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Now, that is not out of context. That is out of the law, so if you 

 want to talk about that, you will have to talk about something else. 



Mr. Thomas. Mr. Chairman, could I respond? 



Mr. Hansen. Go ahead. 



Mr. Thomas. Public Law 94-199, 1975, Section 10, "The Sec- 

 retary shall promulgate or may amend such rules and regulations 

 as he deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this act. Such 

 rules and regulations shall include but are not limited to [a], stand- 

 ards for the use and development of privately owned property with- 

 in the recreation area which rules and regulations the Secretary 

 may to the extent he deems advisable implement with the author- 

 ity delegated to him in Section 9 of the act which may differ among 

 various parcels of land within the recreation area; [b] establish 

 guides to ensure full protection and preservation of the historic, ar- 

 chaeological and paleontological resources of the recreation area; 

 [c], provision for the control of the use of motorized and mechanical 

 equipment for transportation over or alteration of the surface of 

 any Federal land within the recreation area; and [d], provision for 

 the control and use of the number of motorized and nonmotorized 

 river craft, provided that this use of such crsift is hereby recognized 

 as a valid use of the river within the recreation area; and [e], 

 standards for such management utilization and disposal of natural 

 resources on federally owned lands including but not limited to 

 timber harvesting by selected cutting, mining, grazing, and the 

 continuation of such existing uses and developments which are 

 compatible with the provisions of this act." Emphasis on [b]. 



Mr. COOLEY. Emphasis on [b]? What section? 



Mr. Thomas. Section [d]. 



Mr. CoOLEY. In your proposal, I understand that you are propos- 

 ing to limit or completely disallow a certain period of time for any 

 powerboats on that river. Is that true? 



Mr. Thomas. That is right. 



Mr. CoOLEY. And that, you think, is admirable? 



Mr. Thomas. Yes, sir, I do. 



Mr. CoOLEY. Doesn't that conflict with the provision in that 

 statement [d]? 



Mr. Thomas. Not to my interpretation. 



Mr. CoOLEY. Provided the use of said craft is a valid use of the 

 Snake River recreation area. Provisions for controlling use and 

 numbers of motorized and nonmotorized river craft, doesn't that 

 sort of imply that there should be a balance there? 



Mr. Lyons. That is correct. Congressman, and I think the point 

 here is attempting to strike 



Mr. CoOLEY. You are restricting complete use of motorized 

 boats 



Mr. Lyons. For a limited period of time so as to balance 



Mr. CoOLEY. But you restrict everybody. 



Mr. Lyons. I would say that there 



Mr. CoOLEY. Overall. 



Mr. Thomas. Nonmotorized use is now restricted. 



Mr. CooLEY. Yes, sir. But in the same number, percentage wise? 



Mr. Thomas. I think this is a new way to try to approach some 

 balance, but we have had restriction on the number of launches of 

 nonmotorized craft for some number of years. 



