§8453 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary may make cooperative agreements to handle work for communications sites on lands and waters managed by Federal land agencies. That work can include running permit programs, doing needs studies and other planning, making fair management plans that do not favor any competitor or technology, training staff, getting or improving access or sites, or any mix of these things. Not later than 1 year after January 4, 2025, the Secretary must do a full review to see if fees charged for using these sites could be kept in a special account. The review must look at putting fees from communications permits into that account and using the money only for communications-site activities on lands and waters the Secretary manages.

Title 16, §8453

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(a)The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements to carry out activities related to communications sites on lands managed by Federal land management agencies, including—

(1)administering communications use authorizations;

(2)preparing needs assessments or other programmatic analyses necessary to establish communications sites and authorize communications uses on or adjacent to Federal recreational lands and waters managed by a Federal land management agency;

(3)developing management plans for communications sites on or adjacent to Federal recreational lands and waters managed by a Federal land management agency on a competitively neutral, technology neutral, nondiscriminatory basis;

(4)training for management of communications sites on or adjacent to Federal recreational lands and waters managed by a Federal land management agency;

(5)obtaining, improving access to, or establishing communications sites on or adjacent to Federal recreational lands and waters managed by a Federal land management agency; and

(6)any combination of purposes described in subparagraphs 11 So in original. Probably should be “paragraphs”. (1) through (5).

(b)

(c)Not later than 1 year after January 4, 2025, the Secretary shall conduct a comprehensive assessment to evaluate the potential benefits of rental fee retention whereby any fee collected for the occupancy and use of Federal lands and waters authorized by a communications use authorization would be deposited into a special account and used solely for activities related to communications sites on lands and waters managed by the Secretary.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section is comprised of section 143 of Pub. L. 118–234. Subsec. (b) of section 143 of Pub. L. 118–234 amended section 1761a of Title 43, Public Lands.

§8453 Public Lands Telecommunications Cooperative Agreements

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Title 16, §8453

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