§ 3171. — Temporary access.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC3171]
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. 3171. Temporary access
(a) In general
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or other law the
Secretary shall authorize and permit temporary access by the State or a
private landowner to or across any conservation system unit, national
recreation area, national conservation area, the National Petroleum
Reserve--Alaska or those public lands designated as wilderness study or
managed to maintain the wilderness character or potential thereof, in
order to permit the State or private landowner access to its land for
purposes of survey, geophysical, exploratory, or other temporary uses
thereof whenever he determines such access will not result in permanent
harm to the resources of such unit, area, Reserve or lands.
(b) Stipulations and conditions
In providing temporary access pursuant to subsection (a) of this
section, the Secretary may include such stipulations and conditions he
deems necessary to insure that the private use of public lands is
accomplished in a manner that is not inconsistent with the purposes for
which the public lands are reserved and which insures that no permanent
harm will result to the resources of the unit, area, Reserve or lands.
(Pub. L. 96-487, title XI, Sec. 1111, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2465.)
References in Text
This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), 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.
