Sec. 3074. STUDIES OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS
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## SEC. 3074 STUDIES OF WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS ###
(a)Designation for Study Section 5(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1276(a)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (141), as added by section 3041(e), the following: > > #### “(142) Beaver, chipuxet, queen, wood, and pawcatuck rivers, rhode island and connecticut > > The following segments: > > > ##### “(A) > > The approximately 10-mile segment of the Beaver River from the headwaters in Exeter, Rhode Island, to the confluence with the Pawcatuck River. > > > ##### “(B) > > The approximately 5-mile segment of the Chipuxet River from Hundred Acre Pond to the outlet into Worden Pond. > > > ##### “(C) > > The approximately 10-mile segment of the upper Queen River from the headwaters to the Usquepaugh Dam in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, including all tributaries of the upper Queen River. > > > ##### “(D) > > The approximately 5-mile segment of the lower Queen (Usquepaugh) River from the Usquepaugh Dam to the confluence with the Pawcatuck River. > > > ##### “(E) > > The approximately 11-mile segment of the upper Wood River from the headwaters to Skunk Hill Road in Richmond and Hopkinton, Rhode Island, including all tributaries of the upper Wood River. > > > ##### “(F) > > The approximately 10-mile segment of the lower Wood River from Skunk Hill Road to the confluence with the Pawcatuck River. > > > ##### “(G) > > The approximately 28-mile segment of the Pawcatuck River from Worden Pond to Nooseneck Hill Road (Rhode Island Rte 3) in Hopkinton and Westerly, Rhode Island. > > > ##### “(H) > > The approximately 7-mile segment of the lower Pawcatuck River from Nooseneck Hill Road to Pawcatuck Rock, Stonington, Connecticut, and Westerly, Rhode Island. > > > #### “(143) Nashua river, massachusetts > > The following segments: > > > ##### “(A) > > The approximately 19-mile segment of the mainstem of the Nashua River from the confluence with the North and South Nashua Rivers in Lancaster, Massachusetts, north to the Massachusetts-New Hampshire State line, excluding the approximately 4.8-mile segment of the mainstem of the Nashua River from the Route 119 bridge in Groton, Massachusetts, downstream to the confluence with the Nissitissit River in Pepperell, Massachusetts. > > > ##### “(B) > > The 10-mile segment of the Squannacook River from the headwaters at Ash Swamp downstream to the confluence with the Nashua River in the towns of Shirley and Ayer, Massachusetts. > > > ##### “(C) > > The 3.5-mile segment of the Nissitissit River from the Massachusetts-New Hampshire State line downstream to the confluence with the Nashua River in Pepperell, Massachusetts. > > > #### “(144) York river, maine > > The segment of the York River that flows 11.25 miles from the headwaters of the York River at York Pond to the mouth of the river at York Harbor, and any associated tributaries.” > . ###
(b)Study and Report Section 5(b) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1276(b)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (20), as added by section 3041(e), the following: > > #### “(21) Beaver, chipuxet, queen, wood, and pawcatuck rivers, rhode island and connecticut; nashua river, massachusetts; york river, maine > > > ##### “(A) In general > > Not later than 3 years after the date on which funds are made available to carry out this paragraph, the Secretary of the Interior shall— > > > ###### “(i) > > complete each of the studies described in paragraphs (142), (143), and
(144)of subsection (a); and > > > ###### “(ii) > > submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report that describes the results of each of the studies. > > > ##### “(B) Report requirements > > In assessing the potential additions to the wild and scenic river system, the report submitted under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall— > > > ###### “(i) > > determine the effect of the designation on— > > > ###### “(I) > > existing commercial and recreational activities, such as hunting, fishing, trapping, recreational shooting, motor boat use, and bridge construction; > > > ###### “(II) > > the authorization, construction, operation, maintenance, or improvement of energy production, transmission, or other infrastructure; and > > > ###### “(III) > > the authority of State and local governments to manage the activities described in subclauses
(I)and (II); > > > ###### “(ii) > > identify any authorities that, in a case in which an area studied under paragraph (142), (143), or
(144)of subsection
(a)is designated under this Act— > > > ###### “(I) > > would authorize or require the Secretary of the Interior— > > > ###### “(aa) > > to influence local land use decisions, such as zoning; or > > > ###### “(bb) > > to place restrictions on non-Federal land if designated under this Act; and > > > ###### “(II) > > the Secretary of the Interior may use to condemn property; and > > > ###### “(iii) > > identify any private property located in an area studied under paragraph (142), (143), or
(144)of subsection (a).” > . ## Subtitle G Trust Lands
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