§ 45a-1. — Addition of lands authorized.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC45a-1]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER VI--SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS
Sec. 45a-1. Addition of lands authorized
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to
accept title to lands and interests in lands near the entrance to the
Sequoia National Park, subject to existing easements for public highways
and public utilities, within the following described tracts:
Tract A. A portion of tract 37, township 17 south, range 29 east,
Mount Diablo meridian, Tulare County, California, comprising
approximately two acres.
Tract B. A portion of the east half of the northeast quarter of
section 4, township 17 south, range 29 east, Mount Diablo meridian,
Tulare County, California, comprising approximately thirty-eight acres.
Tract C. A portion of the south half of tract 37, township 17 south,
range 29 east, Mount Diablo meridian, Tulare County, California,
comprising approximately sixty one-hundredths acre.
The owners of the lands to be conveyed to the United States, before
any exchange is effective, shall furnish to the Secretary of the
Interior evidence satisfactory to him of title to such lands. Such
property shall become a part of the Sequoia National Park upon the
acceptance of title thereto by the Secretary, and shall thereafter be
subject to all laws and regulations applicable to the park.
(Dec. 21, 1943, ch. 372, Sec. 1, 57 Stat. 606.)
Electric Power Development Permits
Pub. L. 99-338, June 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 641, as amended by Pub. L.
103-437, Sec. 6(d)(4), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4583, provided: ``That
the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to issue a permit for
ten years, and may issue not more than one renewal of equivalent
duration, for portions of an existing hydroelectric project, known as
the Kaweah Project of Southern California Edison Company, to continue to
occupy and use lands of the United States within Sequoia National Park
as necessary for continued operation and maintenance.
``Sec. 2. The Secretary shall not execute any permit renewal prior
to one hundred and twenty calendar days from the date the same is
submitted to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United
States Senate and to the Committee on Natural Resources [now Committee
on Resources] of the United States House of Representatives.
``Sec. 3. The permit shall contain a provision prohibiting expansion
of the Kaweah Project in Sequoia National Park and shall also contain
such other terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior shall
deem necessary and proper for the management and care of Sequoia
National Park and the purposes for which it was established.''
Pub. L. 93-522, Dec. 14, 1974, 88 Stat. 1660, as amended by Pub. L.
95-625, title III, Sec. 314(d)(3), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3482,
authorized Secretary of the Interior to issue a permit to occupy and use
lands of United States within Sequoia National Park necessary for
continued operation, maintenance, and use of hydroelectric project known
as the Kaweah Number 3 project of Southern California Edison Company,
provided that in no event could the term of such permit extend for any
period in excess of ten years following the date of its issuance, unless
specifically authorized by law, provided for terms and conditions of
permit, required report on impact of hydroelectric project, and provided
for applicability of the Act.
Pub. L. 88-47, June 21, 1963, 77 Stat. 70, authorized Secretary of
the Interior to issue a permit to use and occupy United States lands
within Sequoia National Park necessary for continued operation,
maintenance, and use of the Kaweah number 3 hydroelectric project of
Southern California Edison Company, which by its terms was to provide
that any privileges granted thereunder were to be exercised in accord
with Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.) and rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, and which was to expire no later
than Aug. 6, 1974.
Section 3 of act Dec. 21, 1943, provided as follows: ``Nothing in
this Act [sections 45a-1 and 45a-2 of this title] shall be construed to
alter or affect in any manner the provisions, or extend the term, of the
permit heretofore granted to the Southern California Edison Company and
predecessors thereof for the use of lands in the Sequoia National Park
for electric power development purposes, or to relieve the company of
any financial or other obligation under said permit, or under agreements
or orders relating or supplementary thereto.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 45a-2 of this title.
