Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§3162 Definitions

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 51— - ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITY SYSTEMS IN AND ACROSS, AND ACCESS INTO, CONSERVATION SYSTEM UNITS › § 3162

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Defines key terms and says which kinds of projects are covered when they cross certain protected federal lands in the State. "Applicable law" means any general law (not this part) that lets a federal department or agency give permissions—such as rights-of-way, permits, licenses, leases, or certificates—that are needed to build or operate a transportation or utility system. "Applicant" means any public or private person or group, including a federal department or agency. "Federal agency" means any federal department or agency with duties under those laws. "Transportation or utility system" means certain systems if any part of their route is inside a conservation system unit, national recreation area, or national conservation area in the State and the system was not created as part of managing that unit. It covers seven kinds of systems, including water transport (canals, pipes), pipelines for liquids and solids, electric lines, communications systems, improved trails for snow or all‑terrain vehicles, and general transport like roads, rail, tunnels, airports, and docks.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §3162

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For purposes of this subchapter—

(1)The term “applicable law” means any law of general applicability (other than this subchapter) under which any Federal department or agency has jurisdiction to grant any authorization (including but not limited to, any right-of-way, permit, license, lease, or certificate) without which a transportation or utility system cannot, in whole or in part, be established or operated.

(2)The term “applicant” means any public or private person, including, but not limited to, any Federal department or agency.

(3)The term “Federal agency” means any Federal department or agency that has any function or duty under applicable law.

(4)(A)The term “transportation or utility system” means any type of system described in subparagraph (B) if any portion of the route of the system will be within any conservation system unit, national recreation area, or national conservation area in the State (and the system is not one that the department or agency having jurisdiction over the unit or area is establishing incident to its management of the unit or area).

(B)The types of systems to which subparagraph (A) applies are as follows:

(i)Canals, ditches, flumes, laterals, pipes, pipelines, tunnels, and other systems for the transportation of water.

(ii)Pipelines and other systems for the transportation of liquids other than water, including oil, natural gas, synthetic liquid and gaseous fuels, and any refined product produced therefrom.

(iii)Pipelines, slurry and emulsion systems and conveyor belts for the transportation of solid materials.

(iv)Systems for the transmission and distribution of electric energy.

(v)Systems for transmission or reception of radio, television, telephone, telegraph, and other electronic signals, and other means of communication.

(vi)Improved rights-of-way for snow machines, air cushion vehicles, and other all-terrain vehicles.

(vii)Roads, highways, railroads, tunnels, tramways, airports, landing strips, docks, and other systems of general transportation.

Reference

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 3162

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73