Farm to the south side of the Millville sewage
treatment plant, approximately 3.6 miles, as a
scenic river;
(E) the Menantico Creek, lower segment,
from its confluence with the Maurice River to
the Route 55 Bridge, approximately 1.4 miles,
as a recreational river;
(F) the Menantico Creek, upper segment,
from the Route 55 Bridge to the base of the
Impoundment at Menantico Lake, approxi-
mately 6.5 miles, as a scenic river;
(G) the Manumuskin River, lower segment,
from its confluence with the Maurice River to
2.0 miles upstream, as a recreational river;
(H) the Manumuskin River, upper seg-
ment, from 2.0 miles upstream from its con-
fluence with the Maurice River to headwaters
near Route 557, approximately 12.3 miles, as a
scenic river; and
(I) the Muskee Creek from its confluence
to the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Line
Railroad bridge, approximately 2.7 miles, as a
scenic river;
(2) a resource assessment of the Maurice River
and 
its 
tributaries, 
Menantico 
Creek, 
the
Manumuskin River, and the Muskee Creek shows
that the area possesses numerous outstandingly re-
markable natural, cultural, scenic, and recreational
resources that are significant at the local, regional,
and international levels, including rare plant and
animal species and critical habitats for birds migrat-
ing to and from the north and south hemispheres;
and
(3) a river management plan for the river sys-
tem has been developed by the Cumberland County
Department of Planning and Development and
adopted by the Maurice River Township, Commer-
cial Township, and the City of Millville that would
meet the requirements of section 6(c) of the Wild
and Scenic Rivers Act, the City of Vineland has
adopted a master plan which calls for river planning
and management and is in the process of adopting
zoning ordinances to implement their plan, and
Buena Vista Township in Atlantic County has
adopted a land use plan consistent with the Pine-
lands Comprehensive Plan which is more restrictive
than the Cumberland County local river manage-
ment plan.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are to—
(1) declare the importance and irreplaceable re-
source values of the Maurice River and its tribu-
taries to water quality, human health, traditional
economic activities, ecosystem integrity, biotic diver-
sity, fish and wildlife, scenic open space and recre-
ation and protect such values through designation of
the segments as components of the National Wild
and Scenic Rivers System; and
(2) recognize that the Maurice River System
will continue to be threatened by major development
and that land use regulations of the individual local
political jurisdictions through which the river seg-
ments pass cannot alone provide for an adequate
balance between conservation of the river’s resources
and commercial and industrial development; and
(3) recognize that segments of the Maurice
River and its tributaries additional to those des-
ignated under this Act are eligible for potential des-
ignation at some point in the near future.
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(a) of the Wild and Sce-
nic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding
the following new paragraphs at the end thereof:
‘‘(
) THE MAURICE RIVER, MIDDLE SEGMENT.—
From Route 670 Bridge at Mauricetown to 3.6 miles up-