§ 3172. — North Slope Haul Road.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC3172]
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. 3172. North Slope Haul Road
(a) In general
So long as that section of the North Slope Haul Road referred to in
subsection (c) of this section is closed to public use, but not
including regulated local traffic north of the Yukon River, regulated
industrial traffic and regulated high occupancy buses, such regulation
to occur under State law, except that the Secretary, after consultation
with the Secretary of Transportation, and the Governor of Alaska shall
agree on the number of vehicles and seasonality of use, such section
shall be free from any and all restrictions contained in title 23, as
amended or supplemented, or in any regulations thereunder. Prior to
executing an agreement pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary and
the Governor of Alaska shall consult with the head of any unit of local
government which encompasses lands located adjacent to the route of the
North Slope Haul Road. The State of Alaska shall have the authority to
limit access, impose restrictions and impose tolls, notwithstanding any
provision of Federal law.
(b) Release
The removal of restrictions shall not be conditioned upon repayment
by the State of Alaska to the Treasurer of the United States of any
Federal-aid highway funds paid on account of the section of highway
described in subsection (c) of this section, and the obligation of the
State of Alaska to repay these amounts is hereby released so long as the
road remains closed as set forth in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Application of section
The provisions of this section shall apply to that section of the
North Slope Haul Road, which extends from the southern terminus of the
Yukon River Bridge to the northern terminus of the Road at Prudhoe Bay.
(Pub. L. 96-487, title XI, Sec. 1112, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2465.)
