92D CONGRESS 2D SESSION

H. R. 15073

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 18, 1972

Mr. LLOYD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

A BILL

To establish the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in the States of Utah and Arizona and the Canyon Country National Conservation Area in the State of Utah.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That (a) the Congress finds

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(1) that Lake Powell and the lands surrounding it are vital social, ecological, and economic national assets located in a relatively unspoiled region;

(2) that such lands contain valuable resources such as unparalleled scenery, open space, clean air, rivers

and streams, forage for livestock, wilderness, valuable

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watersheds, wildlife, historical and archeological treasures, unique sociological features, and minerals; and

(3) that these resources must be properly utilized by this and future generations to prevent air and water pollution, litter and scarring on the land, accidental and

wanton destruction, and to preserve their environmental values.

8 (b) It is the objective of this Act to provide for the 9 planning, development, and management necessary to assure the proper and orderly use of the water-oriented recrea11 tion and scenic values of the lands adjacent to Lake Powell 12 in Utah and Arizona and the multiple-use values of the

13 other lands in the area of Lake Powell in Utah.

SEC. 2. For the purposes of this Act the term

(1) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior;

(2) "multiple use" means the management of the public lands and their various surface and subsurface resources so that they are utilized in the combination that will meet the present and future needs of the Amer

ican people; the most judicious use of the land for some

or all of these resources or related services over areas

large enough to provide sufficient latitude for periodic adjustments in use to conform to changing needs and

conditions; the use of some land for less than all of the

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resources; a combination of uses that takes into account

the long-term needs of future generations for nonrenew

able resources and the achievement of diversity and bal

ance for renewable resources; and harmonious and co

ordinated management of the various resources, each with the other, without impairment of the productivity of the land or undue damage to irreplaceable values,

with consideration being given to the relative values of 9 the resources, and not necessarily the combination of

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uses that will give the greatest economic return or the

greatest unit output;

(3) "sustained yield" means the achievement and maintenance in perpetuity of a high-level annual or regular periodic output of the various renewable resources of land without impairment of the productivity of the

land;

(4) "resources" means all of the various natural, environmental, historical, and scientific values in, on, or above land; and

(5) "public lands" means all lands and interests in

lands (including the renewable and nonrenewable re

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terior, and located within the boundaries of the areas

established by section 3 of this Act.

SEC. 3. (a) In order to achieve the objective of this Act,

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1 there are hereby established the Canyon Country National 2 Conservation Area (hereinafter referred to as the "conserva

3 tion area") and the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

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(hereinafter referred to as the "recreation area"). Each

area shall consist of the lands, waters, and interests therein, 6 within the area generally depicted on the map entitled 7 "Proposed Canyon Country National Conservation Area and 8 Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Interior Numbered 9 , 1972." The map shall be on file and available for 10 public inspection in the Office of the Secretary, Department

of the Interior. The Secretary may revise the boundaries of 12 either area from time to time by publication in the Federal 13 Register of a revised drawing or other boundary description. 14 The total acreage of the recreation area may not exceed one 15 million one hundred and fifty-one thousand, one hundred and 16 eighteen acres and the total acreage of the conservation area 17 may not exceed two million eight hundred and four thousand 18 acres.

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SEC. 4. (a) The Secretary shall prepare a long-term 20 program for the management, development, and use of the

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conservation area.

(b) Such program shall include a plan, to be completed

23 by June 30, 1974, for the future management, development,

24 and use of the area under principles of multiple use and sus

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1 this Act. The Secretary shall provide for public participation 2 in the development of the long-range program, considering 3 also the proposals of other Federal agencies and the State 4 of Utah (or any political subdivision thereof) with respect to the area.

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6 (c) During the period beginning on the date of enact

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ment of this Act, and continuing to the implementation of 8 the long-range program, the Secretary shall execute an in9 terim program to manage and protect the resources now in 10 danger of despoilation or destruction, to provide for the public use of the conservation area, and to protect the public 12 from any health and safety hazards present in the area.

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SEC. 5. (a) Within the boundaries of the conservation area or the recreation area, the Secretary of the Interior may

acquire land and interests in lands by donation, purchase with 16 donated or appropriated funds, or by exchange, except that 17 land owned by a State, political subdivision thereof, or an 18 Indian tribe may be acquired only with the concurrence of

the owner.

(b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the mineral rights reserved to the Navajo Indian Tribe under

section 2 of the Act of September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 1686),

or the rights reserved to the Navajo Indian Tribal Council in said section 2 with respect to the use of the lands there described under the heading "Parcel B".