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 PUBLIC LAW 104-333 —NOV. 12, 1996 110 STAT. 4149 SEC. 405. LAMPREY WILD AND SCENIC RIVER. (a) DESIGNATION.— Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof: " LAMPREY RIVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE. —The 11.5-mile segment extending from the southern Lee town line to the confluence with the Piscassic River in the vicinity of the Durham-Newmarket town line (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the 'segment') as a recreational river. The segment shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior through cooperation agreements between the Secretary and the State of New Hampshire and its relevant political subdivisions, namely the towns of Durham, Lee, and Newmarket, pursuant to section 10(e) of this Act. The segment shall be managed in accord£mce with the Lamprey River Management Plan dated January 10, 1995, and such amendments thereto as the Secretary of the Interior determines Eire consistent with this Act. Such plan shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements for a comprehensive management plan pursuant to section 3(d) of this Act.". (b) MANAGEMENT.— 16 USC 1274 (1) COMMITTEE.— The Secretary of the Interior shall coordi- note, nate his management responsibilities under this Act with respect to the segment designated by subsection (a) with the Lamprey River Advisory Committee established pursuant to New Hampshire RSA 483. (2) LAND MANAGEMENT.— The zoning ordinances duly adopted by the towns of Durham, Lee, and Newmarket, New Hampshire, including provisions for conservation of shorelands, floodplains, and wetlands associated with the segment, shall be deemed to satisfy the standards and requirements of section 6(c) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, and the provisions of that section, which prohibit Federal acquisition of lands by condemnation, shall apply to the segment designated by subsection (a). The authority of the Secretary to acquire lands for the purposes of this paragraph shall be limited to acquisition by donation or acquisition with the consent of the owner thereof, and shall be subject to the additional criteria set forth in the Lamprey River Management Plan. (c) UPSTREAM SEGMENT.— Upon request by the town of Epping, which abuts an additional 12 miles of river found eligible for designation as a recreational river, the Secretary of the Interior shall offer assistance regarding continued involvement of the town of Epping in the implementation of the Lamprey River Management Plan and in consideration of potential future addition of that portion of the river within Epping as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. SEC. 406. WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL RIVERS AMENDMENTS OF 1996. (a) AMENDMENTS PERTAINING TO THE NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL RIVER. — (1) BOUNDARIES.— Section 1101 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460m-15) is amended by striking out "NERI-80,023, dated January 1987" and inserting "NERI-80,028A, dated March 1996". (2) FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.— Section 1106 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460m- 20) is amended by adding the following at the end thereof:

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