Union Calendar No. 103

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 631

[Report No. 103–181]

A BILL

To designate certain lands in the State of Colorado

ervation System, and for other purposes.as components of the National Wilderness PresJULY 19, 1993

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and
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Union Calendar No. 103

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 631

[Report No. 103–181]

To designate certain lands in the State of Colorado as components of the

National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 26, 1993

Mr. SKAGGS (for himself, Mr. MCINNIS, and Mrs. SCHROEDER) introduced the

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

JULY 19, 1993

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 26, 1993]

A BILL

To designate certain lands in the State of Colorado as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System,

and for other purposes.

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 AND DEFINITIONS.

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Col3 orado Wilderness Act of 1993’’.

4 (b) DEFINITIONS.—(1) As used in this Act with ref5 erence to lands in the National Forest System, the term ‘‘the

6 Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Agriculture.

7 (2) As used in this Act with respect to lands not in

8 the National Forest System, the term ‘‘the Secretary’’ means

9 the Secretary of the Interior.

10 SEC. 2. ADDITIONS TO THE WILDERNESS PRESERVATION

11 SYSTEM.

12 (a) ADDITIONS.—The following lands in the State of

13 Colorado are hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore,

14 as components of the National Wilderness Preservation Sys15 tem:

16 (1) Certain lands in the Gunnison Resource

17 Area administered by the Bureau of Land Manage18 ment which comprise approximately 3,390 acres, as

19 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘American Flats

20 Additions to the Big Blue Wilderness Proposal (Amer21 ican Flats)’’, dated January, 1993, and which are

22 hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a

23 part of the wilderness area designated by section

24 102(a)(1) of Public Law 96–560 and renamed

25 Uncompahgre Wilderness by section 3(f) of this Act.
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1 (2) Certain lands in the Gunnison Resource

2 Area administered by the Bureau of Land Manage3 ment which comprise approximately 815 acres, as

4 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Bill Hare

5 Gulch and Larson Creek Additions to the Big Blue

6 Wilderness’’, dated January, 1993, and which are

7 hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a

8 part of the wilderness area designated by section

9 102(a)(1) of Public Law 96–560 and renamed

10 Uncompahgre Wilderness by section 3(f) of this Act.

11 (3) Certain lands in the Pike and San Isabel

12 National Forests which comprise approximately

13 43,410 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled

14 ‘‘Buffalo Peaks Wilderness Proposal’’, dated January,

15 1993, and which shall be known as the Buffalo Peaks

16 Wilderness.

17 (4) Certain lands in the Gunnison National For18 est and in the Powderhorn Primitive Area adminis19 tered by the Bureau of Land Management which com20 prise approximately 60,100 acres, as generally de21 picted on a map entitled ‘‘Powderhorn Wilderness

22 Proposal’’, dated January, 1993, and which shall be

23 known as the Powderhorn Wilderness.

24 (5) Certain lands in the Routt National Forest

25 which comprise approximately 20,750 acres, as gen-
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1 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Davis Peak Addi2 tions to Mount Zirkel Wilderness Proposal’’, dated

3 January, 1993, and which are hereby incorporated in

4 and shall be deemed to be a part of the Mount Zirkel

5 Wilderness designated by Public Law 88–555, as

6 amended by Public Law 96–560.

7 (6) Certain lands in the Gunnison National For8 ests which comprise approximately 33,060 acres, as

9 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Fossil Ridge

10 Wilderness Proposal’’, dated January, 1993, and

11 which shall be known as the Fossil Ridge Wilderness.

12 (7) Certain lands in the San Isabel National

13 Forest which comprise approximately 22,040 acres, as

14 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Greenhorn

15 Mountain Wilderness Proposal’’, dated January,

16 1993, and which shall be known as the Greenhorn

17 Mountain Wilderness.

18 (8) Certain lands within the Pike National For19 est which comprise approximately 14,700 acres, as

20 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Lost Creek Wil21 derness Addition Proposal’’, dated January, 1993,

22 which are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed

23 to be a part of the Lost Creek Wilderness designated

24 by Public Law 96–560: Provided, That the Secretary

25 is authorized to acquire, only by donation or ex-
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1 change, various mineral reservations held by the State

2 of Colorado within the boundaries of the Lost Creek

3 Wilderness additions designated by this Act.

4 (9) Certain lands in the Gunnison National For5 ests which comprise approximately 5,500 acres, as

6 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘O-Be-Joyful

7 Addition to the Raggeds Wilderness Proposal’’, dated

8 January, 1993, and which are hereby incorporated in

9 and shall be deemed to be a part of the Raggeds Wil10 derness designated by Public Law 96–560.

11 (10) Certain lands in the Rio Grande and San

12 Isabel National Forests and lands in the San Luis

13 Resource Area administered by the Bureau of Land

14 Management which comprise approximately 226,455

15 acres, as generally depicted on four maps entitled

16 ‘‘Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Proposal (North Sec17 tion)’’, ‘‘Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Proposal (North

18 Middle Section)’’, ‘‘Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Pro19 posal (South Middle Section)’’, and ‘‘Sangre de Cristo

20 Wilderness Proposal (South Section)’’, all dated Jan21 uary, 1993, and which shall be known as the Sangre

22 de Cristo Wilderness.

23 (11) Certain lands in the Routt National Forest

24 which comprise approximately 47,140 acres, as gen25 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Service Creek Wil-
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1 derness Proposal (Sarvis Creek Wilderness)’’, dated

2 January, 1993, and which shall be known as the

3 Sarvis Creek Wilderness.

4 (12) Certain lands in the San Juan National

5 Forest which comprise approximately 31,100 acres, as

6 generally depicted on two maps, one entitled ‘‘South

7 San Juan Wilderness Expansion Proposal, Monte8 zuma Peak’’ and the other entitled ‘‘South San Juan

9 Wilderness Expansion Proposal, V-Rock Trail’’, both

10 dated January, 1993, and which are hereby incor11 porated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the

12 South San Juan Wilderness designated by Public

13 Law 96–560.

14 (13) Certain lands in the White River National

15 Forest which comprise approximately 8,330 acres, as

16 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Spruce Creek

17 Addition to the Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness Pro18 posal’’, dated January, 1993, and which are hereby

19 incorporated in and shall be deemed to be part of the

20 Hunter Fryingpan Wilderness designated by Public

21 Law 95–327: Provided, That no right, or claim of

22 right, to the diversion and use of waters by the

23 Fryingpan–Arkansas Project shall be prejudiced, ex24 panded, diminished, altered, or affected by this Act,

25 nor shall anything in this Act be construed to expand,
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1 abate, impair, impede, limit, interfere with, or pre2 vent the construction, operation, use, maintenance, or

3 repair of the project facilities and diversion systems

4 to their full extent.

5 (14) Certain lands in the Arapaho National For6 est which comprise approximately 8,095 acres, as gen7 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Byers Peak Wil8 derness Proposal’’, dated January, 1993, and which

9 shall be known as the Byers Peak Wilderness.

10 (15) Certain lands in the Arapaho National For11 est which comprise approximately 12,300 acres, as

12 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Vasquez Peak

13 Wilderness Proposal’’, dated January, 1993, and

14 which shall be known as the Vasquez Peak Wilderness.

15 (16) Certain lands in the San Juan National

16 Forest which comprise approximately 28,740 acres, as

17 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘West Needle

18 Wilderness Proposal and Weminuche Additions’’,

19 dated January, 1993, and which are hereby incor20 porated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the

21 Weminuche Wilderness designated by Public Law 93–

22 632, as amended by Public Law 96–560.

23 (17) Certain lands in the Rio Grande National

24 Forest which comprise approximately 25,640 acres, as

25 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Wheeler Addi-
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1 tion to the La Garita Wilderness Proposal’’, dated

2 January, 1993, and which shall be incorporated in

3 and shall be deemed to be a part of the La Garita

4 Wilderness designated by Public Law 96–560.

5 (18) Certain lands in the Arapaho National For6 est which comprise approximately 13,175 acres, as

7 generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Farr Wilder8 ness Proposal’’, dated January, 1993, and which shall

9 be known as the Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness.

10 (19) Certain lands in the Arapaho National For11 est which comprise approximately 6,990 acres, as gen12 erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Bowen Gulch Ad13 ditions to Never Summer Wilderness Proposal’’, dated

14 January, 1993, and which are hereby incorporated in

15 and shall be deemed to be a part of the Never Summer

16 Wilderness designated by Public Law 96–560.

17 (b) MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS.—As soon as practicable

18 after the date of enactment of this Act, the appropriate Sec19 retary shall file a map and a boundary description of each

20 area designated as wilderness by this Act with the Commit21 tee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States

22 Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the

23 United States House of Representatives. Each map and de24 scription shall have the same force and effect as if included

25 in this Act, except that the appropriate Secretary is author-
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1 ized to correct clerical and typographical errors in such

2 boundary descriptions and maps. Such maps and boundary

3 descriptions shall be on file and available for public inspec4 tion in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Depart5 ment of Agriculture, and the Office of the Director of the

6 Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior,

7 as appropriate.

8 SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Subject to valid existing rights,

10 lands designated as wilderness by this Act shall be managed

11 by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Inte12 rior, as appropriate, in accordance with the Wilderness Act

13 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this Act, except that, with re14 spect to any wilderness areas designated by this Act, any

15 reference in the Wilderness Act to the effective date of the

16 Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date

17 of enactment of this Act.

18 (2) Administrative jurisdiction over those lands des19 ignated as wilderness pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (10)

20 of section 2(a) of this Act, and which, as of the date of enact21 ment of this Act, are administered by the Bureau of Land

22 Management, is hereby transferred to the Forest Service and

23 such lands are hereby added to the appropriate National

24 Forest.
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1 (b) GRAZING.—Grazing of livestock in wilderness

2 areas designated by this Act shall be administered in ac3 cordance with the provisions of section 4(d)(4) of the Wil4 derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)), as further interpreted

5 by section 108 of Public Law 96–560, and, as regards wil6 derness managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the

7 guidelines set forth in Appendix A of House Report 101–

8 405 of the 101st Congress.

9 (c) STATE JURISDICTION.—As provided in section

10 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), noth11 ing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the jurisdic12 tion or responsibilities of the State of Colorado with respect

13 to wildlife and fish in Colorado.

14 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2(e) of the

15 Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 41)

16 is amended by striking ‘‘Subject to’’ and all that follows

17 through ‘‘System.’’.

18 (e) BUFFER ZONES.—Congress does not intend that

19 the designation by this Act of wilderness areas in the State

20 of Colorado creates or implies the creation of protective pe21 rimeters or buffer zones around any wilderness area. The

22 fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or

23 heard from within a wilderness area shall not, of itself, pre24 clude such activities or uses up to the boundary of the wil25 derness area.
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1 (f) WILDERNESS NAME CHANGE.—The wilderness area

2 designated as ‘‘Big Blue Wilderness’’ by section 102(a)(1)

3 of Public Law 96–560, and the additions thereto made by

4 paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2(a) of this Act, shall

5 hereafter be known as the Uncompahgre Wilderness. Any

6 reference to the Big Blue Wilderness in any law, regulation,

7 map, document, record, or other paper of the United States

8 shall be considered to be a reference to the Uncompahgre

9 Wilderness.

10 (g) BOUNDARIES AND AUTHORIZATIONS TO USE

11 LANDS.—(1) For the purpose of section 7 of the Land and

12 Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–

13 9), the boundaries of affected National Forests, as modified

14 by this section, shall be considered to be the boundaries of

15 such National Forests as of January 1, 1965.

16 (2) Nothing in this subsection shall affect valid exist17 ing rights of any person under the authority of law.

18 (3) Authorizations to use lands transferred by this sec19 tion which were issued prior to the date of enactment of

20 this Act shall remain subject to the laws and regulations

21 under which they were issued, to the extent consistent with

22 this Act. Such authorizations shall be administered by the

23 Secretary of Agriculture. Any renewal or extension of such

24 authorizations shall be subject to the laws and regulations

25 pertaining to the Forest Service, Department of Agri-
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1 culture, and the applicable law, including this Act. The

2 change of administrative jurisdiction resulting from the en3 actment of this section shall not in itself constitute a basis

4 for denying or approving the renewal or reissuance of any

5 such authorization.

6 SEC. 4. WILDERNESS RELEASE.

7 (a) REPEAL OF WILDERNESS STUDY PROVISIONS.—

8 Sections 105 and 106 of the Act of December 22, 1980 (Pub9 lic Law 96–560), are hereby repealed.

10 (b) INITIAL PLANS.—Section 107(b)(2) of the Act of

11 December 22, 1980 (Public Law 96–560), is amended by

12 striking out ‘‘except those lands remaining in further plan13 ning upon enactment of this Act, areas listed in sections

14 105 and 106 of this Act, or previously congressional des15 ignated wilderness study areas,’’.

16 SEC. 5. FOSSIL RIDGE RECREATION MANAGEMENT AREA.

17 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) In order to conserve, pro18 tect, and enhance the scenic, wildlife, recreational, and

19 other natural resource values of the Fossil Ridge area, there

20 is hereby established the Fossil Ridge Recreation Manage21 ment Area (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘recreation man22 agement area’’).

23 (2) The recreation management area shall consist of

24 certain lands in the Gunnison National Forest, Colorado,

25 which comprise approximately 43,900 acres, as generally
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1 depicted as ‘‘Area A’’ on a map entitled ‘‘Fossil Ridge Wil2 derness Proposal’’, dated January, 1993.

3 (b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of Agriculture

4 shall administer the recreation management area in accord5 ance with this section and the laws and regulations gen6 erally applicable to the National Forest System.

7 (c) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, all

8 lands within the recreation management area are hereby

9 withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, or dis10 posal under the public land laws, from location, entry, and

11 patent under the mining laws, and from disposition under

12 the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, including all

13 amendments thereto.

14 (d) TIMBER HARVESTING.—No timber harvesting shall

15 be allowed within the recreation management area except

16 to the extent that would be permitted in wilderness under

17 section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act for necessary control

18 of fire, insects, and diseases, and for public safety.

19 (e) LIVESTOCK GRAZING.—The designation of the

20 recreation management area shall not be construed to pro21 hibit, or change the administration of, the grazing of live22 stock within the recreation management area.

23 (f) DEVELOPMENT.—No developed campgrounds shall

24 be constructed within the recreation management area.

25 After the date of enactment of this Act, no new roads or
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1 trails may be constructed within the recreation manage2 ment area.

3 (g) OFF-ROAD RECREATION.—Motorized travel shall

4 be permitted within the recreation management area only

5 on those established trails and routes existing as of July

6 1, 1991, on which such travel was permitted as of such date,

7 except that other trails and routes may be used where nec8 essary for administrative purposes or to respond to an

9 emergency. No later than one year after the date of enact10 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall identify such routes

11 and trails and shall prepare and make available to the pub12 lic a map showing such routes and trails. Nothing in this

13 subsection shall be construed as precluding the Secretary

14 from closing any trail or route from use for purposes of

15 resource protection or public safety.

16 SEC. 6. BOWEN GULCH PROTECTION AREA.

17 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) There is hereby established

18 in the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, the Bowen Gulch

19 Protection Area (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the

20 ‘‘protection area’’).

21 (2) The protection area shall consist of certain lands

22 in the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, which comprise

23 approximately 11,600 acres, as generally depicted as ‘‘Area

24 A’’ on a map entitled ‘‘Bowen Gulch Additions to Never

25 Summer Wilderness Proposal’’, dated January, 1993.
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1 (b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall administer

2 the protection area in accordance with this section and the

3 laws and regulations generally applicable to the National

4 Forest System.

5 (c) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, all

6 lands within the protection area are hereby withdrawn from

7 all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the

8 public land laws, from location, entry, and patent under

9 the mining laws, and from disposition under the mineral

10 and geothermal leasing laws, including all amendments

11 thereto.

12 (d) DEVELOPMENT.—No developed campgrounds shall

13 be constructed within the protection area. After the date of

14 enactment of this Act, no new roads or trails may be con15 structed within the protection area.

16 (e) TIMBER HARVESTING.—No timber harvesting shall

17 be allowed within the protection area except to the extent

18 that would be permitted in wilderness under section 4(d)(1)

19 of the Wilderness Act for necessary control of fire, insects,

20 and diseases, and for public safety.

21 (f) MOTORIZED TRAVEL.—Motorized travel shall be

22 permitted within the protection area only on those des23 ignated trails and routes existing as of July 1, 1991, and

24 only during periods of adequate snow cover. At all other
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1 times, mechanized, non-motorized travel shall be permitted

2 within the protection area.

3 (g) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—During the revision of the

4 Land and Resource Management Plan for the Arapaho Na5 tional Forest, the Forest Service shall develop a manage6 ment plan for the protection area, after providing for public

7 comment.

8 SEC. 7. OTHER LANDS.

9 Nothing in this Act shall affect ownership or use of

10 lands or interests therein not owned by the United States

11 or access to such lands available under other applicable law.

12 SEC. 8. WATER.

13 (a) FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND DEFINITION.—(1) Con14 gress finds that—

15 (A) the lands designated as wilderness by this

16 Act are located at the headwaters of the streams and

17 rivers on those lands, with few, if any, actual or pro18 posed water resource facilities located upstream from

19 such lands and few, if any, opportunities for diver20 sion, storage, or other uses of water occurring outside

21 such lands that would adversely affect the wilderness

22 values of such lands; and

23 (B) the lands designated as wilderness by this

24 Act are not suitable for use for development of new
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1 water resource facilities, or for the expansion of exist2 ing facilities; and

3 (C) therefore, it is possible to provide for proper

4 management and protection of the wilderness value of

5 such lands in ways different from those utilized in

6 other legislation designating as wilderness lands not

7 sharing the attributes of the lands designated as wil8 derness by this Act.

9 (2) The purpose of this section is to protect the wilder10 ness values of the lands designated as wilderness by this

11 Act by means other than those based on a federal reserved

12 water right.

13 (3) As used in this section, the term ‘‘water resource

14 facility’’ means irrigation and pumping facilities, res15 ervoirs, water conservation works, aqueducts, canals,

16 ditches, pipelines, wells, hydropower projects, and trans17 mission and other ancillary facilities, and other water di18 version, storage, and carriage structures.

19 (b) RESTRICTIONS ON RIGHTS AND DISCLAIMER OF

20 EFFECT.—(1) Neither the Secretary of Agriculture nor the

21 Secretary of the Interior, nor any other officer, employee,

22 representative, or agent of the United States, nor any other

23 person, shall assert in any court or agency, nor shall any

24 court or agency consider, any claim to or for water or water

25 rights in the State of Colorado, which is based on any con-
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1 struction of any portion of this Act, or the designation of

2 any lands as wilderness by this Act, as constituting an ex3 press or implied reservation of water or water rights.

4 (2)(A) Nothing in this Act shall constitute or be con5 strued to constitute either an express or implied reservation

6 of any water or water rights with respect to the Piedra,

7 Roubideau, and Tabeguache areas identified in section 9

8 of this Act, or the Bowen Gulch Protection Area or the Fos9 sil Ridge Recreation Management Area identified in sec10 tions 5 and 6 of this Act.

11 (B) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as a cre12 ation, recognition, disclaimer, relinquishment, or reduction

13 of any water rights of the United States in the State of

14 Colorado existing before the date of enactment of this Act,

15 except as provided in subsection (g)(2) of this section.

16 (C) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section,

17 nothing in this Act shall be construed as constituting an

18 interpretation of any other Act or any designation made

19 by or pursuant thereto.

20 (D) Nothing in this section shall be construed as estab21 lishing a precedent with regard to any future wilderness

22 designations.

23 (c) NEW OR EXPANDED PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding

24 any other provision of law, on and after the date of enact25 ment of this Act neither the President nor any other officer,
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1 employee, or agent of the United States shall fund, assist,

2 authorize, or issue a license or permit for the development

3 of any new water resource facility within the areas de4 scribed in sections 2, 5, 6 and 9 of this Act or the enlarge5 ment of any water resource facility within the areas de6 scribed in sections 2, 5, 6 and 9 of this Act.

7 (d) ACCESS AND OPERATION.—(1) Subject to the pro8 visions of this subsection (d), the Secretary shall allow rea9 sonable access to water resource facilities in existence on

10 the date of enactment of this Act within the areas described

11 in sections 2, 5, 6 and 9 of this Act, including motorized

12 access where necessary and customarily employed on routes

13 existing as of the date of enactment of this Act.

14 (2) Existing access routes within such areas customar15 ily employed as of the date of enactment of this Act may

16 be used, maintained, repaired, and replaced to the extent

17 necessary to maintain their present function, design, and

18 serviceable operation, so long as such activities have no in19 creased adverse impacts on the resources and values of the

20 areas described in sections 2, 5, 6 and 9 of this Act than

21 existed as of the date of enactment of this Act.

22 (3) Subject to the provisions of subsections (c) and (d),

23 the Secretary shall allow water resource facilities existing

24 on the date of enactment of this Act within areas described

25 in sections 2, 5, 6 and 9 of this Act to be used, operated,
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1 maintained, repaired, and replaced to the extent necessary

2 for the continued exercise, in accordance with Colorado

3 state law, of vested water rights adjudicated for use in con4 nection with such facilities by a court of competent jurisdic5 tion prior to the date of enactment of this Act: Provided,

6 That the impact of an existing facility on the water re7 sources and values of the area shall not be increased as a

8 result of changes in the adjudicated type of use of such facil9 ity as of the date of enactment of this Act.

10 (4) Water resource facilities, and access routes serving

11 such facilities, existing within the areas described in sec12 tions 2, 5, 6 and 9 of this Act on the date of enactment

13 of this Act shall be maintained and repaired when and to

14 the extent necessary to prevent increased adverse impacts

15 on the resources and values of the areas described in sections

16 2, 5, 6 and 9 of this Act.

17 (e) EXISTING PROJECTS.—Except as provided in sub18 sections (c) and (d) of this section, the provisions of this

19 Act related to the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, and

20 9 of this Act, and the inclusion in the National Wilderness

21 Preservation System of the areas described in section 2 of

22 this Act, shall not be construed to affect or limit the use,

23 operation, maintenance, repair, modification, or replace24 ment of water resources facilities in existence on the date
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1 of enactment of this Act within the boundaries of the areas

2 described in sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of this Act.

3 (f) MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTATION.—The Sec4 retaries of Agriculture and the Interior shall monitor the

5 operation of and access to water resource facilities within

6 the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of this Act

7 and take all steps necessary to implement the provisions

8 of this section.

9 (g) INTERSTATE COMPACTS AND NORTH PLATTE

10 RIVER.—(1) Nothing in this Act, and nothing in any pre11 vious Act designating any lands as wilderness, shall be con12 strued as limiting, altering, modifying, or amending any

13 of the interstate compacts or equitable apportionment de14 crees that apportion water among and between the State

15 of Colorado and other States. Except as expressly provided

16 in this section, nothing in this Act shall affect or limit the

17 development or use by existing and future holders of vested

18 water rights of Colorado’s full apportionment of such

19 waters.

20 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nei21 ther the Secretary of Agriculture nor any other officer, em22 ployee, or agent of the United States, or any other person,

23 shall assert in any court or agency of the United States

24 or any other jurisdiction any rights, and no court or agency

25 of the United States shall consider any claim or defense
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1 asserted by any person based upon such rights, which may

2 be determined to have been established for waters of the

3 North Platte River for purposes of the Platte River Wilder4 ness Area established by Public Law 98–550, located on the

5 Colorado-Wyoming State boundary, to the extent such

6 rights would limit the use or development of water within

7 Colorado by present and future holders of vested water

8 rights in the North Platte River and its tributaries, to the

9 full extent allowed under interstate compact or United

10 States Supreme Court equitable decree. Any such rights

11 shall be exercised as if junior to, in a manner so as not

12 to prevent, the use or development of Colorado’s full entitle13 ment to interstate waters of the North Platte River and its

14 tributaries within Colorado allowed under interstate com15 pact or United States Supreme Court equitable decree.

16 SEC. 9. PIEDRA, ROUBIDEAU, AND TABEGUACHE AREAS.

17 (a) AREAS.—The provisions of this section shall apply

18 to the following areas:

19 (1) Certain lands in the San Juan National

20 Forest, Colorado, comprising approximately 62,550

21 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled

22 ‘‘Piedra Area’’ dated January, 1993; and

23 (2) Certain lands in the Uncompahgre National

24 Forest, Colorado, comprising approximately 19,650
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1 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled

2 ‘‘Roubideau Area’’ dated January, 1993; and

3 (3) Certain lands in the Uncompahgre National

4 Forest, Colorado and in the San Juan Resource Area

5 administered by of the Bureau of Land Management,

6 comprising approximately 17,240 acres, as generally

7 depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Tabeguache Area’’

8 dated January, 1993.

9 (b) MANAGEMENT.—(1) Subject to valid existing

10 rights, the areas described in subsection (a) are withdrawn

11 from all forms of location, leasing, patent, disposition, or

12 disposal under public land, mining, and mineral and geo13 thermal leasing laws of the United States.

14 (2) The areas described in subsection (a) shall not be

15 subject to any obligation to further study such lands for

16 wilderness designation.

17 (3) Until Congress determines otherwise, and subject

18 to the provisions of section 8 of this Act, activities within

19 such areas shall be managed by the Secretary of Agriculture

20 and the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, so as to

21 maintain the areas’ presently existing wilderness character

22 and potential for inclusion in the National Wilderness Pres23 ervation System.

24 (4) Livestock grazing in such areas shall be permitted

25 and managed to the same extent and in the same manner
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1 as of the date of enactment of this Act. Except as provided

2 by this Act, mechanized or motorized travel shall not be per3 mitted in such areas: Provided, That the Secretary may

4 permit motorized travel on trail number 535 in the San

5 Juan National Forest during periods of adequate snow

6 cover.

7 (c) DATA COLLECTION.—The Secretary of Agriculture

8 and the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the

9 Colorado Water Conservation Board, shall compile data

10 concerning the water resources of the areas described in sub11 section (a) and existing and proposed water resource facili12 ties affecting such values.

13 SEC. 10. SPANISH PEAKS PLANNING AREA STUDY.

14 (a) REPORT.—Not later than three years from the date

15 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall report to the

16 Committee on Natural Resources of the United States House

17 of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natu18 ral Resources of the United States Senate on the status of

19 private property interests located within the Spanish Peaks

20 planning area of the San Isabel National Forest in Colo21 rado, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Spanish

22 Peaks Further Planning Area Study’’, dated January,

23 1993.

24 (b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report required by

25 this section shall identify the location of all private prop-
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1 erty situated within the exterior boundaries of the Spanish

2 Peaks planning area; the nature of such property interests;

3 the acreage of such private property interests; and the Sec4 retary’s views on whether the owners of said properties

5 would be willing to enter into either a sale or exchange of

6 these properties at fair market value if such a transaction

7 became available in the near future.

8 (c) NO AUTHORIZATION OF EMINENT DOMAIN.—Noth9 ing contained in this Act authorizes, and nothing in this

10 Act shall be construed to authorize, the acquisition of real

11 property by eminent domain.

12 (d) MANAGEMENT.—Notwithstanding the provisions of

13 section 4(a) of this Act, for a period of three years from

14 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall man15 age the Spanish Peaks planning area as provided by section

16 105(c) of Public Law 96–560.

17 SEC. 11. PUMPING PLANT NAME CHANGE.

18 The facility of the Bureau of Reclamation, Department

19 of the Interior, known as the Granby Pumping Plant of

20 the Colorado-Big Thompson Project, in the State of Colo21 rado, shall hereafter be known as the Farr Pumping Plant.

22 Any reference to the Granby Pumping Plant in any law,

23 regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the

24 United States shall be considered to be a reference to the

25 Farr Pumping Plant.
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