Township, and Commercial Township, 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;
(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 and suitable for
potential designation at some point in the near fu-
ture.
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
SEG-
MENT.—From the Commercial/Millville municipal
boundary line to one-half mile upstream from United
States Geological Survey Station at Burcham Farm,
approximately 1.2 miles, as a recreational river.
‘‘( ) THE MAURICE RIVER, UPPER SEGMENT.—
From one-half mile upstream from United States
Geological Survey Station at Burcham Farm to the
south side of the Millville sewage treatment plant,
approximately 3.6 miles, as a scenic river.
‘‘( ) THE
MENANTICO
CREEK, LOWER
SEG-
MENT.—From its confluence with the Maurice River
to the Route 55 Bridge, approximately 1.4 miles, as
a recreational river.
‘‘( ) THE
MENANTICO
CREEK, UPPER
SEG-
MENT.—From the Route 55 Bridge to the Millville-
Vineland Municipal Boundary Line, approximately 3
miles, as a scenic river.
‘‘( ) MANUMUSKIN
RIVER, 
NEW
JERSEY.—
From its confluence with the Maurice River to a
point 2.0 miles upstream, to be administered by the
Secretary of the Interior as a recreational river, and
from the point 2.0 miles upstream from its con-
fluence with the Maurice River to the Atlantic Coun-
ty/Cumberland County Boundary, approximately
11.2 miles, to be administered by the Secretary of
the Interior as a scenic river.
‘‘( ) MUSKEE CREEK, NEW JERSEY.—From its
confluence with the Maurice River to the Pennsylva-
nia Seashore Line Railroad Bridge, approximately
2.7 miles, to be administered by the Secretary of the
Interior as a scenic river.
(b) SPECIAL RULES.—(1) The Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall administer the river segments designated under
subsection (a) in association with the political jurisdiction
through which the Maurice River and tributaries pass in
accordance with the local river management plan prepared
by the Cumberland County Department of Planning and
Development and plans and ordinances prepared and
adopted by the respective municipal governments. The
local river management plan shall be reviewed by the Sec-
retary of the Interior to assure that proper implementa-
tion of the plan will protect the values for which the river
was designated. The Secretary is authorized to provide
planning assistance to political subdivisions of the State
and to the State, if requested, and is authorized to enter
into memoranda of understanding or cooperative agree-
ments with other Federal agencies and with the State to
ensure that State and Federal programs are carried out
in a manner that is consistent with the river management
plans. The Secretary shall review compliance with the lo-
cally adopted plans on a biennial basis and shall report
to the appropriate committees of Congress on a timely
basis any deviation from those plans which cause or may
result in any diminution of the values for which the river
was designated. The Secretary is encouraged to continue
to work with the local municipalities to negotiate agree-
ment and support for designating additional eligible seg-
ments of the Maurice River and its tributaries. The Sec-
retary is directed to report back to Congress within one
year after the date of enactment of this Act on the status
of discussions and negotiations with the local municipali-
ties and on recommendations towards inclusion of addi-
tional river segments into the National Wild and Scenic
Rivers System. For the purposes of the segments de-
scribed by subsection (a) of this section, there are author-
ized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary,
not to exceed $70,000 per year to the Secretary of the
Interior for planning assistance, biennial review and re-
porting, and for negotiating towards possible inclusion of
any additional segments of the Maurice River within the
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
(2) The provisions of section 6(c) of the Wild and
Scenic Rivers Act shall not be applicable to the river seg-
ments designated under subsection (a) of this section.
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