§ 3199. — Navigation aids and other facilities.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC3199]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 51--ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION
SUBCHAPTER VI--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Sec. 3199. Navigation aids and other facilities
(a) Existing facilities
Within conservation system units established or expanded by this
Act, reasonable access to, and operation and maintenance of, existing
air and water navigation aids, communications sites and related
facilities and existing facilities for weather, climate, and fisheries
research and monitoring shall be permitted in accordance with the laws
and regulations applicable to units of such systems, as appropriate.
Reasonable access to and operation and maintenance of facilities for
national defense purposes and related air and water navigation aids
within or adjacent to such areas shall continue in accordance with the
laws and regulations governing such facilities notwithstanding any other
provision of this Act. Nothing in the Wilderness Act [16 U.S.C. 1131 et
seq.] shall be deemed to prohibit such access, operation and maintenance
within wilderness areas designated by this Act.
(b) New facilities
The establishment, operation, and maintenance within any
conservation system unit of new air and water navigation aids and
related facilities, facilities for national defense purposes, and
related air and water navigation aids, and facilities for weather,
climate, and fisheries research and monitoring shall be permitted but
only (1) after consultation with the Secretary or the Secretary of
Agriculture, as appropriate, by the head of the Federal department or
agency undertaking such establishment, operation, or maintenance, and
(2) in accordance with such terms and conditions as may be mutually
agreed in order to minimize the adverse effects of such activities
within such unit.
(Pub. L. 96-487, title XIII, Sec. 1310, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2481.)
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.
The Wilderness Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 88-577,
Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 890, as amended, which is classified generally
to chapter 23 (Sec. 1131 et seq.) of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out
under section 1131 of this title and Tables.
