confluence with the Sudbury River at Egg Rock
in Concord.
(C) The 8-mile segment of the Concord
River from Egg Rock at the confluence of the
Sudbury and Assabet Rivers to the Route 3
bridge in the town of Billerica.
(3) The towns that directly abut the segments,
including Framingham, Sudbury, Wayland, Lincoln,
Concord, Bedford, Carlisle, and Billerica, Massachu-
setts, have each demonstrated their desire for Na-
tional Wild and Scenic River Designation through
town meeting votes endorsing designation.
(4) During the study, the Study Committee and
the National Park Service prepared a comprehensive
management plan for the segment, entitled ‘‘Sud-
bury, Assabet and Concord Wild and Scenic River
Study, River Conservation Plan’’, dated March 16,
1995, which establishes objectives, standards, and
action programs that will ensure long-term protec-
tion of the rivers’ outstanding values and compatible
management of their land and water resources.
(5) The Study Committee voted unanimously on
February 23, 1995, to recommend that the Congress
include these segments in the National Wild and
Scenic Rivers System for management in accordance
with the River Conservation Plan.
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION.
Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16
U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraphs:
‘‘( ) SUDBURY, ASSABET, AND CONCORD RIV-
ERS, MASSACHUSETTS.—The 29 miles of river seg-
ments in Massachusetts consisting of the Sudbury
River from the Danforth Street Bridge in Fra-
mingham downstream to its confluence with the
Assabet River at Egg Rock; the Assabet River from
a point 1,000 feet downstream of the Damondale
Dam in Concord to its confluence with the Sudbury
River at Egg Rock; and the Concord River from its
origin at Egg Rock in Concord downstream to the
Route 3 bridge in Billerica (in this paragraph re-
ferred to as the ‘segments’), as scenic and rec-
reational river segments. The segments shall be ad-
ministered by the Secretary of the Interior in co-
operation with the SUASCO River Stewardship
Council provided for in the plan through cooperative
agreements under section 10(e) between the Sec-
retary and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and
its relevant political subdivisions (including the
towns of Framingham, Wayland, Sudbury, Lincoln,
Concord, Carlisle, Bedford, and Billerica). The seg-
ments shall be managed in accordance with the plan
entitled ‘Sudbury, Assabet and Concord Wild and
Scenic River Study, River Conservation Plan’ dated
March 16, 1995. The plan is deemed to satisfy the
requirement for a comprehensive management plan
under section 3(d).’’.
SEC. 4. MANAGEMENT.
(a) FEDERAL ROLE.—(1) The Director of the Na-
tional Park Service or his or her designee shall represent
the Secretary in the implementation of the Plan and the
provisions of this Act and the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
with respect to each of the segments designated by section
3, including the review of proposed federally assisted water
resources projects that could have a direct and adverse
effect on the values for which the segment is established,
as authorized under section 7(a) of the Wild and Scenic
Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1278(a)).
(2) Pursuant to sections 10(e) and section 11(b)(1)
of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1281(e),
1282(b)(1)), the Director shall offer to enter into coopera-
tive agreements with the Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts, its relevant political subdivisions, the Sudbury Val-
ley Trustees, and the Organization for the Assabet River.
Such cooperative agreements shall be consistent with the
Plan and may include provisions for financial or other as-
sistance from the United States to facilitate the long-term
protection, conservation, and enhancement of each of the
segments designated by section 3 of this Act.
(3) The Director may provide technical assistance,
staff support, and funding to assist in the implementation
of the Plan, except that the total cost to the Federal Gov-
ernment of activities to implement the Plan may not ex-
ceed $100,000 each fiscal year.
(4) Notwithstanding section 10(c) of the Wild and
Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1281(c)), any portion of a
segment not already within the National Park System
shall not under this Act—
(A) become a part of the National Park Sys-
tem;
(B) be managed by the National Park Service;
or
(C) be subject to regulations which govern the
National Park System.
(b) WATER RESOURCES PROJECTS.—(1) In deter-
mining whether a proposed water resources project would
have a direct and adverse effect on the values for which
the segments designated under section 3 were included in
the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, the Sec-
retary shall specifically consider the extent to which the
project is consistent with the Plan.
(2) The Plan, including the detailed Water Resources
Study incorporated by reference therein and such addi-
tional analysis as may be incorporated in the future, shall
serve as the primary source of information regarding the
flows needed to maintain instream resources and potential
compatibility between resource protection and possible ad-
ditional water withdrawals.
(c) LAND MANAGEMENT.—(1) The zoning bylaws of
the towns of Framingham, Sudbury, Wayland, Lincoln,
Concord, Carlisle, Bedford, and Billerica, Massachusetts,
as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, are
deemed to satisfy the standards and requirements under
section 6(c) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C.
1277(c)). For the purpose of that section, the towns are
deemed to be ‘‘villages’’ and the provisions of that section
which prohibit Federal acquisition of lands through con-
demnation shall apply.
(2) The United States Government shall not acquire
by any means title to land, easements, or other interests
in land along the segments designated under section 3 or
their tributaries for the purposes of designation of the seg-
ments under section 3. Nothing in this Act shall prohibit
Federal acquisition of interests in land along those seg-
ments or tributaries under other laws for other purposes.
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means
the Director of the National Park Service.
(2) PLAN.—The term ‘‘Plan’’ means the plan
prepared by the Study Committee and the National
Park Service entitled ‘‘Sudbury, Assabet and Con-
cord Wild and Scenic River Study, River Conserva-
tion Plan’’ and dated March 16, 1995.
(3) STUDY
COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Study
Committee’’ means the Sudbury, Assabet, and Con-
cord River Study Committee established by the Sec-
retary of the Interior under title VII of Public Law
101–628.
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of the Interior to carry out this Act not to exceed
$100,000 for each fiscal year.
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