102 STAT. 3320 PUBLIC LAW 100-633—NOV. 7, 1988

Public Law 100-633
100th Congress

An Act

N 7 1988 To amend the Wilcl and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Rio Chama
— v' ' — River in New Mexico as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers
[S. 850] System.

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

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF RIO CHAMA RIVER.

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:

"( ) Rio CHAMA, NEW MEXICO.—The segment extending from El
Vado Ranch launch site (immediately south of El Vado Dam) down-
stream approximately 24.6 miles to elevation 6,353 feet above mean
sea level; to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of the Interior. For purposes of compliance with the
planning requirements of subsection (d), the Cooperative Manage-
ment Plan for the river prepared by the Secretary of Agriculture
and the Secretary of the Interior may be revised and amended to the
extent necessary to conform to the provisions of this Act. The
segment of the Rio Chama beginning at the El Vado Ranch launch
site downstream to the beginning of Forest Service Road 151 shall be
administered as a wild river and the segment downstream from the
beginning of Forest Service Road 151 to elevation 6,353 feet shall be
administered as a scenic river.".

SEC. 2. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN SEGMENT OF RIO CHAMA.

The protections afforded under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act for
rivers listed in section 5(a) for study for potential addition to the
national wild and scenic rivers system shall, until Congress deter-
mines otherwise, apply to the segment of the Rio Chama from the
point at elevation 6,353 feet above mean sea level to the point
approximately 4.0 miles downstream at elevation 6,283.5 feet above
mean sea level: Provided, That nothing in this Act or the Wild and
Scenic Rivers Act shall interfere with the Secretary of the Army's
operation and management of Abiquiu Dam for purposes authorized
by section 5 of Public Law 97-140 or otherwise authorized prior to
December 31, 1988.

SEC. 3. MANAGEMENT OF OTHER RIVER SEGMENT AND FOREST SERVICE
LANDS.

(a) The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engi-
neers, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of
Land Management, and the Secretary of Agriculture, acting
through the Forest Service, shall jointly manage the segment of the
Rio Chama River in New Mexico from elevation 6,283.5 feet above
mean sea level downstream to elevation 6,235 feet above mean sea
level. Such management shall be pursuant to—

(1) the Preferred Alternative for the proposed Santa Fe
National Forest Plan (dated January 1986);