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tary of the Interior shall take such action, with 

 the participation of the State of Tennessee as is 

 provided for under subsection (b) within one year 

 following the date of enactment of this paragraph. 

 The development plan required by such subsection 

 (b) shall include cooperative agreements between 

 the State of Tennessee acting through the Wildlife 

 Resources Agency and the Secretary of the Interior. 

 Lands within the Wild and Scenic River boundaries 

 that are currently part of the Catoosa Wildlife 

 Management Area shall continue to be owned and 

 managed by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources 

 Agency in such a way as to protect the wildlife 

 resources and primitive character of the area, and 

 without further development of roads, campsites, 

 or associated recreational facilities unless deemed 

 necessary by that agency for wildlife management 

 practices. The Obed Wild and Scenic River shall be 

 managed by the Secretary of the Interior. For the 

 purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act 

 with respect to this river, there are authorized to be 

 appropriated such sums as may be necessary, but 

 not to exceed $2,000,000 for the acquisition of lands 

 or interests in lands and not to exceed $400,000 for 

 development. No funds authorized to be appropri- 

 ated pursuant to this paragraph shall be available 

 prior to October 1, 1977. 



(b) The agency charged with the administration 

 of each component of the national wild and scenic 

 rivers system designated by subsection (a) of this 

 section shall, within one year from October 2. 1968, 

 establish detailed boundaries therefor ( which bound- 

 aries shall include an average of not more than three 

 hundred and twenty acres per mile on both sides of 

 the river) ; determine which of the classes outlined in 

 section 1273(b) of this title best fit the river or its 

 various segments: and prepare a plan for necessary 

 developments in connection with its administration 

 In accordance with such classification. Said bound- 

 aries, classification, and development plans shall be 

 published in the Federal Register and shall not be- 

 come effective until ninety days after they have been 

 forwarded to the President of the Senate and the 

 Speaker of the House of Representatives. 'Pub. L. 

 90-542. § 3, Oct. 2. 1968, 82 Stat. 907.) 

 (As amended Pub. L. 92-560, § 2, Oct. 15, 1972, 86 

 Stat. 1174; Pub. L. 93-279, § 1(a), May 10, 1974, 88 

 Stat. 122; Pub. L. 94-199. § 3(a), Dec. 31, 1975, 89 

 Stat. 1117; Pub. L. 94-486, §§ 101, 201, 301, 601, 

 Oct. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2327. 



Amendments 



1976— Sections 101. 201. 301. Pub. L. 94-486 added 

 paragraphs 13. 14. and 15, respectively. Sec. 601 amend- 

 ed par. (a) (3). 



1975 — Subsecs. (a) (11). (12). Pub. L. 94-199 added 

 subsecs. (a) (11) and (12). 



1974— Subsec. (a)(10). Pub. L. 93-279 added par. (10). 



1972 — Subsec. (a) (9). Pub. L. 92-560 added par. (9). 



Short Title 

 Section 1 of Pub. L. 92-560 provided: "That this Act 

 [which enacted subsec. (a) (9) of this section and provi- 

 sions set out as notes under this section] may be cited 

 as the 'Lower Saint Croix River Act of 1072'." 



Administration of Snake River and Rapid River Areas 



Section 3(b) of Pub. L. 94-199 provided that: "The seg- 



ments of the Snake River and the Rapid River designated 

 as wild or scenic river areas by this Act (sections 460gg 

 to 460gg-13 of this title] shall be administered by the 

 .Secretary in accordance with the provisions of the Wild 

 and Scenic Rivers Act (82 Stat. 906) , as amended (section 

 1271 et seq. of this title] and the Secretary shall estab- 

 lish detailed boundaries of the Snake River segments 

 thereof in accordance with subsection 3(b) of that Act 

 (subsec. (b) of this section] : Provided, That the Secretary 

 shall establish a corridor along the segments of the Rapid 

 River and may not undertake or permit to be undertaken 

 any activities on adjacent public lands which would im- 

 pair the water quality of the Rapid River segment: Pro- 

 vided further. That the Secretary is authorized to make 

 such minor boundary revisions In the corridors as he 

 deems necessary for the provision of such facilities as are 

 permitted under the applicable provisions of the Wild 

 and Scenic Rivers Act (82 Stat. 906)." 



Lower Saint Croix. Minnesota and Wisconsin 

 Section 3 of Pub. L. 92-560 provided that: "The Secre- 

 tary of the Interior shall, within one year following the 

 date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 25, 1972), take with 

 respect to the Lower Saint Croix River segment, such 

 actions as is provided for under section 3(b) of the Wild 

 and Scenic Rivers Act [subsec. (b) of this section] : 

 Provided. That (a) the action required by sucn section 

 shall be undertaken Jointly by the Secretary and the 

 appropriate agencies of the affected States; (b) the devel- 

 opment plan required by such section shall be construed 

 to be a comprehensive master plan which shall include, 

 but not be limited to. a determination of the lands, 

 waters, and Interests therein to be acquired, developed, 

 and administered by the agencies or political subdivisions 

 of the affected States: and (c) such development plan 

 shall provide for State administration of the lower twenty- 

 flve miles of the Lower Saint Croix River segment and for 

 continued administration by the States of Minnesota and 

 Wisconsin of such State parks and flsh hatcheries as now 

 lie within the twenty-seven-mUe segment to be admin- 

 istered by the Secretary of the Interior." 



Land AcQUismoN , 



Section 4 of Pub. L. 92-560 provided that: "Notwith- 

 standing any provision of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 

 (this chapter) which limits acquisition authority within 

 a river segment to be administered by a Federal agency, 

 the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin may acquire within 

 the twenty-seven-mlle segment of the Lower Saint Croix 

 River segment to be administered by the Secretary of the 

 Interior such lands as may be proposed for their acquisi- 

 tion, development, operation, and maintenance pursuant 

 to the development plan required by section 3 of this 

 Act [this section]." 



Navigation Aids 

 Section 5 of Pub. L. 92-560 provided that: "Nothing In 

 this Act (see Short Title note hereunder] shall be deemed 

 to Impair or otherwise affect such statutory authority 

 as may be vested In the Secretary of the Department In 

 which the Coast Guard is operating or the Secretary of 

 the Army for the maintenance of navigation aids and 

 navigation improvements." 



ATTTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; LIMITATION 



Section 6 of Pub. L. 92-560. as amended by Pub. L. 93- 

 621. § 2. Jan. 3. 1975. 88 Stat. 2096. provided that: 



"(a) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

 as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 

 Act (see Short Title note hereunder), but not to exceed 

 $19,000,000 for the acquisition and development of lands 

 and Interests therein within the boundaries of the twenty- 

 seven-mile segment of the Lower Saint Croix River seg- 

 jnent to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior. 



"(b) No funds otherwise authorized to be appropriated 

 by this section shall be expended by the Secretary of the 

 Interior untu he has determined that the States of 

 Minnesota and Wisconsin have initiated such land acqui- 

 sition and development as may be proposed pursuant to 

 the development plan required by section 3 of this Act 

 (this section), and in no event shall the Secretary of the 

 Interior expend more than $2,550,000 of the funds au- 

 thorized to be appropriated by this section In the first 



