§ 3161. — Congressional declaration of findings.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC3161]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 51--ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION
SUBCHAPTER IV--TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITY SYSTEMS IN AND ACROSS, AND
ACCESS INTO, CONSERVATION SYSTEM UNITS
Sec. 3161. Congressional declaration of findings
Congress finds that--
(a) Alaska's transportation and utility network is largely
undeveloped and the future needs for transportation and utility systems
in Alaska would best be identified and provided for through an orderly,
continuous decisionmaking process involving the State and Federal
Governments and the public;
(b) the existing authorities to approve or disapprove applications
for transportation and utility systems through public lands in Alaska
are diverse, dissimilar, and, in some cases, absent; and
(c) to minimize the adverse impacts of siting transportation and
utility systems within units established or expanded by this Act and to
insure the effectiveness of the decisionmaking process, a single
comprehensive statutory authority for the approval or disapproval of
applications for such systems must be provided in this Act.
(Pub. L. 96-487, title XI, Sec. 1101, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2457.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in subsec. (c), is Pub. L 96-487, Dec. 2,
1980, 94 Stat. 2371, as amended, known as the Alaska National Interest
Lands Conservation Act. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3101 of this title and
Tables.
