 tional Park System. 

24 (g) NO BUFFER ZONE CREATED.—Nothing in this 

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1 ment Plan shall be construed to create buffer zones out2 side the designated river segment boundaries designated 

3 by paragraph (208) of section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic 

4 Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)). That activities or uses 

5 can be seen, heard, or detected from areas within the des6 ignated river segments shall not preclude, limit, control, 

7 regulate or determine the conduct of management of ac8 tivities or uses outside those designated river segments. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 15, 

2014. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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