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 91 STAT. 1425

PUBLIC LAW 95-200—NOV. 23, 1977

Public Law 95-200 95th Congress An Act To provide improved authority for the administration of certain National Forest System lands in Oregon. Be it etmcted by the Senate atid House of Representatives United States of America in Congress assembled,

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PREAMBLE

The Congress finds that an area of land in the State of Oregon known variously as the Bull R u n National Forest and the Bull R u n Forest Reserve is presently the source of the sole domestic water supply for the city of P o r t l and, Oregon (hereinafter called the "city") and other local governmental units and persons in the P o r t l and metropolitan area, reserved for the city by a Presidential proclamation issued in 1892 and furnishing an extremely valuable resource of pure clear raw potable water, the continued production of which should be the principal management objective in the area hereinafter referred to as "the u n i t "; that the said area is now managed under terms of a Federal court decree issued pursuant to t u r n of the century law which does not appropriately address present and future needs and opportunities for the protection, management, and utilization of the resources contained therein.

Nov. 23, 1977 [H.R. 7074] National Forest System Lands, Oreg. Water resource management. 16 USC 482b note.

DESIGNATION OF U N I T

SECTION 1. There is hereby established, subject to valid existing Bull Run rights, a special resources management; unit within the Mount Hood Watershed National Forest, State of Oregon, comprising approximately 95,382 Management acres as depicted on a m a p dated April 1977, and entitled "Bull R u n Unit, Mount Hood National Watershed Management Unit, Mount Hood National Forest", which Forest. is on file and available for public inspection in the offices of the Chief, Map, availability. and the Regional Forester—Pacific Northwest Region, Forest Serv- 16 USC 482b ice, Department of Agriculture, minor adjustments in the boundaries note. of which may be made from time to time by the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter the "Secretary") after consultation with the city and a p p i o p r i a t e public notice and hearings. •

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MANAGEMENT

SEC. 2. (a) The unit and the renewable resources therein, shall be 16 USC 482b administered as a watershed by the Secretary of Agriculture in note. accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to National Forest System lands except to the extent that any management plan or practice is found by the Secretary to have a significant adverse effect on compliance with the water quality standards referred to in section 2(b) hereof or on the quantity of the water produced thereon for the use of the city, and other local government units and persons using such water under agreements with the city (and the Secretary shall take into consideration the cumulative effect of individually insignificant degradations), in which case, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the management plan and all relevant leases,

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