Caribbean National Forest, to be administered by
the Secretary of Agriculture as follows:
‘‘(i) As a wild river from its headwaters in
the Ban˜o de Oro Research Natural Area to the
crossing point of Trail No. 24/11 (approxi-
mately 500 feet upstream from the confluence
with the Rio de La Mina), a total of approxi-
mately 2.1 miles.
‘‘(ii) As a scenic river from the crossing
point of Trail No. 24/11 to the access point of
Trail No. 7, a total of approximately 1.4 miles.
‘‘(iii) As a recreational river from the ac-
cess point of Trail No. 7 to the national forest
boundary, a total of approximately 1.0 miles.
‘‘(B) RIO DE LA MINA.—The segment of ap-
proximately 2.1 miles from its headwaters to its con-
fluence with the Rio Mameyes, to be administered by
the Secretary of Agriculture as follows:
‘‘(i) As a recreational river from its head-
waters in the El Yunque Recreation Area down-
stream to La Mina Falls, a total of approxi-
mately 0.9 miles.
‘‘(ii) As a scenic river from La Mina falls
downstream to its confluence with the Rio
Mameyes, a total of approximately 1.2 miles.
‘‘(C) RIO
ICACOS.—The segment of approxi-
mately 2.3 miles from its headwaters to the bound-
ary of the Caribbean National Forest, to be adminis-
tered by the Secretary of Agriculture as a scenic
river.’’
(c) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.—
(1) PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION.—As soon
as practicable after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare maps
and a legal description of the river segments added
to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System by
the amendment made by subsection (b) and submit
the maps and description to the Committee on Re-
sources of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
Senate. The maps and legal description shall be on
file and available for public inspection in the office
of the Chief of the Forest Service.
(2) TREATMENT.—The maps and legal descrip-
tion prepared under paragraph (1) shall have the
same force and effect as if included in this Act. The
Secretary may correct clerical and typographical er-
rors in the map and description.
(d) SPECIAL MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS.—The
amendment made by the subsection (b) and the applica-
bility of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271
et seq.) to the river segments added to the National Wild
and Scenic Rivers System by the amendment shall not be
construed to prevent any of the following activities, subject
to such conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture con-
siders desirable, within the boundaries of the river seg-
ments:
(1) Installation and maintenance of hydrologic,
meteorological, climatological, or atmospheric data
collection and transmission facilities, or any com-
bination of such facilities, when the Secretary deter-
mines that such facilities are essential to the sci-
entific research purposes of the Luquillo Experi-
mental Forest.
(2) Construction and maintenance of nesting
structures, observation blinds, and population moni-
toring platforms for threatened and endangered spe-
cies.
(3) Construction and maintenance of trails to
such facilities as necessary for research purposes
and for the recovery of threatened and endangered
species.
(e) PRESERVATION OF COMMONWEALTH AUTHOR-
ITY.—Nothing in this section or the amendment made by
this section shall be construed to limit the authority of
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico over waters and natural
channels of public domain pursuant to the laws of the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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