§ 403h-12. — Entrance road to Cataloochee section.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC403h-12]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XLVI--SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK AND GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS
NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 403h-12. Entrance road to Cataloochee section
In order to provide suitable access to the Cataloochee section of
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Secretary of the Interior is
authorized to select the location of an entrance road from a point near
the intersection at White Oak Church of North Carolina Routes Numbered
1338 and 1346 to the eastern boundary of the park in the vicinity of the
Cataloochee section, and to accept, on behalf of the United States,
donations of land and interests in land for the construction of the
entrance road together with the necessary interchange with said Routes
1338 and 1346, and to construct the entrance road and the interchange on
the donated land: Provided, That the right-of-way to be acquired, by
donation, for the entrance road shall be of such width as to comprise
not more than an average of one hundred and twenty-five acres per mile
for its entire length of about five and two-tenths miles, constituting
in the aggregate about six hundred and fifty acres of land.
All property acquired pursuant to this section shall become a part
of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park upon acceptance of title
thereto by the Secretary, and shall be subject to all laws, rules, and
regulations applicable thereto.
(Pub. L. 88-120, Sec. 1, Sept. 9, 1963, 77 Stat. 154; Pub. L. 91-108,
Sec. 1(1), (2), Nov. 4, 1969, 83 Stat. 182.)
Amendments
1969--Pub. L. 91-108 provided for a modified route for the entrance
road, changing it to near the intersection at White Oak Church of North
Carolina Routes Numbered 1338 and 1346 from a point on North Carolina
Highway Numbered 107 close to its point of interchange with Interstate
Route Numbered 40, near Hepco, North Carolina, for construction of an
interchange between the entrance road and State Routes 1338 and 1346,
and acceptance of a donation of land needed for the interchange; and
increased the entrance road from a length of four and two-tenths mile
aggregating five hundred and twenty-five acres of land to a length of
five and two-tenths mile aggregating six hundred and fifty acres,
respectively.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 403h-13 of this title.
