H. R. 631

One Hundred Third Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,

the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three

An Act

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

Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS.

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Colorado

Wilderness Act of 1993’’.

(b) DEFINITIONS.—(1) As used in this Act with reference to

lands in the National Forest System, the term ‘‘the Secretary’’

means the Secretary of Agriculture. (2) As used in this Act with respect to lands not in the National

Forest System, the term ‘‘the Secretary’’ means the Secretary of

the Interior.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONS TO THE WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM.

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

are hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, as components

of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Certain lands in the Gunnison Resource Area administered by the Bureau of Land Management which comprise

approximately 3,390 acres, as generally depicted on a map

entitled ‘‘American Flats Additions to the Big Blue Wilderness

Proposal (American Flats)’’, dated January, 1993, and which

are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part

of the wilderness area designated by section 102(a)(1) of Public

Law 96–560 and renamed Uncompahgre Wilderness by section

3(f) of this Act.

(2) Certain lands in the Gunnison Resource Area administered by the Bureau of Land Management which comprise

approximately 815 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Bill Hare Gulch and Larson Creek Additions to the Big

Blue Wilderness’’, dated January, 1993, and which are hereby

incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the wilderness area designated by section 102(a)(1) of Public Law

96–560 and renamed Uncompahgre Wilderness by section 3(f)

of this Act.

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

Forests which comprise approximately 43,410 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Buffalo Peaks Wilderness

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

as the Buffalo Peaks Wilderness.

(4) Certain lands in the Gunnison National Forest and

in the Powderhorn Primitive Area administered by the Bureau
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of Land Management which comprise approximately 60,100

acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Powderhorn

Wilderness Proposal’’, dated January, 1993, and which shall

be known as the Powderhorn Wilderness.

(5) Certain lands in the Routt National Forest which comprise approximately 20,750 acres, as generally depicted on a

map entitled ‘‘Davis Peak Additions to Mount Zirkel Wilderness

Proposal’’, dated January, 1993, and which are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the Mount

Zirkel Wilderness designated by Public Law 88–555, as

amended by Public Law 96–560.

(6) Certain lands in the Gunnison National Forests which

comprise approximately 33,060 acres, as generally depicted on

a map entitled ‘‘Fossil Ridge Wilderness Proposal’’, dated January, 1993, and which shall be known as the Fossil Ridge Wilderness.

(7) Certain lands in the San Isabel National Forest which

comprise approximately 22,040 acres, as generally depicted on

a map entitled ‘‘Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness Proposal’’,

dated January, 1993, and which shall be known as the Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness.

(8) Certain lands within the Pike National Forest which

comprise approximately 14,700 acres, as generally depicted on

a map entitled ‘‘Lost Creek Wilderness Addition Proposal’’,

dated January, 1993, which are hereby incorporated in and

shall be deemed to be a part of the Lost Creek Wilderness

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

is authorized to acquire, only by donation or exchange, various

mineral reservations held by the State of Colorado within the

boundaries of the Lost Creek Wilderness additions designated

by this Act. (9) Certain lands in the Gunnison National Forests which

comprise approximately 5,500 acres, as generally depicted on

a map entitled ‘‘O-Be-Joyful Addition to the Raggeds Wilderness

Proposal’’, dated January, 1993, and which are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the Raggeds

Wilderness designated by Public Law 96–560. (10) Certain lands in the Rio Grande and San Isabel

National Forests and lands in the San Luis Resource Area

administered by the Bureau of Land Management which comprise approximately 226,455 acres, as generally depicted on

four maps entitled ‘‘Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Proposal

(North Section)’’, ‘‘Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Proposal (North

Middle Section)’’, ‘‘Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Proposal (South

Middle Section)’’, and ‘‘Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Proposal

(South Section)’’, all dated January, 1993, and which shall

be known as the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness.

(11) Certain lands in the Routt National Forest which

comprise approximately 47,140 acres, as generally depicted on

a map entitled ‘‘Service Creek Wilderness Proposal (Sarvis

Creek Wilderness)’’, dated January, 1993, and which shall be

known as the Sarvis Creek Wilderness.

(12) Certain lands in the San Juan National Forest which

comprise approximately 31,100 acres, as generally depicted on

two maps, one entitled ‘‘South San Juan Wilderness Expansion

Proposal, Montezuma Peak’’ and the other entitled ‘‘South San

Juan Wilderness Expansion Proposal, V-Rock Trail’’, both dated
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January, 1993, and which are hereby incorporated in and shall

be deemed to be a part of the South San Juan Wilderness

designated by Public Law 96–560.

(13) Certain lands in the White River National Forest

which comprise approximately 8,330 acres, as generally

depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Spruce Creek Addition to the

Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness Proposal’’, dated January, 1993,

and which are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed

to be part of the Hunter Fryingpan Wilderness designated

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

right, to the diversion and use of waters by the FryingpanArkansas Project shall be prejudiced, expanded, diminished,

altered, or affected by this Act, nor shall anything in this

Act be construed to expand, abate, impair, impede, limit, interfere with, or prevent the construction, operation, use, maintenance, or repair of the project facilities and diversion systems

to their full extent.

(14) Certain lands in the Arapaho National Forest which

comprise approximately 8,095 acres, as generally depicted on

a map entitled ‘‘Byers Peak Wilderness Proposal’’, dated January, 1993, and which shall be known as the Byers Peak Wilderness.

(15) Certain lands in the Arapaho National Forest which

comprise approximately 12,300 acres, as generally depicted on

a map entitled ‘‘Vasquez Peak Wilderness Proposal’’, dated

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

Peak Wilderness.

(16) Certain lands in the San Juan National Forest which

comprise approximately 28,740 acres, as generally depicted on

a map entitled ‘‘West Needle Wilderness Proposal and

Weminuche Additions’’, dated January, 1993, and which are

hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of

the Weminuche Wilderness designated by Public Law 93–632,

as amended by Public Law 96–560. (17) Certain lands in the Rio Grande National Forest which

comprise approximately 25,640 acres, as generally depicted on

a map entitled ‘‘Wheeler Addition to the La Garita Wilderness

Proposal’’, dated January, 1993, and which shall be incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the La Garita

Wilderness designated by Public Law 96–560. (18) Certain lands in the Arapaho National Forest which

comprise approximately 13,175 acres, as generally depicted on

a map entitled ‘‘Farr Wilderness Proposal’’, dated January,

1993, and which shall be known as the Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness.

(19) Certain lands in the Arapaho National Forest which

comprise approximately 6,990 acres, as generally depicted on

a map entitled ‘‘Bowen Gulch Additions to Never Summer

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

hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of

the Never Summer Wilderness designated by Public Law

96–560.

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

date of enactment of this Act, the appropriate Secretary shall file

a map and a boundary description of each area designated as

wilderness by this Act with the Committee on Energy and Natural

Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on Natu-
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ral Resources of the United States House of Representatives. Each

map and description shall have the same force and effect as if

included in this Act, except that the appropriate Secretary is authorized to correct clerical and typographical errors in such boundary

descriptions and maps. Such maps and boundary descriptions shall

be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the

Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, and the

Office of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, as appropriate.

SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

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

designated as wilderness by this Act shall be managed by the

Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131

et seq.) and this Act, except that, with respect to any wilderness

areas designated by this Act, any reference in the Wilderness Act

to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to

be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act.

(2) Administrative jurisdiction over those lands designated as

wilderness pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (10) of section 2(a)

of this Act, and which, as of the date of enactment of this Act,

are administered by the Bureau of Land Management, is hereby

transferred to the Forest Service and such lands are hereby added

to the appropriate National Forest.

(b) GRAZING.—Grazing of livestock in wilderness areas designated by this Act shall be administered in accordance with the

provisions of section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C.

1133(d)(4)), as further interpreted by section 108 of Public Law

96–560, and, as regards wilderness managed by the Bureau of

Land Management, the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of House

Report 101–405 of the 101st Congress. (c) STATE JURISDICTION.—As provided in section 4(d)(7) of the

Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), nothing in this Act shall

be construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the

State of Colorado with respect to wildlife and fish in Colorado.

(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2(e) of the Endangered American Wilderness Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 41) is amended by

striking ‘‘Subject to’’ and all that follows through ‘‘System.’’. (e) BUFFER ZONES.—Congress does not intend that the designation by this Act of wilderness areas in the State of Colorado creates

or implies the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones

around any wilderness area. The fact that nonwilderness activities

or uses can be seen or heard from within a wilderness area shall

not, of itself, preclude such activities or uses up to the boundary

of the wilderness area.

(f) WILDERNESS NAME CHANGE.—The wilderness area designated as ‘‘Big Blue Wilderness’’ by section 102(a)(1) of Public

Law 96–560, and the additions thereto made by paragraphs (1)

and (2) of section 2(a) of this Act, shall hereafter be known as

the Uncompahgre Wilderness. Any reference to the Big Blue Wilderness in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper

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

Uncompahgre Wilderness.

(g) BOUNDARIES AND AUTHORIZATIONS TO USE LANDS.—(1) For

the purpose of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation

Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601–9), the boundaries of affected
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National Forests, as modified by this section, shall be considered

to be the boundaries of such National Forests as of January 1,

1965.

(2) Nothing in this subsection shall affect valid existing rights

of any person under the authority of law.

(3) Authorizations to use lands transferred by this section which

were issued prior to the date of enactment of this Act shall remain

subject to the laws and regulations under which they were issued,

to the extent consistent with this Act. Such authorizations shall

be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. Any renewal or

extension of such authorizations shall be subject to the laws and

regulations pertaining to the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, and the applicable law, including this Act. The change

of administrative jurisdiction resulting from the enactment of this

section shall not in itself constitute a basis for denying or approving

the renewal or reissuance of any such authorization.

SEC. 4. WILDERNESS RELEASE.

(a) REPEAL OF WILDERNESS STUDY PROVISIONS.—Sections 105

and 106 of the Act of December 22, 1980 (Public Law 96–560),

are hereby repealed.

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

22, 1980 (Public Law 96–560), is amended by striking out ‘‘except

those lands remaining in further planning upon enactment of this

Act, areas listed in sections 105 and 106 of this Act, or previously

congressionally designated wilderness study areas,’’.

SEC. 5. FOSSIL RIDGE RECREATION MANAGEMENT AREA.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) In order to conserve, protect, and

enhance the scenic, wildlife, recreational, and other natural resource

values of the Fossil Ridge area, there is hereby established the

Fossil Ridge Recreation Management Area (hereinafter referred

to as the ‘‘recreation management area’’). (2) The recreation management area shall consist of certain

lands in the Gunnison National Forest, Colorado, which comprise

approximately 43,900 acres, as generally depicted as ‘‘Area A’’ on

a map entitled ‘‘Fossil Ridge Wilderness Proposal’’, dated January,

1993.

(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall administer the recreation management area in accordance with this section and the laws and regulations generally applicable to the

National Forest System. (c) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, all lands

within the recreation management area are hereby withdrawn from

all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land

laws, from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws,

and from disposition under the mineral and geothermal leasing

laws, including all amendments thereto.

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

allowed within the recreation management area except to the extent

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

the Wilderness Act for necessary control of fire, insects, and diseases, and for public safety.

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

management area shall not be construed to prohibit, or change

the administration of, the grazing of livestock within the recreation

management area.
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(f) DEVELOPMENT.—No developed campgrounds shall be con- structed within the recreation management area. After the date

of enactment of this Act, no new roads or trails may be constructed

within the recreation management area. (g) OFF-ROAD RECREATION.—Motorized travel shall be permitted within the recreation management area only on those established trails and routes existing as of July 1, 1991, on which

such travel was permitted as of such date, except that other trails

and routes may be used where necessary for administrative purposes or to respond to an emergency. No later than one year

after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall identify

such routes and trails and shall prepare and make available to

the public a map showing such routes and trails. Nothing in this

subsection shall be construed as precluding the Secretary from

closing any trail or route from use for purposes of resource protection or public safety.

SEC. 6. BOWEN GULCH PROTECTION AREA.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) There is hereby established in the Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, the Bowen Gulch Protection

Area (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘protection area’’). (2) The protection area shall consist of certain lands in the

Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, which comprise approximately

11,600 acres, as generally depicted as ‘‘Area A’’ on a map entitled

‘‘Bowen Gulch Additions to Never Summer Wilderness Proposal’’,

dated January, 1993. (b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall administer the protection area in accordance with this section and the laws and

regulations generally applicable to the National Forest System. (c) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, all lands within the protection area are hereby withdrawn from all forms

of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws,

from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and from

disposition under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, including all amendments thereto. (d) DEVELOPMENT.—No developed campgrounds shall be con- structed within the protection area. After the date of enactment

of this Act, no new roads or trails may be constructed within

the protection area. (e) TIMBER HARVESTING.—No timber harvesting shall be allowed within the protection area except to the extent that would

be permitted in wilderness under section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness

Act for necessary control of fire, insects, and diseases, and for

public safety. (f) MOTORIZED TRAVEL.—Motorized travel shall be permitted

within the protection area only on those designated trails and

routes existing as of July 1, 1991, and only during periods of

adequate snow cover. At all other times, mechanized, non-motorized

travel shall be permitted within the protection area.

(g) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—During the revision of the Land and

Resource Management Plan for the Arapaho National Forest, the

Forest Service shall develop a management plan for the protection

area, after providing for public comment.

SEC. 7. OTHER LANDS.

Nothing in this Act shall affect ownership or use of lands

or interests therein not owned by the United States or access

to such lands available under other applicable law.
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SEC. 8. WATER.

(a) FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND DEFINITION.—(1) Congress finds that—

(A) the lands designated as wilderness by this Act are located at the headwaters of the streams and rivers on those

lands, with few, if any, actual or proposed water resource

facilities located upstream from such lands and few, if any,

opportunities for diversion, storage, or other uses of water

occurring outside such lands that would adversely affect the

wilderness values of such lands; and

(B) the lands designated as wilderness by this Act are not suitable for use for development of new water resource

facilities, or for the expansion of existing facilities; and (C) therefore, it is possible to provide for proper manage- ment and protection of the wilderness value of such lands

in ways different from those utilized in other legislation designating as wilderness lands not sharing the attributes of the

lands designated as wilderness by this Act.

(2) The purpose of this section is to protect the wilderness

values of the lands designated as wilderness by this Act by means

other than those based on a Federal reserved water right.

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

means irrigation and pumping facilities, reservoirs, water conservation works, aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, wells, hydropower

projects, and transmission and other ancillary facilities, and other

water diversion, storage, and carriage structures.

(b) RESTRICTIONS ON RIGHTS AND DISCLAIMER OF EFFECT.— (1) Neither the Secretary of Agriculture nor the Secretary of the

Interior, nor any other officer, employee, representative, or agent

of the United States, nor any other person, shall assert in any

court or agency, nor shall any court or agency consider, any claim

to or for water or water rights in the State of Colorado, which

is based on any construction of any portion of this Act, or the

designation of any lands as wilderness by this Act, as constituting

an express or implied reservation of water or water rights.

(2)(A) Nothing in this Act shall constitute or be construed

to constitute either an express or implied reservation of any water

or water rights with respect to the Piedra, Roubideau, and

Tabeguache areas identified in section 9 of this Act, or the Bowen

Gulch Protection Area or the Fossil Ridge Recreation Management

Area identified in sections 5 and 6 of this Act.

(B) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as a creation, recognition, disclaimer, relinquishment, or reduction of any water rights

of the United States in the State of Colorado existing before the

date of enactment of this Act, except as provided in subsection

(g)(2) of this section. (C) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, nothing

in this Act shall be construed as constituting an interpretation

of any other Act or any designation made by or pursuant thereto. (D) Nothing in this section shall be construed as establishing

a precedent with regard to any future wilderness designations. (c) NEW OR EXPANDED PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding any other

provision of law, on and after the date of enactment of this Act

neither the President nor any other officer, employee, or agent

of the United States shall fund, assist, authorize, or issue a license

or permit for the development of any new water resource facility

within the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of this Act
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or the enlargement of any water resource facility within the areas

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

(d) ACCESS AND OPERATION.—(1) Subject to the provisions of

this subsection (d), the Secretary shall allow reasonable access

to water resource facilities in existence on the date of enactment

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

9 of this Act, including motorized access where necessary and

customarily employed on routes existing as of the date of enactment

of this Act.

(2) Existing access routes within such areas customarily

employed as of the date of enactment of this Act may be used,

maintained, repaired, and replaced to the extent necessary to maintain their present function, design, and serviceable operation, so

long as such activities have no increased adverse impacts on the

resources and values of the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6,

and 9 of this Act than existed as of the date of enactment of

this Act.

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

Secretary shall allow water resource facilities existing on the date

of enactment of this Act within areas described in sections 2,

5, 6, and 9 of this Act to be used, operated, maintained, repaired,

and replaced to the extent necessary for the continued exercise,

in accordance with Colorado State law, of vested water rights adjudicated for use in connection with such facilities by a court of

competent jurisdiction prior to the date of enactment of this Act:

Provided, That the impact of an existing facility on the water

resources and values of the area shall not be increased as a result

of changes in the adjudicated type of use of such facility as of

the date of enactment of this Act.

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

facilities, existing within the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6,

and 9 of this Act on the date of enactment of this Act shall

be maintained and repaired when and to the extent necessary

to prevent increased adverse impacts on the resources and values

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

(e) EXISTING PROJECTS.—Except as provided in subsections (c)

and (d) of this section, the provisions of this Act related to the

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

inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System of

the areas described in section 2 of this Act, shall not be construed

to affect or limit the use, operation, maintenance, repair, modification, or replacement of water resources facilities in existence on

the date of enactment of this Act within the boundaries of the

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

(f) MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretaries of

Agriculture and the Interior shall monitor the operation of and

access to water resource facilities within the areas described in

sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of this Act and take all steps necessary

to implement the provisions of this section.

(g) INTERSTATE COMPACTS AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER.—(1)

Nothing in this Act, and nothing in any previous Act designating

any lands as wilderness, shall be construed as limiting, altering,

modifying, or amending any of the interstate compacts or equitable

apportionment decrees that apportion water among and between

the State of Colorado and other States. Except as expressly provided

in this section, nothing in this Act shall affect or limit the develop-
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ment or use by existing and future holders of vested water rights

of Colorado’s full apportionment of such waters.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the

Secretary of Agriculture nor any other officer, employee, or agent

of the United States, or any other person, shall assert in any

court or agency of the United States or any other jurisdiction

any rights, and no court or agency of the United States shall

consider any claim or defense asserted by any person based upon

such rights, which may be determined to have been established

for waters of the North Platte River for purposes of the Platte

River Wilderness Area established by Public Law 98–550, located

on the Colorado-Wyoming State boundary, to the extent such rights

would limit the use or development of water within Colorado by

present and future holders of vested water rights in the North

Platte River and its tributaries, to the full extent allowed under

interstate compact or United States Supreme Court equitable

decree. Any such rights shall be exercised as if junior to, in a

manner so as not to prevent, the use or development of Colorado’s

full entitlement to interstate waters of the North Platte River

and its tributaries within Colorado allowed under interstate compact or United States Supreme Court equitable decree.

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

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

following areas:

(1) Certain lands in the San Juan National Forest, Colorado, comprising approximately 62,550 acres, as generally

depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Piedra Area’’ dated January,

1993;

(2) Certain lands in the Uncompahgre National Forest,

Colorado, comprising approximately 19,650 acres, as generally

depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Roubideau Area’’ dated January,

1993; and

(3) Certain lands in the Uncompahgre National Forest,

Colorado, and in the San Juan Resource Area administered

by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately

17,240 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled

‘‘Tabeguache Area’’ dated January, 1993.

(b) MANAGEMENT.—(1) Subject to valid existing rights, the areas

described in subsection (a) are withdrawn from all forms of location,

leasing, patent, disposition, or disposal under public land, mining,

and mineral and geothermal leasing laws of the United States.

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

to any obligation to further study such lands for wilderness designation.

(3) Until Congress determines otherwise, and subject to the

provisions of section 8 of this Act, activities within such areas

shall be managed by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary

of the Interior, as appropriate, so as to maintain the areas’ presently

existing wilderness character and potential for inclusion in the

National Wilderness Preservation System.
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(4) Livestock grazing in such areas shall be permitted and

managed to the same extent and in the same manner as of the

date of enactment of this Act. Except as provided by this Act,

mechanized or motorized travel shall not be permitted in such

areas: Provided, That the Secretary may permit motorized travel

on trail number 535 in the San Juan National Forest during periods

of adequate snow cover.

(c) DATA COLLECTION.—The Secretary of Agriculture and the

Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Colorado Water

Conservation Board, shall compile data concerning the water

resources of the areas described in subsection (a) and existing

and proposed water resource facilities affecting such values.

SEC. 10. SPANISH PEAKS PLANNING AREA STUDY.

(a) REPORT.—Not later than three years from the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall report to the Committee

on Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives

and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United

States Senate on the status of private property interests located

within the Spanish Peaks planning area of the San Isabel National

Forest in Colorado, as generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Spanish

Peaks Further Planning Area Study’’, dated January, 1993.

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

shall identify the location of all private property situated within

the exterior boundaries of the Spanish Peaks planning area; the

nature of such property interests; the acreage of such private property interests; and the Secretary’s views on whether the owners

of said properties would be willing to enter into either a sale

or exchange of these properties at fair market value if such a

transaction became available in the near future.

(c) NO AUTHORIZATION OF EMINENT DOMAIN.—Nothing contained in this Act authorizes, and nothing in this Act shall be

construed to authorize, the acquisition of real property by eminent

domain.

(d) MANAGEMENT.—Notwithstanding the provisions of section

4(a) of this Act, for a period of three years from the date of

enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall manage the Spanish

Peaks planning area as provided by section 105(c) of Public Law

96–560.

SEC. 11. PUMPING PLANT NAME CHANGE.

The facility of the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the

Interior, known as the Granby Pumping Plant of the Colorado-
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Big Thompson Project, in the State of Colorado, shall hereafter

be known as the Farr Pumping Plant. Any reference to the Granby

Pumping Plant in any law, regulation, map, document, record,

or other paper of the United States shall be considered to be

a reference to the Farr Pumping Plant.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.