110 STAT. 4146 PUBLIC LAW 104-333 —NOV. 12, 1996 plans for the Rio Puerco Drainage Basin, based on best management practices. (2) RIO PUERCO MANAGEMENT REPORT.— (A) IN GENERAL. —Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Rio Puerco Management Committee, shall prepare a report for the improvement of watershed conditions in the Rio Puerco Drainage Basis described in paragraph (1)(A). (B) CONTENTS. — The report under subparagraph (A) shall— (i) identify reasonable and appropriate goals and objectives for landowners and managers in the Rio Puerco Watershed; (ii) describe potential alternative actions to meet the goEds and objectives, including proven best management practices and costs associated with implementing the actions; (iii) recommend voluntary implementation of appropriate best management practices on public and private lands; (iv) provide for cooperative development of management guidelines for maintaining and improving the ecological, cultural, and economic conditions on public and private lands; (v) provide for the development of public participation and community outreach programs that would include proposals for— (I) cooperative efforts with private landowners to encourage implementation of best management practices within the watershed; and (II) involvement of private citizens in restoring the watershed; (vi) provide for the development of proposals for voluntary cooperative programs among the members of the Rio Puerco Management Committee to implement best management practices in a coordinated, consistent, and cost-effective manner; (vii) provide for the encouragement of, and support implementation of, best msinagement practices on private lands; and (viii) provide for the development of proposals for a monitoring system that— (I) builds on existing data available from private. Federal, and State sources; (II) provides for the coordinated collection, evaluation, and interpretation of additional data as needed or collected; and (III) will provide information to assess existing resource and socioeconomic conditions; identify priority implementation actions; and assess the effectiveness of actions taken. (b) RIO PUERCO MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. — (1) ESTABLISHMENT. —There is established the Rio Puerco Management Committee (referred to in this section as the "Committee").
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