Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§460u–23 Acquisition of interest in area VII–A

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LXXIX— - INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK › § 460u–23

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can only get the land rights needed to make sure the public can use a specific strip of area VII‑A. That strip is between a line 300 feet east of the electrical transmission line that crossed area VII‑A on January 1, 1979, and a line 50 feet west of that same transmission line, and it is limited by area VII‑A’s north and south borders. Area VII‑A includes the railroad track bed along its northern and northwestern edges and reaches to the northern edge of the track bed on its southern side. Area I‑D includes the track bed along its northern edge. Area VII‑C does not include about 1.3 acres where the Linde Air Products plant sits or about 1 acre with Old Union Station and the nearby REA building; otherwise VII‑C goes up to, but does not include, the track beds on its north and south sides.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460u–23

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(a)The Secretary may acquire only such interest in that portion of area VII–A which is described in subsection (b) as the Secretary determines is necessary to assure public access over said portion of area VII–A.

(b)The portion of area VII–A, as designated on the map referred to in section 460u of this title, to which subsection (a) applies is a parcel of land bounded—

(1)on the east by a line three hundred feet east of the electrical transmission line crossing area VII–A on January 1, 1979;

(2)on the west by a line fifty feet west of such electrical transmission line; and

(3)on the north and south by the northern and southern boundaries, respectively, of area VII–A.

(c)Area VII–A includes the bed of the railroad tracks forming the northern and northwestern boundaries of this area and extends to the northern edge of the bed of the railroad tracks forming the southern boundaries of this area.

(d)Area I–D includes the bed of the railroad tracks along the northern boundary of this area.

(e)The area designated as area VII–C on the map referred to in section 460u of this title does not include approximately 1.3 acres of land on which the Linde Air Products plant is situated, nor does it include approximately 1 acre of land on which the Old Union Station building and the adjacent REA building are situated. Except as provided in the foregoing sentence, area VII–C extends to, but does not include, the beds of the railroad tracks forming the northern and southern boundaries of such area.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460u–23

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73