Act and with the local river management plans prepared
by appropriate local political jurisdictions in conjunction
with the Secretary of the Interior.
(2) The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with
appropriate representatives of local political jurisdictions
and the State of New Jersey, shall review local river man-
agement plans described in paragraph (1) to assure that
their proper implementation will protect the values for
which the river segments described in section 2 were des-
ignated as components of the National Wild and Scenic
Rivers System. If after such review the Secretary deter-
mines that such plans and their implementing local zoning
ordinances meet the protection standards specified in sec-
tion 6(c) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, then such
plans shall be deemed to constitute ‘‘local zoning ordi-
nances’’ and each township and other incorporated local
jurisdiction covered by such plans shall be deemed to con-
stitute a ‘‘village’’ for the purposes of section 6(c) (prohib-
iting the acquisition of lands by condemnation) of the Wild
and Scenic Rivers Act.
(3) The Secretary of the Interior shall biennially re-
view compliance with the local river management plans de-
scribed in paragraph (1) and shall promptly report to the
Committee on Natural Resources of the United States
House of Representatives and to the Committee on En-
ergy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate
any deviation from such which would result in any diminu-
tion of the values for which the river segment concerned
was designated as a component of the National Wild and
Scenic Rivers System.
(c) PLANNING ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of the
Interior may provide planning assistance to local political
subdivisions of the State of New Jersey through which
flow river segments that are designated as components of
the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and may
enter into memoranda of understanding or cooperative
agreements with officials or agencies of the United States
or the State of New Jersey to ensure that Federal and
State programs that could affect such segments are car-
ried out in a manner consistent with the Wild and Scenic
Rivers Act and applicable river management plans.
(d) SEGMENT ADDITIONS.—The Secretary of the In-
terior is encouraged to continue to work with the local mu-
nicipalities to negotiate agreement and support for des-
ignating those segments of the Maurice River and its trib-
utaries which were found eligible for designation pursuant
to Public Law 100–33 and were not designated pursuant
to this Act (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘additional eligible
segments’’). For a period of 3 years after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the provisions of the Wild and Scenic
Rivers Act applicable to segments included in section 5
of that Act shall apply to the additional eligible segments.
The Secretary of the Interior is directed to report to the
appropriate congressional committees within 3 years after
the date of enactment of this Act on the status of discus-
sions and negotiations with the local municipalities and
on recommendations toward inclusion of additional river
segments into the National Wild and Scenic Rivers
System.
(e) APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purposes of the seg-
ment described by subsection (a), there are authorized to
be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry
out the provisions of this Act.
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