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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 972

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to improve the administration

of the Lamprey River in the State of New Hampshire.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 6, 1999

Mr. GREGG introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

A BILL

To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to improve the

administration of the Lamprey River in the State of

New Hampshire.

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

3 SECTION 1. LAMPREY RIVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(a) of the Wild and Sce5 nic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by striking

6 paragraph (158) and inserting the following:

7 ‘‘(158) LAMPREY RIVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.—

8 ‘‘(A) DESIGNATION.—

9 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The 23.5 mile seg10 ment extending from the Bunker Pond
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1 Dam in Epping to the confluence with the

2 Piscassic River in the vicinity of the Dur3 ham-Newmarket town line (referred to in

4 this paragraph as the ‘segment’) as a rec5 reational river.

6 ‘‘(ii) ADMINISTRATION.—

7 ‘‘(I) COOPERATIVE AGREE8 MENTS.—The segment shall be ad9 ministered by the Secretary of the In10 terior through cooperative agreements

11 under section 10(e) between the Sec12 retary and the State of New Hamp13 shire (including the towns of Epping,

14 Lee, Durham, and Newmarket, and

15 other relevant political subdivisions of

16 that State).

17 ‘‘(II) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—

18 ‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—The

19 segment shall be managed in ac20 cordance with the Lamprey River

21 Management Plan, dated Janu22 ary 10, 1995, and such amend23 ments to that plan as the Sec24 retary of the Interior determines

25 are consistent with this Act.
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1 ‘‘(bb) REQUIREMENT FOR

2 PLAN.—The plan described in

3 item (aa) shall be considered to

4 satisfy the requirements for a

5 comprehensive management plan

6 under section 3(d).

7 ‘‘(B) MANAGEMENT.—

8 ‘‘(i) COMMITTEE.—The Secretary of

9 the Interior shall coordinate the manage10 ment responsibility under this Act with re11 spect to the segment designated by sub12 paragraph (A) with the Lamprey River Ad13 visory Committee established under New

14 Hampshire RSA 483.

15 ‘‘(ii) LAND MANAGEMENT.—

16 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The zoning

17 ordinances duly adopted by the towns

18 of Epping, Lee, Durham, and

19 Newmarket, New Hampshire, includ20 ing provisions for conservation of

21 shoreland, floodplains, and wetland

22 associated with the segment, shall—

23 ‘‘(aa) be considered to sat24 isfy the standards and require25 ments of section 6(c) and the
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1 provisions of that section that

2 prohibit Federal acquisition of

3 lands by condemnation; and

4 ‘‘(bb) apply to the segment

5 designated under subparagraph

6 (A).

7 ‘‘(II) ACQUISITION OF LAND.—

8 The authority of the Secretary to ac9 quire land for the purposes of this

10 paragraph shall be—

11 ‘‘(aa) limited to acquisition

12 by donation or with the consent

13 of the owner of the land; and

14 ‘‘(bb) subject to the addi15 tional criteria set forth in the

16 Lamprey River Management

17 Plan.’’.

18 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 405 of divi19 sion I of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Manage20 ment Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 1274 note; Public Law 104–

21 333) is repealed.

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