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[FR Doc No: 94-9915]
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[Federal Register: April 25, 1994]
VOL. 59, NO. 79
Monday, April 25, 1994
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of General Counsel
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Solicitor
Water Rights Under the Wilderness Act
AGENCY: Office of General Counsel, Agriculture; Office of the
Solicitor, Interior.
ACTION: Reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Departments of Agriculture and the Interior are extending
until June 1, 1994 the period for public comment on a reevaluation of
the Federal position on interpreting the Wilderness Act of 1964 in
relation to water rights. The Departments had previously sought public
comment until April 1, 1994. See 58 FR 68629 (December 28, 1993).
DATES: Comments are requested by June 1, 1994.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted to James Gilliland, General
Counsel, Department of Agriculture, Room 107W, Administration Building,
14th and Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20250-1401, or to John
D. Leshy, Solicitor, Department of the Interior, MS 6352, 1849 C St.
NW., Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Gilliland, 202-720-3351, or John D. Leshy, 202-208-4423.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Departments of Agriculture and the
Interior, in consultation with the Department of Justice, are
undertaking to reexamine the position of their agencies not to file
claims for water rights under federal law based upon congressional
designation of federal lands as part of the National Wilderness
Preservation System. Pending that reevaluation, a Department of the
Interior Solicitor's Opinion reaching that conclusion (#M-36914 (Supp.
III) (July 26, 1988), overruling a portion of Solicitor's Opinion M-
36914, 86 I.D. 553 (June 25, 1979), has been withdrawn, as has the
concurrence of the Attorney General in the 1988 Opinion.
Bonnie L. Luken,
Deputy General Counsel, Department of Agriculture.
John D. Leshy,
Solicitor, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 94-9915 Filed 4-22-94; 8:45 am]
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