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Logo of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act into law, October 2, 1968. The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System was created by the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-542 [1]), enacted by the U.S. Congress to preserve certain rivers with outstanding natural, cultural, and recreational values in a ...
The Act also set forth guidelines for abatement of water that may flow into international territory and prohibited the dumping of oil into navigable waters of the United States. [16] The Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970 required the development of certain water quality standards and expanded federal authority in upholding the standards. [17]
The laws listed below meet the following criteria: (1) they were passed by the United States Congress, and (2) pertain to (a) the regulation of the interaction of humans and the natural environment, or (b) the conservation and/or management of natural or historic resources.
Jan. 22—Political hyperbole aside, U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz's concerns raised during a floor speech of the U.S. House of Representatives regarding a bill to protect more than 4,500 miles of rivers ...
The bill "To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to maintain or replace certain facilities and structures for commercial recreation services at Smith Gulch in Idaho, and for other purposes" is a bill that would require the United States Secretary of Agriculture to permit private entities to repair or replace certain commercial facilities on United ...
The Wolf River in Wisconsin. This is a list of the designated National Wild and Scenic Rivers in the United States. Each river has been designated by Congress, or, if certain requirements were met, the Secretary of the Interior.
The Rivers and Harbors Act was passed in 1899 by the Fifty Fifth Congress of the United States of America. The original goal of the bill was to give the U.S. government more legal control over U.S. lakes, rivers, and waterways entering the U.S. by creating quality control standards and regulations to help maintain these standards.
The Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Protection Act is a bill that was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress.H.R. 723 would require the National Park Service (NPS) to study segments of the Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers in Rhode Island and Connecticut for potential additions to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.