Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§459f–9 Public Utility Facilities; Purchase of Facilities Without Value to Utility; Amount of Payment
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LXIII — NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS › § 459f–9
Summary
Secretary of the Interior may buy a utility’s facilities made obsolete by Assateague Island National Seashore, paying construction cost 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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102