§460u–10 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

Protects rights-of-way and easements that existed on March 1, 1975 for high‑voltage electric lines, pipelines, water mains, or line‑haul railroad work. It also keeps Northern Indiana Public Service Company’s property rights as of October 1, 1986 for two parcels it owns outright and uses for transmission lines and utilities. One parcel runs from the Dune Acres substation east to the Michigan City Generating Station and is shown as area II–I on National Park Service Boundary Map No. 626–80,033–B (October 1986), but excludes about 6.0 acres next to Mineral Springs Road. The other parcel is shown as area II–H on the same map.

Title 16, §460u–10

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Nothing in this subchapter shall diminish any existing (as of March 1, 1975) rights-of-way or easements which are necessary for high voltage electrical transmission, pipelines, water mains, or line haul railroad operations and maintenance. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to diminish the existing property rights of Northern Indiana Public Service Company (as of October 1, 1986) with respect to—

(1)a parcel of land owned in fee by the Northern Indiana Public Service Company and used for high voltage electrical transmission lines, pipelines, and utility purposes, beginning at said Company’s Dune Acres substation and extending east to said Company’s Michigan City Generating Station, which parcel by this subchapter is included within the boundaries of the Indiana Dunes National Park and herein designated as area II–I on National Park Service Boundary Map No. 626–80,033–B, dated October 1986, excluding that certain parcel of approximately 6.0 acres adjacent Mineral Springs Road in areas II–I, and

(2)land owned in fee by the Northern Indiana Public Service Company and used for high voltage electrical transmission lines, pipelines, and utility purposes as has by this subchapter been included within the boundaries of the Indiana Dunes National Park and herein designated as area II–H on said National Park Service Boundary Map No. 626–80,033–B.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 10 of Pub. L. 89–761 was renumbered section 9 and is classified to section 460u–9 of this title.

Amendments

2019—Pars. (1), (2). Pub. L. 116–6 substituted “National Park” for “National Lakeshore”. 1986—Pub. L. 99–583 inserted provisions relating to the existing property rights of the Northern Indiana Public Service Company on Oct. 1, 1986.

§460u–10 Rights-of-way and easements; existing property rights of Northern Indiana Public Service Company