§3167 Rights-of-way Terms and Conditions

Summary

The Secretary must put terms and conditions in any right-of-way given under this subchapter. Those terms must, as much as possible, keep the use compatible with the purposes of the affected conservation system unit, national recreation area, or national conservation area. They must require restoring and revegetating land and stopping erosion, meeting air and water quality rules, and setting limits (including minimum widths) to prevent harm to the environment, property, or public health. They must protect people who subsist on local fish and wildlife and require steps to avoid or reduce environmental, social, or economic harm. If a transportation or utility system crosses a unit of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, conditions must protect river flow and travel and make sure the work is sited and built in an environmentally sound way. For a pipeline described in section 185(a) of title 30, rights-of-way under this subchapter must be issued the same way as under section 185 of title 30, and subsections (c) through (j), (l) through (q), and (u) through (y) of section 185 of title 30 apply.