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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 com-
ponents of the National Wilderness Preservation System,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 ‘‘Col-
orado Wilderness Act of 1993’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—(1) As used in this Act with ref-
erence 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 Sys-
tem:
(1) Certain lands in the Gunnison Resource
Area administered by the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment which comprise approximately 3,390 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘American Flats
Additions to the Big Blue Wilderness Proposal (Amer-
ican 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 Manage-
ment 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 For-
est and in the Powderhorn Primitive Area adminis-
tered by the Bureau of Land Management which com-
prise approximately 60,100 acres, as generally de-
picted 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 gen-
erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Davis Peak Addi-
tions 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 For-
ests 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 For-
est which comprise approximately 14,700 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Lost Creek Wil-
derness 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 ex-
change, 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 For-
ests 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 Wil-
derness 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 Sec-
tion)’’, ‘‘Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Proposal (North
Middle Section)’’, ‘‘Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Pro-
posal (South Middle Section)’’, and ‘‘Sangre de Cristo
Wilderness Proposal (South Section)’’, all dated Jan-
uary, 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 gen-
erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Service Creek Wil-
derness 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, Monte-
zuma Peak’’ and the other entitled ‘‘South San Juan
Wilderness Expansion Proposal, V-Rock Trail’’, both
dated January, 1993, and which are hereby incor-
porated 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 Pro-
posal’’, 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
Fryingpan–Arkansas Project shall be prejudiced, ex-
panded, diminished, altered, or affected by this Act,
nor shall anything in this Act be construed to expand,
abate, impair, impede, limit, interfere with, or pre-
vent 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 For-
est which comprise approximately 8,095 acres, as gen-
erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Byers Peak Wil-
derness Proposal’’, dated January, 1993, and which
shall be known as the Byers Peak Wilderness.
(15) Certain lands in the Arapaho National For-
est 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 incor-
porated 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 Addi-
tion 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 For-
est which comprise approximately 13,175 acres, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Farr Wilder-
ness Proposal’’, dated January, 1993, and which shall
be known as the Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness.
(19) Certain lands in the Arapaho National For-
est which comprise approximately 6,990 acres, as gen-
erally depicted on a map entitled ‘‘Bowen Gulch Ad-
ditions 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 Sec-
retary shall file a map and a boundary description of each
area designated as wilderness by this Act with the Commit-
tee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States
Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the
United States House of Representatives. Each map and de-
scription shall have the same force and effect as if included
in this Act, except that the appropriate Secretary is author-
ized 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 inspec-
tion in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Depart-
ment 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 Inte-
rior, as appropriate, in accordance with the Wilderness Act
(16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this Act, except that, with re-
spect 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 des-
ignated as wilderness pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (10)
of section 2(a) of this Act, and which, as of the date of enact-
ment 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 ac-
cordance with the provisions of section 4(d)(4) of the Wil-
derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)), as further interpreted
by section 108 of Public Law 96–560, and, as regards wil-
derness 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)), noth-
ing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the jurisdic-
tion 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 pe-
rimeters 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, pre-
clude such activities or uses up to the boundary of the wil-
derness 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 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 exist-
ing rights of any person under the authority of law.
(3) Authorizations to use lands transferred by this sec-
tion 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 Agri-
culture, and the applicable law, including this Act. The
change of administrative jurisdiction resulting from the en-
actment 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 (Pub-
lic 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 plan-
ning upon enactment of this Act, areas listed in sections
105 and 106 of this Act, or previously congressional des-
ignated wilderness study areas,’’.
SEC. 5. FOSSIL RIDGE RECREATION MANAGEMENT AREA.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) In order to conserve, pro-
tect, and enhance the scenic, wildlife, recreational, and
other natural resource values of the Fossil Ridge area, there
is hereby established the Fossil Ridge Recreation Manage-
ment Area (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘recreation man-
agement 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 Wil-
derness Proposal’’, dated January, 1993.
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of Agriculture
shall administer the recreation management area in accord-
ance with this section and the laws and regulations gen-
erally 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 dis-
posal 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 pro-
hibit, or change the administration of, the grazing of live-
stock within the recreation management area.
(f) DEVELOPMENT.—No developed campgrounds shall
be constructed within the recreation management area.
After the date of enactment of this Act, no new roads or
trails may be constructed within the recreation manage-
ment 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 nec-
essary for administrative purposes or to respond to an
emergency. No later than one year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall identify such routes
and trails and shall prepare and make available to the pub-
lic 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 constructed within the protection area. After the date of
enactment of this Act, no new roads or trails may be con-
structed 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 des-
ignated 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 Na-
tional Forest, the Forest Service shall develop a manage-
ment 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.
SEC. 8. WATER.
(a) FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND DEFINITION.—(1) Con-
gress 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 pro-
posed water resource facilities located upstream from
such lands and few, if any, opportunities for diver-
sion, 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 exist-
ing facilities; and
(C) therefore, it is possible to provide for proper
management 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 wil-
derness by this Act.
(2) The purpose of this section is to protect the wilder-
ness 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, res-
ervoirs, water conservation works, aqueducts, canals,
ditches, pipelines, wells, hydropower projects, and trans-
mission and other ancillary facilities, and other water di-
version, 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 con-
struction of any portion of this Act, or the designation of
any lands as wilderness by this Act, as constituting an ex-
press or implied reservation of water or water rights.
(2)(A) Nothing in this Act shall constitute or be con-
strued 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 Fos-
sil Ridge Recreation Management Area identified in sec-
tions 5 and 6 of this Act.
(B) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as a cre-
ation, 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 estab-
lishing 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 enact-
ment 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 de-
scribed in sections 2, 5, 6 and 9 of this Act or the enlarge-
ment of any water resource facility within the areas de-
scribed in sections 2, 5, 6 and 9 of this Act.
(d) ACCESS AND OPERATION.—(1) Subject to the pro-
visions of this subsection (d), the Secretary shall allow rea-
sonable 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 customar-
ily 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 in-
creased 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 con-
nection with such facilities by a court of competent jurisdic-
tion prior to the date of enactment of this Act: Provided,
That the impact of an existing facility on the water re-
sources and values of the area shall not be increased as a
result of changes in the adjudicated type of use of such facil-
ity 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 sec-
tions 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 sub-
sections (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 replace-
ment 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 Sec-
retaries 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 pre-
vious Act designating any lands as wilderness, shall be con-
strued as limiting, altering, modifying, or amending any
of the interstate compacts or equitable apportionment de-
crees 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
development 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, nei-
ther the Secretary of Agriculture nor any other officer, em-
ployee, 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 Wilder-
ness 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 entitle-
ment to interstate waters of the North Platte River and its
tributaries within Colorado allowed under interstate com-
pact 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; and
(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 of 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 geo-
thermal 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 Pres-
ervation System.
(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 per-
mitted 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 sub-
section (a) and existing and proposed water resource facili-
ties 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 Natu-
ral 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 Colo-
rado, 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 prop-
erty 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 Sec-
retary’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.—Noth-
ing 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 man-
age 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-Big Thompson Project, in the State of Colo-
rado, 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.