§ 403h-16. — Reconveyance of rightsofway and lands for control of landslides along Gatlinburg Spur of the Foothills Parkway; conditions.
[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-16]
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-16. Reconveyance of rights-of-way and lands for
control of landslides along Gatlinburg Spur of the Foothills
Parkway; conditions
The Secretary is further authorized to convey to the State of
Tennessee, subject to such conditions as he may deem necessary to assure
administration and maintenance thereof by the State and to preserve the
existing parkway character of the conveyed lands, the rights-of-way
heretofore conveyed to the United States for the purposes of the
Gatlinburg Spur of the Foothills Parkway together with any and all
parcels of land heretofore conveyed by the State of Tennessee to the
United States for the control and stabilization of landslides along said
Gatlinburg Spur, except such lands as the Secretary determines may be
necessary to provide for (1) the interchange between the road known as
the Gatlinburg bypass and United States 441, (2) the interchange between
United States Highway 441 and the Foothills Parkway in the vicinity of
Caney Creek, and (3) the management and administration of the Foothills
Parkway: Provided, That such reconveyance shall not be effected until
construction of the Gatlinburg bypass and of two rock retaining walls to
control erosion on the Gatlinburg Spur are completed, and Interstate
Route 40 is open to public travel from Newport, Tennessee to United
States Route 19 near Waynesville, North Carolina.
(Pub. L. 91-57, Sec. 2, Aug. 9, 1969, 83 Stat. 100.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 403h-17 of this title.
