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Calendar No. 711
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2773
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 25, 2000
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
AN ACT
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate
the Wekiva River and its tributaries of Wekiwa Springs
Run, Rock Springs Run, and Black Water Creek in
the State of Florida as components of the national wild
and scenic rivers system.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wekiva Wild and Sce-
nic River Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Public Law 104–311 (110 Stat. 3818)
amended section 5 of the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act (16 U.S.C. 1276) to require the study of the
Wekiva River and its tributaries of Rock Springs
Run and Seminole Creek for potential inclusion in
the national wild and scenic rivers system.
(2) The study determined that the Wekiva
River, Wekiwa Springs Run, Rock Springs Run, and
Black Water Creek are eligible for inclusion in the
national wild and scenic rivers system.
(3) The State of Florida has demonstrated its
commitment to protecting these rivers and streams
by the enactment of the Wekiva River Protection
Act (Florida Statute chapter 369), by the establish-
ment of a riparian wildlife protection zone and water
quality protection zone by the St. Johns River Water
Management District, and by the acquisition of
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lands adjacent to these rivers and streams for con-
servation purposes.
(4) The Florida counties of Lake, Seminole,
and Orange have demonstrated their commitment to
protect these rivers and streams in their comprehen-
sive land use plans and land development regula-
tions.
(5) The desire for designation of these rivers
and streams as components of the national wild and
scenic rivers system has been demonstrated through
strong public support, State and local agency sup-
port, and the endorsement of designation by the
Wekiva River Basin Ecosystem Working Group,
which represents a broad cross section of State and
local agencies, landowners, environmentalists, non-
profit organizations, and recreational users.
(6) The entire lengths of the Wekiva River,
Rock Springs Run, and Black Water Creek are held
in public ownership or conservation easements or are
defined as waters of the State of Florida.
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SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF WEKIVA RIVER AND TRIBU-
TARIES, FLORIDA, AS COMPONENTS OF NA-
TIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS SYSTEM.
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 paragraph:
‘‘(161) WEKIVA RIVER, WEKIWA SPRINGS RUN,
ROCK SPRINGS RUN, AND BLACK WATER CREEK, FLOR-
IDA.—The 41.6-mile segments referred to in this para-
graph, to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior:
‘‘(A) WEKIVA
RIVER
AND
WEKIWA
SPRINGS
RUN.—The 14.9 miles of the Wekiva River, along
Wekiwa Springs Run from its confluence with the
St. Johns River to Wekiwa Springs, to be adminis-
tered in the following classifications:
‘‘(i) From the confluence with the St.
Johns River to the southern boundary of the
Lower Wekiva River State Preserve, approxi-
mately 4.4 miles, as a wild river.
‘‘(ii) From the southern boundary of the
Lower Wekiva River State Preserve to the
northern boundary of Rock Springs State Re-
serve at the Wekiva River, approximately 3.4
miles, as a recreational river.
‘‘(iii) From the northern boundary of Rock
Springs State Reserve at the Wekiva River to
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the southern boundary of Rock Springs State
Reserve at the Wekiva River, approximately 5.9
miles, as a wild river.
‘‘(iv) From the southern boundary of Rock
Springs State Reserve at the Wekiva River up-
stream along Wekiwa Springs Run to Wekiwa
Springs, approximately 1.2 miles, as a rec-
reational river.
‘‘(B) ROCK SPRINGS RUN.—The 8.8 miles from
the confluence of Rock Springs Run with the
Wekiwa Springs Run forming the Wekiva River to
its headwaters at Rock Springs, to be administered
in the following classifications:
‘‘(i) From the confluence with Wekiwa
Springs Run to the western boundary of Rock
Springs Run State Reserve at Rock Springs
Run, approximately 6.9 miles, as a wild river.
‘‘(ii) From the western boundary of Rock
Springs Run State Reserve at Rock Springs
Run to Rock Springs, approximately 1.9 miles,
as a recreational river.
‘‘(C) BLACK WATER CREEK.—The 17.9 miles
from the confluence of Black Water Creek with the
Wekiva River to outflow from Lake Norris, to be ad-
ministered in the following classifications: