Sec. 302. Joshua Tree National Park boundary revision, visitor center, and sale of Federal land
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Title IV of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 ( Public Law 103–433 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new sections: The boundary of the Joshua Tree National Park is adjusted to include the 2,879 acres of land managed by Director of the Bureau of Land Management that are contiguous at several different places to the northern boundaries of Joshua Tree National Park in the northwest section of the Park, as depicted on the map entitled Joshua Tree National Park Proposed Boundary Addition , numbered 156/100,077, and dated August 2009.
The Secretary may acquire the 1,639 acres of land from the Mojave Desert Land Trust that are contiguous at several different places to the northern boundaries of Joshua Tree National Park in the northwest section of the Park, as depicted on the map entitled Mojave Desert Land Trust National Park Service Additions , numbered 156/126,376, and dated September 2014. After such lands are acquired by the Secretary, the boundary of the Joshua Tree National Park shall be adjusted to include those lands.
The map described in subsection
(a)and the map depicting the 25 acres described in subsection (d)(2) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service. The Secretary shall administer any land added to the Joshua Tree National Park under subsection
(a)and the additional land described in paragraph (2)— as part of Joshua Tree National Park; and in accordance with applicable laws (including regulations). The additional land referred to in paragraph
(1)is the 25 acres of land— depicted on the map entitled Joshua Tree National Park Boundary Adjustment Map , numbered 156/80,049, and dated April 1, 2003; added to Joshua Tree National Park by the notice of the Department of the Interior of August 28, 2003 (68 Fed. Reg. 51799); and more particularly described as lots 26, 27, 28, 33, and 34 in sec. 34, T. 1 N., R. 8 E., San Bernardino Meridian. Nothing in this section terminates— any right-of-way issued, granted, or permitted to Southern California Edison Company (including any predecessor or successor in interest or assign) as of the date of the enactment of this Act that is located on land described in subsections
(a)and (b); or the customary operation, maintenance, upgrade, repair, relocation within such a right-of-way, replacement, or other authorized energy transport facility activities (including the use of any mechanized vehicle, helicopter, and other aerial device) within such a right-of-way. Nothing in this section prohibits the upgrading or replacement of— Southern California Edison Company energy transport facilities, including the energy transport facilities referred to as the Jellystone, Burnt Mountain, Whitehorn, Allegra, and Utah distribution circuits rights-of-way; or an energy transport facility in rights-of-way issued, granted, or permitted by the Secretary adjacent to Southern California Edison’s energy transport facilities within Joshua Tree National Park. Not later than the date that is one year after the date of enactment of this section or the issuance of a new energy transport facility right-of-way within the Joshua Tree National Park, whichever is earlier, the Secretary, in consultation with the Southern California Edison Company, shall publish plans for regular and emergency access by the Southern California Edison Company to the rights-of-way of the Southern California Edison Company within Joshua Tree National Park. Subject to subsection (d), the Secretary may acquire not more than 5 acres of land and interests in land, and improvements on the land and interests, outside the boundaries of Joshua Tree National Park, in the unincorporated village of Joshua Tree, for the purpose of operating a visitor center. The land and facilities so acquired may include the property owned (as of the date of enactment of this section) by the Joshua Tree National Park Association and commonly referred to as the Joshua Tree National Park Visitor Center . Upon acquisition of the land authorized for acquisition by subsection (a), the Secretary shall modify the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park to include the land acquired under this section as a noncontiguous parcel. Land and facilities acquired under this section shall be administered by the Secretary as part of Joshua Tree National Park. Land and facilities may be acquired under this section only with the consent of the owner, by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange. .
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Sec. 302
Joshua Tree National Park boundary revision, visitor center, and sale of Federal land
Pub. L.Pub. L. 103-433
Fed. Reg.68 FR 51799
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