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Week Ending December 16, 2005

S.1096 A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate portions of the Musconetcong River in the State of New Jersey as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.

BRIEF

The bill would designate 3.5 miles of the Musconetcong River from Saxton Falls to the Route 46 bridge as a scenic river and 20.7 miles from Kings Highway bridge to the railroad tunnels at Musconetcong Gorge as a recreational river. Local support for the designations must be established

The Secretary of Interior would manage activities relating to the designation and shall consider water resource projects “which may have a direct and adverse effect on the values of the rivers segments to the extent each project is consistent with the management plan.”

Sponsor: Senator Jon S. Corzine (D-NJ)

Vote: Passed Senate by Unanimous Consent December 16, 2005. Passed House by voice vote December 9, 2006.

Cost to the taxpayers: “CBO estimates that the proposed designations would not significantly affect the agency's administrative or land-management costs, which are subject to appropriation”

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