To amend the Wild and Scenic River Act.
PL 102-460 (H.R.6179), enacted 10/23/1992

106 STAT. 2270 
PUBLIC LAW 102-460—(XT. 23, 1992 
Public Law 102-460 
102d Congress 
An Act 
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To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. 
[H.R. 6179] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
^T^j^Biion. 
ff^g United States of 
America in Congress assembled, 
Pennsylvania. 
SECTION 1. WILD AND SCENIC RIVER STUDY. 
(a) STUDY.—Section 5(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1276(a)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new paragraph: 
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( ) DELAWARE RIVER, PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY.—(A) 
The approximately 3.6-mile segment from the Erie Lackawanna 
Railroad Bridge to the southern tip of Dildine Island. 
''(B) The approximately 2-mile segment from the southern tip 
of Mack Island to the northern border of the town of Belvidere, 
New Jersey. 
"(C) llie approximately 12.5-mile segment from the southern 
border of the town of Belvidere, New Jersey, to the northern border 
of the city of Easton, Pennsylvania, excluding river mile 196.0 
to 193.8. 
"(D) The approximately 9.5-mile segment from the southern 
border of the town of Phillipsbur^, New Jersey, to a point just 
north of the Gilbert Generating Station. 
"(E) The approximately 14.2-mile segment from a point just 
south of the Gilbert Generating Station to a point just north of 
the Point Pleasant Pumping Station. 
"(F) The approximately 6.5-mile segment from a point just 
south of the Point Pleas£uit Piunping Stetion to the north side 
of the Route 202 bridge. 
"(G) The approximately 6-mile segment from the southern 
boundaiy of the town of New Hope, Pennsylvania, to the town 
of Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania. 
"(H) The Cook's Creek tributary. 
**(I) The Tinicum Creek tributery. 
"(J) The Tohickon Creek tributery.". 
(b) ELIGIBILITY STUDY AND REPORT.—Section 5(b) of the Wild 
and Scenic Rivers Act, as amended, (16 U.S.C. 1276(b)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
"(IIXA) The study of the Delaware River segmente and tribu-
teries designated for potential addition to the National Wild and 
Scenic Rivers System pursuant to section 5(aX ) of this Act shall 
be completed and the report submitted to Congress not later than 
one year after the date of enactment of this paragraph. 
"(B) The Secretory shall— 
"(i) prepare the study in cooperation and consultetion with 
appropriate Federal, Stete, regional, and local agencies, 
inducting but not limited to, the Pennsylvania Department 
of Environmentel Resources, the New Jersey Department of 
Environmentel Protection and Energy, the Delaware and 
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Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Commis-
sion, and the Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission; and 
"(ii) consider previous plans for the protection of affected 
cultural, recreational, and natural resources (including water 
supply and water quality) and existing State and local regula-
tions, so as to avoid unnecessary duplication. 
"(C) Pursuant to section ll(bXl) of this Act, the Secretary 
shall undertake a river conservation plan for the segment of the 
Delaware River from the northern city limits of Trenton, New 
Jersey, to tiie Southern boundary of Budks County, Pennsylvania.". 
(c) EXISTING FACILITIES AND POSSIBLE ADDITIONS THERETO.— 
The study of the river segments and tributaries designated for 
potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic lUvers System 
under subsection (a) shall not be used in any proceeding or other-
wise to preclude, prevent, restrict, or interfere with the completion, 
continued or changed operation, maintenance, repair, construction, 
reconstruction, replacement, or modification of the Gilbert Generat-
ing Station and associated facilities, the Point Pleasant Pumping 
Station and associated facilities, the Portland Generating Station 
and associated facilities, the Martins Creek Steam Electric Station 
and associated facilities, or the Merrill Creek Reservoir Project 
and associated facilities, or with the licensing, permitting, relicens-
ing, or repermitting of such projects, stations, and associated facili-
ties. Such study designation shall not preclude or interfere with 
the licensing, permitting, construction, operation, maintenance, 
repair, relicensing, or repermitting of any additions to any such 
facilities, so long as such additions are outside the segments of 
the Delaware River designated for study by subsection (a) and 
impounded backwater from any such addition does not intrude 
on any such segment, and so long sis the values present in such 
segments on the date of enactment of this Act are not unreasonably 
diminished thereby. 
(d) TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES.—The study 
of the river segments and tributaries designated for potential addi-
tion to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System under sub-
section (a) of this Act shall not be used in any proceeding or 
otherwise to preclude, prevent, restrict, or interfere with tiie present 
or future access to or operation, maintenance, repair, construction, 
reconstruction, replacement, or modification of electric or gas trans-
mission or distribution lines across or a4jacent to such segments, 
or with the licensing, permitting, relicensing, or repermitting of 
such lines across such segments: Provided, however, That during Energy. 
the study of such segmente, each new electric or gas transmission 
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or distribution line across any such segment shall be located no 
further than V
2 mile from the center line of any transmission 
or distribution line across any such segment in existence on the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this 
section. 
Approved October 23, 1992. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 6179: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 138 (1992): 
Oct. 5, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 8, considered and passed Senate.