Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§459f–9 Public utility facilities; purchase of facilities without value to utility; amount of payment
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LXIII— - NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS › § 459f–9
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior can buy utility facilities that a public utility no longer needs because the Assateague Island National Seashore was created. The Secretary must pay the utility the original cost to build those facilities minus depreciation.
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Title 16, §459f–9
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to purchase from a public utility any facilities of that utility which are no longer of value to it as a result of the establishment of the Assateague Island National Seashore and shall pay for such facilities an amount equal to the cost of constructing such facilities less depreciation.
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16 U.S.C. § 459f–9
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73