Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993
PL 103-77 (H.R.631), enacted 08/13/1993

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107 STAT. 756 
PUBLIC LAW 103-77—AUG. 13, 1993 
Public Law 103-77 
103d Congress 
An Act 
Aug. 13,1993 
To designate certain lands in the State of Colorado as components of the National 
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Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
Colorado 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS. 
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(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the "Colorado 
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Wilderness Act of 1993". 
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—(1) As used in this Act with reference to 
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lands in the National Forest System, the term "the Secretary" 
means the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(2) As used in this Act with respect to lands not in the National 
Forest System, the term "the Secretary" means the Secretary of 
the Interior. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONS TO THE WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM. 
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(a) ADDITIONS.—The following lands in the State of Colorado 
are hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, as components 
of the National Wilderness Preservation System: 
(1) Certain lands in the Gunnison Resource Area adminis-
tered by the Bureau of Land Management which comprise 
approximately 3,390 acres, as generally depicted on a map 
entitled "American Flats Additions to the Big Blue Wilderness 
Proposal (American Flats)", dated January, 1993, and which 
are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part 
of the wilderness area designated by section 102(a)(1) of Public 
Law 96-560 and renamed Uncompahgre Wilderness by section 
3(f) of this Act. 
(2) Certain lands in the Gunnison Resource Area adminis-
tered by the Bureau of Land Management which comprise 
approximately 815 acres, as generally depicted on a map enti-
tled "Bill Hare Gulch and Larson Creek Additions to the Big 
Blue Wilderness", dated January, 1993, and which are hereby 
incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the wilder-
ness area designated by section 102(aXl) of Public Law 
96-560 and renamed Uncompahgre Wilderness by section 3(f) 
of this Act. 
(3) Certain lands in the Pike and San Isabel National 
Forests which comprise approximately 43,410 acres, as gen-
erally depicted on a map entitled "Buffalo Peaks Wilderness 
Proposal", dated January, 1993, and which shall be known 
as tne Buffalo Peaks Wilderness. 
(4) Certain lands in the Gunnison National Forest and 
in the Powderhom Primitive Area administered by the Bureau 
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of Land Management which comprise approximately 60,100 
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Powderhom 
Wilderness Proposal", dated January, 1993, and which shall 
be known as the Powderhom Wilderness. 
(5) Certain lands in the Routt National Forest which com-
prise approximately 20,750 acres, as generally depicted on a 
map entitled "Davis PeaJc Additions to Mount Zirkel Wilderness 
Proposal", dated January, 1993, and which are hereby incor-
porated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the Mount 
Zirkel Wilderness designated by Public Law 88-555, as 
amended by Public Law 96-560. 
(6) Certain lands in the Gunnison National Forests which 
comprise approximately 33,060 acres, as generally depicted on 
a map entitled "Fossil Ridge Wilderness Proposal, dated Janu-
ary, 1993, and which shall be known as the Fossil Ridge Wilder-
ness. 
(7) Certain lands in the San Isabel National Forest which 
comprise approximately 22,040 acres, as generally depicted on 
a map entitled "Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness Proposal", 
dated January, 1993, and which shall be known as the Green-
horn Mountain Wilderness. 
(8) Certain lands within the Pike National Forest which 
comprise approximately 14,700 acres, as generally depicted on 
a map entitled "Lost Creek Wilderness Addition Proposal", 
dated January, 1993, which are hereby incorporated in and 
shall be deemed to be a part of the Lost Creek Wilderness 
designated by Public Law 96-560: Provided, That the Secretary 
is authorized to acquire, only by donation or exchange, various 
mineral reservations held by the State of Colorado within the 
boundaries of the Lost Creek Wilderness additions designated 
by this Act. 
(9) Certain lands in the Gunnison National Forests which 
comprise approximately 5,500 acres, as generally depicted on 
a map entitled "0-Be-Jo)rful Addition to the Raggeds Wilderness 
Proposal", dated January, 1993, and which are hereby incor-
porated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the Raggeds 
Wilderness designated by Public Law 96-560. 
(10) Certain lands in the Rio Grande and San Isabel 
National Forests and lands in the San Luis Resource Area 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management which com-
prise approximately 226,455 acres, as generally depicted on 
four maps entitled "Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Proposal 
(North Section)", "Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Proposal (North 
Middle Section)", "Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Proposal (South 
Middle Section)", and "Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Proposal 
(South Section)", all dated January, 1993, and which shall 
be known as the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness. 
(11) Certain lands in the Routt National Forest which 
comprise ai)proximately 47,140 acres, as generally depicted on 
a map entitled "Service Creek Wilderness Proposal (Sarvis 
Creek Wilderness)", dated January, 1993, and which shall be 
known as the Sarvis Creek Wilderness. 
(12) Certain lands in the San Juan National Forest which 
comprise approximately 31,100 acres, as generally depicted on 
two maps, one entitled "South San Juan Wilderness Expansion 
Proposal, Montezuma Peak" and the other entitled "South San 
Juan Wilderness Expansion Proposal, V-Rock Trail", both dated 
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January, 1993, and which are hereby incorporated in and shall 
be deemed to be a part of the South San Juan Wilderness 
designated by Public Law 96-560. 
(13) Certain lands in the White River National Forest 
which comprise approximately 8,330 acres, as 
generally 
depicted on a map entitled "Spruce Creek Addition to the 
Himter-Fryingpan Wilderness Proposal", dated January, 1993, 
and which are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed 
to be part of the Hunter Fryingpan Wilderness designated 
by Public Law 95-327: Proviaed, That no right, or claim of 
right, to the diversion and use of waters by the Fryingpan-
Arkansas Project shall be prejudiced, expanded, diminisned, 
altered, or affected by this Act, nor shall anything in this 
Act be construed to expand, abate, impair, impede, limit, inter-
fere with, or prevent the construction, operation, use, mainte-
nance, or repair of the project facilities and diversion systems 
to their full extent. 
(14) Certain lands in the Arapaho National Forest which 
comprise approximately 8,095 acres, as generally depicted on 
a map entitled "Byers Peak Wilderness Proposal, dated Janu-
ary, 1993, and which shall be known as the Byers Peak Wilder-
ness. 
(15) Certain lands in the Arapaho National Forest which 
comprise approximately 12,300 acres, as generally depicted on 
a map entitled "Vasquez Peak Wilderness Proposal", dated 
January, 1993, and which shall be known as the Vasquez 
Peak Wilderness. 
(16) Certain lands in the San Juan National Forest which 
comprise approximately 28,740 acres, as generally depicted on 
a map entitled "West Needle Wilderness Proposal 
and 
Weminuche Additions", dated January, 1993, and which are 
hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of 
the Weminuche Wilderness designated by Public Law 93-632, 
as amended by Public Law 96-560. 
(17) Certain lands in the Rio Grande National Forest which 
comprise approximately 25,640 acres, as generally depicted on 
a map entitled "Wheeler Addition to the La Garita Wilderness 
Proposal", dated Januaiy, 1993, and which shall be incor-
porated in and shall be deemed to be a part of the La Garita 
Wilderness designated by Public Law 96-560. 
(18) Certain lands m the Arapaho National Forest which 
comprise approximately 13,175 acres, as generally depicted on 
a map entitled "Farr Wilderness Proposal", dated January, 
1993, and which shall be known as the Ptarmigan Peak Wilder-
ness. 
(19) Certain lands in the Arapaho National Forest which 
comprise approximately 6,990 acres, as generally depicted on 
a map entitled "Bowen Gulch Additions to Never Summer 
Wilderness Proposal", dated January, 1993, and which are 
hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of 
the Never Summer Wilderness designated by Public Law 
96-560. 
(b) MAPS AND DESCRIPTIONS.—^As soon as practicable after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the appropriate Secretary shall file 
a map and a boiindary description of each area designated as 
wilderness by this Act with the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on Natu-
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ral Resources of the United States House of Representatives. Each 
map and description shall have the same force and effect as if 
included in this Act, except that the appropriate Secretary is author-
ized to correct clerical and typographical errors in such boundaiy 
descriptions and maps. Such maps and boundary descriptions shall 
be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the 
Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, and the 
Office of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Depart-
ment of the Interior, as appropriate. 
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Subject to valid existing rights, lands 
designated as wilderness by this Act shall be managed by the 
Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as appro-
priate, in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 
et seq.) and this Act, except that, with respect to any wilderness 
areas designated by this Act, any reference in the Wilderness Act 
to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to 
be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) Administrative jurisdiction over those lands designated as 
wilderness pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (10) of section 2(a) 
of this Act, and which, as of the date of enactment of this Act, 
are administered by the Bureau of Land Management, is hereby 
transferred to the Forest Service and such lands are hereby added 
to the appropriate National Forest. 
(b) GRAZING.—Grazing of livestock in wilderness areas des-
ignated by this Act shall be administered in accordance with the 
provisions of section 4(dX4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 
1133(d)(4)), as further interpreted by section 108 of Public Law 
96-560, and, as regards wilderness managed by the Bureau of 
Land Management, the guidelines set forth in Appendix A of House 
Report 101-405 of the 101st Congress. 
(c) STATE JURISDICTION.—AS provided in section 4(dX7) of the 
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), nothing in this Act shall 
be construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the 
State of Colorado with respect to wildlife and fish in Colorado. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2(e) of the Endangered 
American Wilderness Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 41) is amended by 16 use 1132 
striking "Subject to" and all that follows through "System.". 
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(e) BUFFER ZoNES.^Uongress does not intend that the designa-
tion by this Act of wilderness areas in the State of Colorado creates 
or implies the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones 
around any wilderness area. The fact that nonwildemess activities 
or uses can be seen or heard from within a wilderness area shall 
not, of itself, preclude such activities or uses up to the boundary 
of the wilderness area. 
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ignated as "Big Blue Wilderness" by section 102(a)(1) of Public 
I^w 96-560, and the additions thereto made by paragraphs (1) 
and (2) of section 2(a) of this Act, shall hereafter be Known as 
the Uncompahgre Wilderness. Any reference to the Big Blue Wilder-
ness in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper 
of the United States shall be considered to be a reference to the 
Uncompahgre Wilderness. 
(g) BOUNDARIES AND AUTHORIZATIONS TO USE LANDS.—(1) For 
the purpose of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation 
Fimd Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601-9), the boundaries of affected 
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National Forests, as modified by this section, shall be considered 
to be the boundaries of such National Forests as of January 1, 
1965. 
(2) Nothing in this subsection shall affect valid existing rights 
of any person under the authority of law. 
(3) Authorizations to use lands transferred by this section which 
were issued prior to the date of enactment of this Act shall remain 
subject to the laws and regulations under which they were issued, 
to the extent consistent with this Act. Such authorizations shall 
be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. Any renewal or 
extension of such authorizations shall be subject to the laws and 
regulations pertaining to the Forest Service, Department of Agri-
culture, and the applicable law, including this Act. The change 
of administrative jurisdiction resulting from the enactment of this 
section shall not in itself constitute a basis for denying or approving 
the renewal or reissuance of any such authorization. 
SEC. 4. WILDERNESS RELEASE. 
(a) REPEAL OF WILDERNESS STUDY PROVISIONS.—Sections 105 
and 106 of the Act of December 22, 1980 (Public Law 96-560), 
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are hereby repealed. 
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(b) INITIAL PLANS.—Section 107(b)(2) of the Act of December 
94 Stat. 3270. 
22, 1980 (Public Law 96-560), is amended by striking out "except 
those lands remaining in further planning upon enactment of this 
Act, areas listed in sections 105 and 106 of this Act, or previously 
congressionally designated wilderness study areas,". 
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SEC. 5. FOSSIL RIDGE RECREATION MANAGEMENT AREA. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) In order to conserve, protect, and 
enhance the scenic, wildlife, recreational, and other natural resource 
values of the Fossil Ridge area, there is hereby established the 
Fossil Ridge Recreation Management Area (hereinafter referred 
to as the "recreation management area"). 
(2) The recreation management area shall consist of certain 
lands in the Gunnison National Forest, Colorado, which comprise 
approximately 43,900 acres, as generally depicted as "Area A" on 
a map entitled "Fossil Ridge Wilderness Proposal", dated January, 
1993. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—^The Secretary of Agriculture shall admin-
ister the recreation management area in accordance with this sec-
tion and the laws and regulations generally applicable to the 
National Forest System. 
(c) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, all lands 
within the recreation management area are hereby withdrawn from 
all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal imder the public land 
laws, from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, 
and from disposition under the mineral and geothermal leasing 
laws, including all amendments thereto. 
(d) TIMBER 
HARVESTING.—No timber harvesting shall be 
allowed within the recreation management area except to the extent 
that would be permitted in wilderness under section 4(d)(1) of 
the Wilderness Act for necessary control of fire, insects, and dis-
eases, and for public safety. 
(e) LIVESTOCK GRAZING.—^The designation of the recreation 
management area shall not be construed to prohibit, or change 
the administration of, the grazing of livestock within the recreation 
management area. 
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(f) DEVELOPMENT.—No developed campgrounds shall be con-
structed within the recreation management area. After the date 
of enactment of this Act, no new roads or trails may be constructed 
within the recreation management area. 
(g) OFF-ROAD RECREATION.—Motorized travel shall be per-
mitted within the recreation management area only on those estab-
lished trails and routes existing as of July 1, 1991, on which 
such travel was permitted as of such date, except that other trails 
and routes may oe used where necessary for administrative pur-
poses or to respond to an emergency. No later than one year Public 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall identify ^formation. 
such routes £uid trails and shall prepare and make available to 
the public a map showing such routes and trails. Nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed as precluding the Secretary from 
closing any trail or route from use tor purposes of resource protec-
tion or public safety. 
SEC. 6. BOWEN GULCH PROTECTION AREA. 
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(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) There is hereby established in the 
Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, the Bowen Gulch Protection 
Area (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "protection area"). 
(2) The protection area shall consist of certain lands in the 
Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, which comprise approximately 
11,600 acres, as generally depicted as "Area A on a map entitled 
"Bowen Gulch Additions to Never Summer Wilderness Proposal", 
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dated January, 1993. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall administer 
the 
protection area in accordance with this section and the laws and 
regulations generally applicable to the National Forest System. 
(c) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, all lands 
within the protection area are hereby withdrawn from all forms 
of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, 
from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and from 
disposition under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, includ-
ing all amendments thereto. 
(d) DEVELOPMENT.—No developed campgrounds shall be con-
structed within the protection area. After the date of enactment 
of this Act, no new roads or trails may be constructed within 
the protection area. 
(e) TIMBER 
HARVESTING.—^No timber harvesting shall be 
allowed within the protection area except to the extent that would 
be permitted in wilaemess under section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness 
Act for necessary control of fire, insects, and diseases, and for 
public safety. 
(f) MOTORIZED TRAVEL.—^Motorized travel shall be permitted 
within the protection area only' on those designated trails and 
routes existing as of July 1, 1991, and only during periods of 
adequate snow cover. At all other times, mechanized, non-motorized 
travel shall be permitted within the protection area. 
(g) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—During the revision of the Land and 
Resource Management Plan for the Arapaho National Forest, the 
Forest Service shall develop a management plan for the protection 
area, after providing for public comment. 
SEC. 7. OTHER LANDS. 
Nothing in this Act shall affect ownership or use of lands 
or interests therein not owned by the United Stetes or access 
to such lands available under other applicable law. 
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SEC. 8. WATER. 
(a) FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND DEFINITION.—(1) Congress finds 
that— 
(A) the lands designated as wilderness by this Act are 
located at the headwaters of the streams and rivers on those 
lands, with few, if any, actual or proposed water resource 
facilities located upstream from such lands and few, if any, 
opportunities for diversion, storage, or other uses of water 
occurring outside such lands that would adversely affect the 
wilderness values of such lands; and 
(B) the lands designated as wilderness by this Act are 
not suitable for use for development of new water resource 
facilities, or for the expansion of existing facilities; and 
(C) therefore, it is possible to provide for proper manage-
ment and protection oi the wilderness value of such lands 
in ways diuerent from those utilized in other legislation des-
ignating as wilderness lands not sharing the attributes of the 
lands designated as wilderness by this Act. 
(2) The purpose of this section is to protect the wilderness 
values of the lands designated as wilderness by this Act by means 
other than those based on a Federal reserved water right. 
(3) As used in this section, the term "water resource facilitjr" 
means irrigation and pumping facilities, reservoirs, water conserva-
tion works, aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, wells, hydropower 
projects, and transmission and other ancillary facilities, and other 
water diversion, storage, and carriage structures. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS ON RIGHTS AND DISCLAIMER OF EFFECT.— 
(1) Neither the Secretary of Agriculture nor the Secretary of the 
Interior, nor any other officer, employee, representative, or agent 
of the United States, nor any other person, shall assert in any 
court or agency, nor shall any court or agency consider, any claim 
to or for water or water rights in the State of Colorado, which 
is based on any construction of any portion of this Act, or the 
designation of any lands as wilderness by this Act, as constituting 
an express or implied reservation of water or water rights. 
(2XA) Nothing in this Act shall constitute or be construed 
to constitute either an express or implied reservation of any water 
or water rights with respect to the Piedra, Roubideau, and 
Tabeguache areas identified in section 9 of this Act, or the Bowen 
Gulch Protection Area or the Fossil Ridge Recreation Management 
Area identified in sections 5 and 6 of this Act. 
(B) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as a creation, recogni-
tion, disclaimer, relinquishment, or reduction of any water rights 
of the United States in the State of Colorado existing before the 
date of enactment of this Act, except as provided in subsection 
(gX2) of this section. 
(C) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, nothing 
in this Act shall be construed as constituting an interpretation 
of any other Act or any designation made by or pursuant thereto. 
(D) Nothing in this section shall be construed as establishing 
a precedent with regard to any future wilderness designations. 
(c) NEW OR EXPANDED PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding anv other 
provision of law, on and afi;er the date of enactment of tnis Act 
neither the President nor any other officer, employee, or agent 
of the United States shall fund, assist, authorize, or issue a license 
or permit for the development of any new water resource facility 
within the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of this Act 
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or the enlargement of any water resource facility within the areas 
described in sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of this Act. 
(d) ACCESS AND OPERATION.—<1) Subject to the provisions of 
this subsection (d), the Secretary shall allow reasonable access 
to water resource facilities in existence on the date of enactment 
of this Act within the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, and 
9 of this Act, including motorized access where necessary and 
customarily employed on routes existing as of the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(2) Existing access routes within such areas customarily 
employed as of the date of enactment of this Act may be used, 
maintained, repaired, and replaced to the extent necessary to main-
tain their present function, design, and serviceable operation, so 
long as such activities have no increased adverse impacts on the 
resources and values of the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, 
and 9 of this Act than existed as of the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(3) Subject to the provisions of subsections (c) and (d), the 
Secretary shall allow water resource facilities existing on the date 
of enactment of this Act within areas described in sections 2, 
5, 6, and 9 of this Act to be used, operated, maintained, repaired, 
and replaced to the extent necessary for the continued exercise, 
in accordance with Colorado State law, of vested water rights abju-
dicated for use in connection with such facilities by a court of 
competent jurisdiction prior to the date of enactment of this Act: 
Provided, That the impact of an existing facility on the water 
resources and values of the area shall not be increased as a result 
of changes in the adjudicated tjrpe of use of such facility as of 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(4) Water resource facilities, and access routes serving such 
facilities, existing within the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, 
and 9 of this Act on the date of enactment of this Act shall 
be maintained and repaired when and to the extent necessary 
to prevent increased adverse impacts on the resources and values 
of the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of this Act. 
(e) EXISTING PROJECTS.—Except as provided in subsections (c) 
and (d) of this section, the provisions of this Act related to the 
areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of this Act, and the 
inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System of 
the areas described in section 2 of this Act, shall not be construed 
to affect or limit the use, operation, maintenance, repair, modifica-
tion, or replacement of water resources facilities in existence on 
the date of enactment of this Act within the boundaries of the 
areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of this Act. 
(0 MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTATION.—-The 
Secretaries of 
Agriculture and the Interior shall monitor the operation of and 
access to water resource facilities within the areas described in 
sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of this Act and take all steps necessary 
to implement the provisions of this section. 
(g) INTERSTATE COMPACTS AND NORTH PLATTE RIVER.—(1) 
Nothing in this Act, and nothing in any previous Act designating 
any lands as wilderness, shall be construed as limiting, altering, 
modifjdng, or amending any of the interstate compacts or equitable 
apportionment decrees that apportion water among and between 
the State of Colorado and other States. Except as expressly provided 
in this section, nothing in this Act shall affect or limit the develop-
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ment or use by existing and future holders of vested water rights 
of Colorado's full apportionment of such waters. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the 
Secretary of Agriculture nor any other officer, employee, or agent 
of the United States, or any other person, shall assert in any 
court or agency of the United States or any other jurisdiction 
any rights, and no court or agency of the United States shall 
consider any claim or defense asserted by any person based upon 
such rights, which may be determined to have been established 
for waters of the North Platte River for purposes of the Platte 
River Wilderness Area established by Public Law 98-550, located 
on the Colorado-Wyoming State bounaary, to the extent such rights 
would limit the use or development of water within Colorado bv 
present and future holders of vested water rights in the North 
Platte River and its tributeries, to the full extent allowed under 
interstate compact or United Stetes Supreme Court equitable 
decree. Any such rights shall be exercised as if junior to, in a 
manner so as not to prevent, the use or development of Colorado's 
full entitlement to interstete waters of the North Platte River 
and its tributaries within Colorado allowed under interstate com-
pact or United States Supreme Court equitable decree. 
SEC. 9. PIEDRA, ROUBIDEAU, AND TABEGUACHE AREAS. 
(a) AREAS.—^The provisions of this section shall apply to the 
following areas: 
(1) Certein lands in the San Juan National Forest, Colo-
rado, comprising approximately 62,550 acres, as generally 
depicted on the map entitled "Piedra Area" dated January, 
1993; 
(2) Certain lands in the Uncompahgre National Forest, 
Colorado, comprising approximately 19,650 acres, as generally 
depicted on the map entitled "Roubideau Area" dated January, 
1993; and 
(3) Certain lands in the Uncompahgre National Forest, 
Colorado, and in the San Juan Resource Area administered 
by the Bureau of Land Management, comprising approximately 
17,240 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
"Tabeguache Area" dated January, 1993. 
(b) MANAGEMENT.—(1) Subject to valid existing rights, the areas 
described in subsection (a) are withdrawn from all forms of location, 
leasing, patent, disposition, or disposal imder public land, mining, 
and mineral and geothermal leasing laws of the United States. 
(2) The areas described in subsection (a) shall not be subject 
to any obligation to further study such lands for wilderness designa-
tion. 
(3) Until Congress determines otherwise, and subject to the 
provisions of section 8 of this Act, activities within such areas 
shall be managed by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretory 
of the Interior, as appropriate, so as to maintoin the areas' presently 
existing wilderness character and potential for inclusion in the 
National Wilderness Preservation System. 
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(4) Livestock grazing in such areas shall be permitted and 
managed to the same extent and in the same manner as of the 
date of enactment of this Act. Except as provided by this Act, 
mechanized or motorized travel shall not be permitted in such 
areas: Provided, That the Secretary ma^ permit motorized travel 
on trail niunber 535 in the San Juan National Forest during periods 
of adequate snow cover. 
(c) DATA COLLECTION.—^The Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Colorado Water 
Conservation Board, shall compile data concerning the water 
resources of the areas described in subsection (a) and existing 
and proposed water resource facilities affecting such values. 
SEC. 10. SPANISH PEAKS PLANNING AREA STUDY. 
(a) REPORT.—^Not later than three years from the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall report to the Committee 
on Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United 
States Senate on the status of private property interests located 
within the Spanish Peaks planning area of the San Isabel National 
Forest in Colorado, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Spanish 
Peaks Further Planning Area Study**, dated January, 1993. 
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—^The report required by this section 
shall identify the location of all private property situated within 
the exterior boimdaries of the Spanish Peaks planning area; the 
nature of such property interests; the acreage of such private prop-
erty interests; and the Secretary's views on whether the owners 
of said properties would be willing to enter into either a sale 
or exchange of these properties at fair market value if such a 
transaction became available in the near future. 
(c) NO AUTHORIZATION OF EMINENT DOMAIN.—Nothing con-
tained in this Act authorizes, and nothing in this Act shall be 
construed to authorize, the acquisition of real property by eminent 
domain. 
(d) MANAGEMENT.—^Notwithstanding the provisions of section 
4(a) of this Act, for a period of three years from the date of 
enactment of this Act, tne Secretary shall manage the Spanish 
Peaks planning area as provided by section 105(c) of Public Law 
96-560. 
SEC. 11. PUMPING PLANT NAME CHANGE. 
The facility of the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the 
Interior, known as the Granby Pumping Plant of the Colorado-
107 STAT. 766 
PUBLIC LAW 103-77—AUG. 13, 1993 
Big Thompson Project, in the State of Colorado, shall hereafter 
be known as the Farr Pumping Plant. Any reference to the Granbv 
Pumping Plant in any law, regulation, map, document, record, 
or other paper of the United States shall be considered to be 
a reference to the Farr Pumping Plant. 
Approved August 13, 1993. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 631: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 103-181 (Comm. on Natural Resources). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 103-123 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 139 (1993): 
July 19, considered and passed House. 
Aug. 4, considered and passed Senate. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 29 (1993): 
Aug. 13, Presidential statement.