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119-s-3313119th Congress

Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act

Sponsored By: Senator Kaine, Tim [D-VA]

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Summary

Creates a targeted emergency egress right-of-way across Blue Ridge Parkway land near Wintergreen, Virginia, tied to required environmental and alternative analyses. The bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to issue a specific right-of-way only if certain evaluations and reviews are completed and reported to Congress.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Wintergreen emergency egress route

This bill would require the Interior Department to create a specific emergency exit route on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Wintergreen, Virginia (near Milepost 9.6). The route is shown on a September 2024 map titled "Blue Ridge Parkway, Proposed Wintergreen Emergency Egress Near Milepost 9.6," map number 601/194,694. The Secretary would only issue the right-of-way after reporting to the House Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources that: (A) an alternatives evaluation avoiding Federal land (including whether trails can be converted to roads) is complete; (B) a fire-ecology analysis for the route is complete; and (C) required reviews under NEPA and division A of subtitle III of title 54 are complete. If those reports are done and the route matches the map, the Secretary would issue the right-of-way. If enacted, this could improve evacuation options for nearby homes and businesses.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Kaine, Tim [D-VA]

VA • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 12/2/2025

Roll Call Votes

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