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H.R.631
One Hundred Third Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three
An Act
To designate certain lands in the State of Colorado as components of
the National
Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND DEFINITIONS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Colorado Wilderness
Act of 1993''.
(b) Definitions.--(1) As used in this Act with reference to lands in
the National Forest System, the term ``the Secretary'' means the
Secretary of Agriculture.
(2) As used in this Act with respect to lands not in the National
Forest System, the term ``the Secretary'' means the Secretary of the
Interior.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONS TO THE WILDERNESS PRESERVATION SYSTEM.
(a) Additions.--The following lands in the State of Colorado are
hereby designated as wilderness and, therefore, as components of the
National Wilderness Preservation System:
(1) Certain lands in the Gunnison Resource Area administered by
the Bureau of Land Management which comprise approximately 3,390
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``American Flats
Additions to the Big Blue Wilderness Proposal (American Flats)'',
dated January, 1993, and which are hereby incorporated in and shall
be deemed to be a part of the wilderness area designated by section
102(a)(1) of Public Law 96-560 and renamed Uncompahgre Wilderness by
section 3(f) of this Act.
(2) Certain lands in the Gunnison Resource Area administered by
the Bureau of Land Management which comprise approximately 815
acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled ``Bill Hare Gulch and
Larson Creek Additions to the Big Blue Wilderness'', dated January,
1993, and which are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be
a part of the wilderness area designated by section 102(a)(1) of
Public Law 96-560 and renamed Uncompahgre Wilderness by section 3(f)
of this Act.
(3) Certain lands in the Pike and San Isabel National Forests
which comprise approximately 43,410 acres, as generally depicted on
a map entitled ``Buffalo Peaks Wilderness Proposal'', dated January,
1993, and which shall be known as the Buffalo Peaks Wilderness.
(4) Certain lands in the Gunnison National Forest and in the
Powderhorn Primitive Area administered by the Bureau of Land
Management which comprise approximately 60,100 acres, as generally
depicted on a map entitled ``Powderhorn Wilderness Proposal'', dated
January, 1993, and which shall be known as the Powderhorn
Wilderness.
(5) Certain lands in the Routt National Forest which comprise
approximately 20,750 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
``Davis Peak Additions to Mount Zirkel Wilderness Proposal'', dated
January, 1993, and which are hereby incorporated in and shall be
deemed to be a part of the Mount Zirkel Wilderness designated by
Public Law 88-555, as amended by Public Law 96-560.
(6) Certain lands in the Gunnison National Forests which
comprise approximately 33,060 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ``Fossil Ridge Wilderness Proposal'', dated January, 1993,
and which shall be known as the Fossil Ridge Wilderness.
(7) Certain lands in the San Isabel National Forest which
comprise approximately 22,040 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ``Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness Proposal'', dated January,
1993, and which shall be known as the Greenhorn Mountain Wilderness.
(8) Certain lands within the Pike National Forest which comprise
approximately 14,700 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
``Lost Creek Wilderness Addition Proposal'', dated January, 1993,
which are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of
the Lost Creek Wilderness designated by Public Law 96-560: Provided,
That the Secretary is authorized to acquire, only by donation or
exchange, various mineral reservations held by the State of Colorado
within the boundaries of the Lost Creek Wilderness additions
designated by this Act.
(9) Certain lands in the Gunnison National Forests which
comprise approximately 5,500 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ``O-Be-Joyful Addition to the Raggeds Wilderness
Proposal'', dated January, 1993, and which are hereby incorporated
in and shall be deemed to be a part of the Raggeds Wilderness
designated by Public Law 96-560.
(10) Certain lands in the Rio Grande and San Isabel National
Forests and lands in the San Luis Resource Area administered by the
Bureau of Land Management which comprise approximately 226,455
acres, as generally depicted on four maps entitled ``Sangre de
Cristo Wilderness Proposal (North Section)'', ``Sangre de Cristo
Wilderness Proposal (North Middle Section)'', ``Sangre de Cristo
Wilderness Proposal (South Middle Section)'', and ``Sangre de Cristo
Wilderness Proposal (South Section)'', all dated January, 1993, and
which shall be known as the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness.
(11) Certain lands in the Routt National Forest which comprise
approximately 47,140 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
``Service Creek Wilderness Proposal (Sarvis Creek Wilderness)'',
dated January, 1993, and which shall be known as the Sarvis Creek
Wilderness.
(12) Certain lands in the San Juan National Forest which
comprise approximately 31,100 acres, as generally depicted on two
maps, one entitled ``South San Juan Wilderness Expansion Proposal,
Montezuma Peak'' and the other entitled ``South San Juan Wilderness
Expansion Proposal, V-Rock Trail'', both dated January, 1993, and
which are hereby incorporated in and shall be deemed to be a part of
the South San Juan Wilderness designated by Public Law 96-560.
(13) Certain lands in the White River National Forest which
comprise approximately 8,330 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ``Spruce Creek Addition to the Hunter-Fryingpan Wilderness
Proposal'', dated January, 1993, and which are hereby incorporated
in and shall be deemed to be part of the Hunter Fryingpan Wilderness
designated by Public Law 95-327: Provided, That no right, or claim
of right, to the diversion and use of waters by the Fryingpan-
Arkansas Project shall be prejudiced, expanded, diminished, altered,
or affected by this Act, nor shall anything in this Act be construed
to expand, abate, impair, impede, limit, interfere with, or prevent
the construction, operation, use, maintenance, or repair of the
project facilities and diversion systems to their full extent.
(14) Certain lands in the Arapaho National Forest which comprise
approximately 8,095 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
``Byers Peak Wilderness Proposal'', dated January, 1993, and which
shall be known as the Byers Peak Wilderness.
(15) Certain lands in the Arapaho National Forest which comprise
approximately 12,300 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
``Vasquez Peak Wilderness Proposal'', dated January, 1993, and which
shall be known as the Vasquez Peak Wilderness.
(16) Certain lands in the San Juan National Forest which
comprise approximately 28,740 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ``West Needle Wilderness Proposal and Weminuche
Additions'', dated January, 1993, and which are hereby incorporated
in and shall be deemed to be a part of the Weminuche Wilderness
designated by Public L
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aw 93-632, as amended by Public Law 96-560.
(17) Certain lands in the Rio Grande National Forest which
comprise approximately 25,640 acres, as generally depicted on a map
entitled ``Wheeler Addition to the La Garita Wilderness Proposal'',
dated January, 1993, and which shall be incorporated in and shall be
deemed to be a part of the La Garita Wilderness designated by Public
Law 96-560.
(18) Certain lands in the Arapaho National Forest which comprise
approximately 13,175 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
``Farr Wilderness Proposal'', dated January, 1993, and which shall
be known as the Ptarmigan Peak Wilderness.
(19) Certain lands in the Arapaho National Forest which comprise
approximately 6,990 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled
``Bowen Gulch Additions to Never Summer Wilderness Proposal'', dated
January, 1993, and which are hereby incorporated in and shall be
deemed to be a part of the Never Summer Wilderness designated by
Public Law 96-560.
(b) Maps and Descriptions.--As soon as practicable after the date of
enactment of this Act, the appropriate Secretary shall file a map and a
boundary description of each area designated as wilderness by this Act
with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States
Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the United States House
of Representatives. Each map and description shall have the same force
and effect as if included in this Act, except that the appropriate
Secretary is authorized to correct clerical and typographical errors in
such boundary descriptions and maps. Such maps and boundary descriptions
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of
the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, and the
Office of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of
the Interior, as appropriate.
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
(a) In General.--(1) Subject to valid existing rights, lands
designated as wilderness by this Act shall be managed by the Secretary
of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, in
accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and this
Act, except that, with respect to any wilderness areas designated by
this Act, any reference in the Wilderness Act to the effective date of
the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of
enactment of this Act.
(2) Administrative jurisdiction over those lands designated as
wilderness pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (10) of section 2(a) of this
Act, and which, as of the date of enactment of this Act, are
administered by the Bureau of Land Management, is hereby transferred to
the Forest Service and such lands are hereby added to the appropriate
National Forest.
(b) Grazing.--Grazing of livestock in wilderness areas designated by
this Act shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of
section 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(4)), as further
interpreted by section 108 of Public Law 96-560, and, as regards
wilderness managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the guidelines set
forth in Appendix A of House Report 101-405 of the 101st Congress.
(c) State Jurisdiction.--As provided in section 4(d)(7) of the
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), nothing in this Act shall be
construed as affecting the jurisdiction or responsibilities of the State
of Colorado with respect to wildlife and fish in Colorado.
(d) Conforming Amendment.--Section 2(e) of the Endangered American
Wilderness Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 41) is amended by striking ``Subject
to'' and all that follows through ``System.''.
(e) Buffer Zones.--Congress does not intend that the designation by
this Act of wilderness areas in the State of Colorado creates or implies
the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around any
wilderness area. The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be
seen or heard from within a wilderness area shall not, of itself,
preclude such activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness
area.
(f) Wilderness Name Change.--The wilderness area designated as ``Big
Blue Wilderness'' by section 102(a)(1) of Public Law 96-560, and the
additions thereto made by paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 2(a) of this
Act, shall hereafter be known as the Uncompahgre Wilderness. Any
reference to the Big Blue Wilderness in any law, regulation, map,
document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be
considered to be a reference to the Uncompahgre Wilderness.
(g) Boundaries and Authorizations To Use Lands.--(1) For the purpose
of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16
U.S.C. 4601-9), the boundaries of affected National Forests, as modified
by this section, shall be considered to be the boundaries of such
National Forests as of January 1, 1965.
(2) Nothing in this subsection shall affect valid existing rights of
any person under the authority of law.
(3) Authorizations to use lands transferred by this section which
were issued prior to the date of enactment of this Act shall remain
subject to the laws and regulations under which they were issued, to the
extent consistent with this Act. Such authorizations shall be
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. Any renewal or extension
of such authorizations shall be subject to the laws and regulations
pertaining to the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, and the
applicable law, including this Act. The change of administrative
jurisdiction resulting from the enactment of this section shall not in
itself constitute a basis for denying or approving the renewal or
reissuance of any such authorization.
SEC. 4. WILDERNESS RELEASE.
(a) Repeal of Wilderness Study Provisions.--Sections 105 and 106 of
the Act of December 22, 1980 (Public Law 96-560), are hereby repealed.
(b) Initial Plans.--Section 107(b)(2) of the Act of December 22,
1980 (Public Law 96-560), is amended by striking out ``except those
lands remaining in further planning upon enactment of this Act, areas
listed in sections 105 and 106 of this Act, or previously
congressionally designated wilderness study areas,''.
SEC. 5. FOSSIL RIDGE RECREATION MANAGEMENT AREA.
(a) Establishment.--(1) In order to conserve, protect, and enhance
the scenic, wildlife, recreational, and other natural resource values of
the Fossil Ridge area, there is hereby established the Fossil Ridge
Recreation Management Area (hereinafter referred to as the ``recreation
management area'').
(2) The recreation management area shall consist of certain lands in
the Gunnison National Forest, Colorado, which comprise approximately
43,900 acres, as generally depicted as ``Area A'' on a map entitled
``Fossil Ridge Wilderness Proposal'', dated January, 1993.
(b) Administration.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall administer
the recreation management area in accordance with this section and the
laws and regulations generally applicable to the National Forest System.
(c) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, all lands within
the recreation management area are hereby withdrawn from all forms of
entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, from
location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and from disposition
under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, including all amendments
thereto.
(d) Timber Harvesting.--No timber harvesting shall be allowed within
the recreation management area except to the extent that would be
permitted in wilderness under section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act for
necessary control of fire, insects, and diseases, and for public safety.
(e) Livestock Grazing.--The designation of the recreation management
area shall not be construed to prohibit, or change the administration
of, the grazing of livestock within the recreation management area.
(f) Development.--No developed campgrounds shall be constructed
within the recreation management area. After the date of enactment of
this Ac
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t, no new roads or trails may be constructed within the
recreation management area.
(g) Off-Road Recreation.--Motorized travel shall be permitted within
the recreation management area only on those established trails and
routes existing as of July 1, 1991, on which such travel was permitted
as of such date, except that other trails and routes may be used where
necessary for administrative purposes or to respond to an emergency. No
later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall identify such routes and trails and shall prepare and
make available to the public a map showing such routes and trails.
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as precluding the
Secretary from closing any trail or route from use for purposes of
resource protection or public safety.
SEC. 6. BOWEN GULCH PROTECTION AREA.
(a) Establishment.--(1) There is hereby established in the Arapaho
National Forest, Colorado, the Bowen Gulch Protection Area (hereinafter
in this Act referred to as the ``protection area'').
(2) The protection area shall consist of certain lands in the
Arapaho National Forest, Colorado, which comprise approximately 11,600
acres, as generally depicted as ``Area A'' on a map entitled ``Bowen
Gulch Additions to Never Summer Wilderness Proposal'', dated January,
1993.
(b) Administration.--The Secretary shall administer the protection
area in accordance with this section and the laws and regulations
generally applicable to the National Forest System.
(c) Withdrawal.--Subject to valid existing rights, all lands within
the protection area are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry,
appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, from location,
entry, and patent under the mining laws, and from disposition under the
mineral and geothermal leasing laws, including all amendments thereto.
(d) Development.--No developed campgrounds shall be constructed
within the protection area. After the date of enactment of this Act, no
new roads or trails may be constructed within the protection area.
(e) Timber Harvesting.--No timber harvesting shall be allowed within
the protection area except to the extent that would be permitted in
wilderness under section 4(d)(1) of the Wilderness Act for necessary
control of fire, insects, and diseases, and for public safety.
(f) Motorized Travel.--Motorized travel shall be permitted within
the protection area only on those designated trails and routes existing
as of July 1, 1991, and only during periods of adequate snow cover. At
all other times, mechanized, non-motorized travel shall be permitted
within the protection area.
(g) Management Plan.--During the revision of the Land and Resource
Management Plan for the Arapaho National Forest, the Forest Service
shall develop a management plan for the protection area, after providing
for public comment.
SEC. 7. OTHER LANDS.
Nothing in this Act shall affect ownership or use of lands or
interests therein not owned by the United States or access to such lands
available under other applicable law.
SEC. 8. WATER.
(a) Findings, Purpose, and Definition.--(1) Congress finds that--
(A) the lands designated as wilderness by this Act are located
at the headwaters of the streams and rivers on those lands, with
few, if any, actual or proposed water resource facilities located
upstream from such lands and few, if any, opportunities for
diversion, storage, or other uses of water occurring outside such
lands that would adversely affect the wilderness values of such
lands; and
(B) the lands designated as wilderness by this Act are not
suitable for use for development of new water resource facilities,
or for the expansion of existing facilities; and
(C) therefore, it is possible to provide for proper management
and protection of the wilderness value of such lands in ways
different from those utilized in other legislation designating as
wilderness lands not sharing the attributes of the lands designated
as wilderness by this Act.
(2) The purpose of this section is to protect the wilderness values
of the lands designated as wilderness by this Act by means other than
those based on a Federal reserved water right.
(3) As used in this section, the term ``water resource facility''
means irrigation and pumping facilities, reservoirs, water conservation
works, aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, wells, hydropower
projects, and transmission and other ancillary facilities, and other
water diversion, storage, and carriage structures.
(b) Restrictions on Rights and Disclaimer of Effect.--(1) Neither
the Secretary of Agriculture nor the Secretary of the Interior, nor any
other officer, employee, representative, or agent of the United States,
nor any other person, shall assert in any court or agency, nor shall any
court or agency consider, any claim to or for water or water rights in
the State of Colorado, which is based on any construction of any portion
of this Act, or the designation of any lands as wilderness by this Act,
as constituting an express or implied reservation of water or water
rights.
(2)(A) Nothing in this Act shall constitute or be construed to
constitute either an express or implied reservation of any water or
water rights with respect to the Piedra, Roubideau, and Tabeguache areas
identified in section 9 of this Act, or the Bowen Gulch Protection Area
or the Fossil Ridge Recreation Management Area identified in sections 5
and 6 of this Act.
(B) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as a creation,
recognition, disclaimer, relinquishment, or reduction of any water
rights of the United States in the State of Colorado existing before the
date of enactment of this Act, except as provided in subsection (g)(2)
of this section.
(C) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, nothing in
this Act shall be construed as constituting an interpretation of any
other Act or any designation made by or pursuant thereto.
(D) Nothing in this section shall be construed as establishing a
precedent with regard to any future wilderness designations.
(c) New or Expanded Projects.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, on and after the date of enactment of this Act neither the
President nor any other officer, employee, or agent of the United States
shall fund, assist, authorize, or issue a license or permit for the
development of any new water resource facility within the areas
described in sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of this Act or the enlargement of
any water resource facility within the areas described in sections 2, 5,
6, and 9 of this Act.
(d) Access and Operation.--(1) Subject to the provisions of this
subsection (d), the Secretary shall allow reasonable access to water
resource facilities in existence on the date of enactment of this Act
within the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of this Act,
including motorized access where necessary and customarily employed on
routes existing as of the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) Existing access routes within such areas customarily employed as
of the date of enactment of this Act may be used, maintained, repaired,
and replaced to the extent necessary to maintain their present function,
design, and serviceable operation, so long as such activities have no
increased adverse impacts on the resources and values of the areas
described in sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of this Act than existed as of the
date of enactment of this Act.
(3) Subject to the provisions of subsections (c) and (d), the
Secretary shall allow water resource facilities existing on the date of
enactment of this Act within areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, and 9
of this Act to be used, operated, maintained, repaired, and replaced to
the extent necessary for the continued exercise, in accordance with
Colorado State law, of vested water rights adjudicated for use in
connection with such facilities by a court of competent jurisdiction
prior to the date of enactment of this Act: Provi
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ded, That the impact of
an existing facility on the water resources and values of the area shall
not be increased as a result of changes in the adjudicated type of use
of such facility as of the date of enactment of this Act.
(4) Water resource facilities, and access routes serving such
facilities, existing within the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, and
9 of this Act on the date of enactment of this Act shall be maintained
and repaired when and to the extent necessary to prevent increased
adverse impacts on the resources and values of the areas described in
sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of this Act.
(e) Existing Projects.--Except as provided in subsections (c) and
(d) of this section, the provisions of this Act related to the areas
described in sections 2, 5, 6, and 9 of this Act, and the inclusion in
the National Wilderness Preservation System ofP the areas described in
section 2 of this Act, shall not be construed to affect or limit the
use, operation, maintenance, repair, modification, or replacement of
water resources facilities in existence on the date of enactment of this
Act within the boundaries of the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6,
and 9 of this Act.
(f) Monitoring and Implementation.--The Secretaries of Agriculture
and the Interior shall monitor the operation of and access to water
resource facilities within the areas described in sections 2, 5, 6, and
9 of this Act and take all steps necessary to implement the provisions
of this section.
(g) Interstate Compacts and North Platte River.--(1) Nothing in this
Act, and nothing in any previous Act designating any lands as
wilderness, shall be construed as limiting, altering, modifying, or
amending any of the interstate compacts or equitable apportionment
decrees that apportion water among and between the State of Colorado and
other States. Except as expressly provided in this section, nothing in
this Act shall affect or limit the development or use by existing and
future holders of vested water rights of Colorado's full apportionment
of such waters.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the
Secretary of Agriculture nor any other officer, employee, or agent of
the United States, or any other person, shall assert in any court or
agency of the United States or any other jurisdiction any rights, and no
court or agency of the United States shall consider any claim or defense
asserted by any person based upon such rights, which may be determined
to have been established for waters of the North Platte River for
purposes of the Platte River Wilderness Area established by Public Law
98-550, located on the Colorado-Wyoming State boundary, to the extent
such rights would limit the use or development of water within Colorado
by present and future holders of vested water rights in the North Platte
River and its tributaries, to the full extent allowed under interstate
compact or United States Supreme Court equitable decree. Any such rights
shall be exercised as if junior to, in a manner so as not to prevent,
the use or development of Colorado's full entitlement to interstate
waters of the North Platte River and its tributaries within Colorado
allowed under interstate compact or United States Supreme Court
equitable decree.
SEC. 9. PIEDRA, ROUBIDEAU, AND TABEGUACHE AREAS.
(a) Areas.--The provisions of this section shall apply to the
following areas:
(1) Certain lands in the San Juan National Forest, Colorado,
comprising approximately 62,550 acres, as generally depicted on the
map entitled ``Piedra Area'' dated January, 1993;
(2) Certain lands in the Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado,
comprising approximately 19,650 acres, as generally depicted on the
map entitled ``Roubideau Area'' dated January, 1993; and
(3) Certain lands in the Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado,
and in the San Juan Resource Area administered by the Bureau of Land
Management, comprising approximately 17,240 acres, as generally
depicted on the map entitled ``Tabeguache Area'' dated January,
1993.
(b) Management.--(1) Subject to valid existing rights, the areas
described in subsection (a) are withdrawn from all forms of location,
leasing, patent, disposition, or disposal under public land, mining, and
mineral and geothermal leasing laws of the United States.
(2) The areas described in subsection (a) shall not be subject to
any obligation to further study such lands for wilderness designation.
(3) Until Congress determines otherwise, and subject to the
provisions of section 8 of this Act, activities within such areas shall
be managed by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the
Interior, as appropriate, so as to maintain the areas' presently
existing wilderness character and potential for inclusion in the
National Wilderness Preservation System.
(4) Livestock grazing in such areas shall be permitted and managed
to the same extent and in the same manner as of the date of enactment of
this Act. Except as provided by this Act, mechanized or motorized travel
shall not be permitted in such areas: Provided, That the Secretary may
permit motorized travel on trail number 535 in the San Juan National
Forest during periods of adequate snow cover.
(c) Data Collection.--The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary
of the Interior, in consultation with the Colorado Water Conservation
Board, shall compile data concerning the water resources of the areas
described in subsection (a) and existing and proposed water resource
facilities affecting such values.
SEC. 10. SPANISH PEAKS PLANNING AREA STUDY.
(a) Report.--Not later than three years from the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall report to the Committee on Natural
Resources of the United States House of Representatives and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate on
the status of private property interests located within the Spanish
Peaks planning area of the San Isabel National Forest in Colorado, as
generally depicted on a map entitled ``Spanish Peaks Further Planning
Area Study'', dated January, 1993.
(b) Contents of Report.--The report required by this section shall
identify the location of all private property situated within the
exterior boundaries of the Spanish Peaks planning area; the nature of
such property interests; the acreage of such private property interests;
and the Secretary's views on whether the owners of said properties would
be willing to enter into either a sale or exchange of these properties
at fair market value if such a transaction became available in the near
future.
(c) No Authorization of Eminent Domain.--Nothing contained in this
Act authorizes, and nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize,
the acquisition of real property by eminent domain.
(d) Management.--Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4(a) of
this Act, for a period of three years from the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary shall manage the Spanish Peaks planning area as
provided by section 105(c) of Public Law 96-560.
SEC. 11. PUMPING PLANT NAME CHANGE.
The facility of the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the
Interior, known as the Granby Pumping Plant of the Colorado-P
Big Thompson Project, in the State of Colorado, shall hereafter be known
as the Farr Pumping Plant. Any reference to the Granby Pumping Plant in
any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United
States shall be considered to be a reference to the Farr Pumping Plant.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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