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chapter. Such studies shall be completed and such 

 reports shall be made to the Congress with respect 

 to all rivers named in section 1276(a) (1) through 

 (27) of this title no later than October 2, 1978. In 

 conducting these studies the Secretary of the In- 

 terior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall give pri- 

 ority to those rivers (i> with respect to which there 

 is the greatest likelihood of developments which, if 

 undertaken, would render the rivers unsuitable for 

 inclusion In the national wild and scenic rivers sys- 

 tem, and (ii) which possess the greatest proportion 

 of private lands within their areas. Every such study 

 and plan shall be coordinated with any water re- 

 sources planning involving the same river which is 

 being conducted pursuant to the Water Resources 

 Planning Act. 



Each report, including maps and illustrations, shall 

 show among other things the area Included within 

 the report; the characteristics which do or do not 

 make the area a worthy addition to the system; the 

 current status of land ownership and use in the area; 

 the reasonably foreseeable potential uses of the land 

 and water which would be enhanced, foreclosed, 

 or curtailed if the area were included in the national 

 wild and scenic rivers system; the Federal agency 

 (which in the case of a river which is wholly or sub- 

 stantially within a national forest, shall be the De- 

 partment of Agriculture) by which it is proposed the 

 area, should it be added to the system, be admin- 

 istered; the extent to which it is proposed that such 

 administration. Including the costs thereof, be shared 

 by State and local agencies; and the estimated cost 

 to the United States of acquiring necessary lands and 

 interests in land and of administering the area, 

 should it be added to the system. Each such report 

 shall be printed as a Senate or House document. 



(b) Study of report by affected Federal and State 

 officials; recommendations and comments;, trans- 

 mittal to the President and Congress. 

 Before submitting any such report to the Presi- 

 dent and the Congress, copies of the proposed report 

 shall, unless it was prepared jointly by the Secretary 

 of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, be 

 submitted by the Secretary of the Interior to the 

 Secretary of Agriculture or by the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture to the Secretary of the Interior, as the case 

 may be. and to the Secretary of the Army, the Chair- 

 man of the Federal Power Commission, the head 

 of any other affected Federal department or agency 

 and. unless the lands proposed to be included in the 

 area are already owned by the United States or have 

 already been authorized for acquisition by Act of 

 Congress, the Governor of the State or States in 

 which they are located or an officer designated by 

 the Governor to receive the same. Any recommen- 

 dations or comments on the proposal which the said 

 officials furnished the Secretary or Secretaries who 

 prepared the report within ninety days of the date 

 on which the report is submitted to them, together 

 with the Secretary's or Secretaries' comments there- 

 on, shall be included with the transmittal to the 

 President and the Congress.; 



(c) Publication in Federal Register. 



Before approving or disapproving for inclusion in 

 the national wild and scenic rivers system any river 

 designated as a wild, scenic or recreational river by 

 or pursuant to an act of a State legislature, the 

 Secretary of the Interior shall submit the projxisal to 

 the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the 

 Army, the Chairman of the Federal Power Commis- 

 sion, and the head of any other affected Federal de- 

 partment or agency and shall evaluate and give due 

 weight to any recommendations or comments which 

 the said officials furnish him within ninety days of 

 the date on which it is submitted to them. If he ap- 

 proves the proposed inclusion, he shall publish notice 

 thereof In the Federal Register. (Pub. L. 90-542. § 4. 

 Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 909; amended Pub. L. 94-486. 

 § 501, Oct. 12, 1976. 90 Stat. 2330.) 



AMENDMENT 



1976 — Sec. 501 : deleted the last sentence of subsec. 

 (b).. 



§ 1276. Rivers constituting potential additions to the 

 national wild and scenic rivers system. 



(a) Enumeration of designated rivers. 



The following rivers are hereby designated for 

 potential addition to the national wild and scenic 

 rivers system: 



(1) Allegheny. Pennsylvania: The segment from 

 its mouth to the town of East Brady, Pennsylvania. 



(2) Bruneau. Idaho: The entire main stem. 



(3) Buffalo, Tennessee: The entire river. 



(4) Chattooga. North Carolina. South Carolina, 

 and Georgia: The entire river. 



(5) Clarion. Pennsylvania: The segment between 

 Ridgway and its confluence with the Allegheny 

 River. 



(6) Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York: The 

 segment from Hancock. New York, to Matamoras. 

 Pennsylvania. 



(7) Flathead, Montana: The North Fork from the 

 Canadian border downstream to its confluence with 

 the Middle Fork; the Middle Fork from its head- 

 waters to its confluence with the South Pork; and the 

 South Fork from its origin to Hungary Horse Res- 

 ervoir. 



(8) Gasconade, Missouri: The entire river. 



(9 ) Illinois. Oregon : The entire river. 



(10) Little Beaver. Ohio; The segment of the 

 North and Middle Forks of the Little Beaver River 

 in Columbiana County from a point in the vicinity 

 of Negly and Elkton. Ohio, downstream to a point 

 in the vicinity of East Liverpool. Ohio. 



(11) Little Miami. Ohio: That segment of the 

 main stem of the river, exclusive of its tributaries, 

 from a point at the Warren-Clermont County line 

 at Loveland, Ohio, upstream to the sources of Little 

 Miami including North Fork. 



(12) Maumee, Ohio and Indiana: The main stem 

 from Perrysburg. Ohio, to Fort Wayne. Indiana, ex- 

 clusive of its tributaries in Ohio and Inclusive of its 

 tributaries in Indiana. 



(13) Missouri. Montana: The segment between 

 Fort Benton and Ryan Island. 



(14) Moyie. Idaho: The segment from the Cana- 

 dian border to its confluence with the Kootenai 

 River. 



