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B-198921 1 (1981-04-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacuus0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO 174s7 United States General Accounting Office Office of Washington, DC 20548 General Counsel In Reply Refer to: B-198921 Mr. Benjamin F. Butts Upper Manistee River Association Suite 2300 150 South Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 Dear Mr. Butts: You requested our opinion on whether th rtment of the Interior may comp Pete the Au Sable River and Manistee River studies and reports required by the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act even though the Act's October 2, 1979 deadline for the studies d reports has expired. The Department is studying the rivers to determine whether they are suitable for addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.3 We have examined the Act and its legislative history and we conclude that Congress did not intend that the deadline limit the Secretary's au- thority to complete the studies. rThe Wild and Scenic Rivers Act016 U.S.C. § 1271 et seq. (1976)) estalishes a national system in which State or Federal authorities ad- minister rivers which are components of the system for their permanent preservation. The Act originally designated eight component rivers and also prescribed the procedures for adding more to the system. Under the procedures, formal consideration of a river begins when Congress designates it for potential addition to the systemn Section 1276(a)(1) of title 16 lists the designated rivers. (The Secretary of the Interior then investigates the rivers' suitability for addition to the system and prepares a report on his findingsD He sends copies to Federal and State officials for comments. The Secretary then submits his report with the comments to the President who sends his recommendation to Congress. The Congress, if it-believes the river is suitable for inclusion after con- sidering the President's recommendation, then passes a bill which adds the river to the system (when the President signs it). Section 1274(a)(1) of title 16 lists the component rivers.

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