SEC. 3. DESIGNATION.
Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16
U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding the following new
paragraph at the end thereof:
‘‘( ) FARMINGTON RIVER, CONNECTICUT.—The 14-
mile segment of the West Branch and mainstem extending
from immediately below the Goodwin Dam and Hydro-
electric Project in Hartland, Connecticut, to the down-
stream end of the New Hartford-Canton, Connecticut,
town line (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the
‘segment’), as a recreational river, to be administered by
the Secretary of the Interior through cooperative agree-
ments between the Secretary of the Interior and the State
of Connecticut and its relevant political subdivisions,
namely the Towns of Colebrook, Hartland, Barkhamsted,
New Hartford, and Canton and the Hartford Metropolitan
District Commission, pursuant to section 10(e) of this
Act. The segment shall be managed in accordance with
the Upper Farmington River Management Plan, dated
April 29, 1993, and such amendments thereto as the Sec-
retary of the Interior determines are consistent with this
Act. Such plan shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement
for a comprehensive management plan pursuant to section
3(d) of this Act.’’.
SEC. 4. MANAGEMENT.
(a) COMMITTEE.—The Director shall appoint a per-
son to represent the Secretary on the Farmington River
Coordinating Committee provided for in the Plan.
(b) FEDERAL ROLE.—(1) The Director shall rep-
resent the Secretary in the implementation of the Plan
and the provisions of this Act with respect to the segment
designated by section 3, including ongoing review of the
consistency of the Plan with the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act and the review of proposed federally assisted water
resources projects which could have a direct and adverse
effect on the values for which the segment was established,
as authorized under section 7(a) of the Wild and Scenic
Rivers Act.
(2) In order to provide for the long-term protection,
preservation, and enhancement of the river segment des-
ignated by section 3, the Secretary, pursuant to section
10(e) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, shall offer to
enter into cooperative agreements with the State of Con-
necticut and its relevant political subdivisions identified in
the amendment made by such section 3 and, pursuant to
section 11(b)(1) of such Act, shall make a similar offer
to the Farmington River Watershed Association. The Sec-
retary, pursuant to such section 11(b)(1), also may enter
into cooperative agreements with other parties who may
be represented on the Committee. All cooperative agree-
ments provided for in this Act 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 the segment
designated by such section 3 and the implementation of
the Plan.
(3) The Secretary may provide technical assistance,
staff support, and funding to assist in the implementation
of the Plan.
(4) Implementation of this Act through cooperative
agreements as described in paragraph (2) of this sub-
section shall not constitute National Park Service adminis-
tration of the segment designated by section 3 for pur-
poses of section 10(c) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act,
and shall not cause such segment to be considered as being
a unit of the National Park System.
(c) 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 segment designated by section 3 was included in the
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, the Director
shall specifically consider the extent to which the project
is consistent with the Plan.
(2) For purposes of implementation of section 7 of
the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the Plan, including the
detailed analysis of instream flow needs incorporated
therein and such additional analysis as may be incor-
porated in the future, shall serve as the primary source
of information regarding the flows needed to maintain
instream resources and the potential compatibility between
resource protection and possible water supply withdrawals.
(d) LAND MANAGEMENT.—The zoning ordinances
duly adopted by the towns of Hartland, Barkhamsted,
New Hartford, and Canton, Connecticut, including the
‘‘river protection overlay districts’’ in effect on the date
of enactment of this Act, shall be deemed to satisfy the
standards and requirements of section 6(c) of the Wild
and Scenic Rivers Act. For the purpose of section 6(c),
such towns shall be deemed ‘‘villages’’ and the provisions
of that section, which prohibit Federal acquisition of lands
by condemnation, shall apply to the segment designated
by section 3.
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘Committee’’ means the Farming-
ton River Coordinating Committee referred to in sec-
tion 4.
(2) The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of
the National Park Service.
(3) The term ‘‘Plan’’ means the comprehensive
management plan for the Connecticut segment of
the Farmington River prepared by the Farmington
River Study Committee and the National Park Serv-
ice, which is known as the ‘‘Upper Farmington River
Management Plan’’ and dated April 29, 1993.
(4) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of the Interior.
SEC. 6. FUNDING AUTHORIZATION.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act,
including the amendment to the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act made by section 3.
Passed the House of Representatives March 15,
1994.
Attest:
Clerk.