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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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Calendar No. 68
115TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
1st Session SENATE 115-55
LOWER FARMINGTON RIVER AND SALMON BROOK WILD
AND SCENIC RIVER ACT
MAY 9, 2017.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 617]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 617) to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
to designate certain segments of the Farmington River and Salmon
Brook in the State of Connecticut as components of the National
Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes, having con-
sidered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment
and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 617 is to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act to designate certain segments of the Farmington River and
Salmon Brook in the State of Connecticut as components of the Na-
tional Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
The lower Farmington River, fed by the Salmon Brook tribu-
taries, flows through Connecticut from the upper Farmington River
into the Connecticut River. The Farmington River is considered to
support natural, cultural, and recreational values, including bio-
diversity, prehistoric archaeological sites, and multiple outdoor rec-
reational opportunities.
In 1994, Public Law 103-313 designated 14 miles of the upper
Farmington River as a recreational river in the National Wild and
Scenic Rivers System. In 2005, Public Law 109-370 authorized a
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