Sec. 8. Camp Hale National Historic Landscape, White River National Forest, Colorado
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Subject to valid existing rights, the approximately 28,728 acres of Federal land in the White River National Forest in the State depicted as “Proposed Camp Hale National Historic Landscape” on the map entitled “Camp Hale National Historic Landscape Proposal” and dated January 23, 2018, are designated the “Camp Hale National Historic Landscape” (referred to in this section as the Historic Landscape ). The purposes of the Historic Landscape are— to provide for— the interpretation of historic events, activities, structures, and artifacts of the Historic Landscape, including with respect to the role of the Historic Landscape in local, national, and world history; the historic preservation of the Historic Landscape, consistent with the designation of the Historic Landscape as a national historic site; and the other purposes of the Historic Landscape; to provide for recreational opportunities, with an emphasis on the activities related to the historic use of the Historic Landscape, including skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, hiking, horseback riding, climbing, and other outdoor activities; to conserve, protect, restore, and enhance for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations the scenic, watershed, riparian, wetland, wildlife, and ecological resources of the Historic Landscape; and to provide for the continued cleanup of unexploded ordinance and legacy environmental hazards by the Corps of Engineers, acting in partnership with the Forest Service and the State, at the Camp Hale Formerly Used Defense Site and the Camp Hale historic cantonment area.
The Secretary shall manage the Historic Landscape in accordance with— the purposes of the Historic Landscape described in subsection (b); the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.); division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code; this section; and any other applicable laws (including regulations). The Secretary shall conduct a restoration and enhancement project in the Historic Landscape— to improve aquatic, riparian, and wetland conditions in and along the Eagle River and tributaries of the Eagle River; to maintain or improve recreation and interpretive opportunities and facilities; and to conserve historic values in the Camp Hale area.
In carrying out the project described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall coordinate with— the Camp Hale-Eagle River Headwaters Collaborative Group; the National Forest Foundation; the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment; the Corps of Engineers; the Colorado State Historic Preservation Office; units of local government; and other interested organizations and members of the public. The Secretary of the Army shall continue to carry out the projects and activities of the Secretary of the Army in existence on the date of enactment of this Act relating to cleanup of— the Camp Hale Formerly Used Defense Site; or the Camp Hale historic cantonment area.
The Secretary and the Secretary of the Army shall enter into an agreement to provide resources and other support as necessary— to manage the Historic Landscape in accordance with the purposes described in subsection (b); to provide for public health and safety within the Historic Landscape; and to provide to the public information regarding legacy hazards with respect to areas within the Historic Landscape. The Secretary of the Army may remove unexploded ordnance (as defined in section 101(e) of title 10, United States Code) from the Historic Landscape— on receipt of a request from the Secretary of Agriculture; or as the Secretary of the Army otherwise determines to be appropriate— in any case in which the ordnance interferes with the management of the Historic Landscape; or to ensure public safety.
As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare a map and legal description of the Historic Landscape. The map and legal description prepared under paragraph
(1)shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct any typographical error in the map and legal description. The map and legal description prepared under paragraph
(1)shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate office of the Secretary. Subject to valid rights in existence on the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal land within the Historic Landscape is withdrawn from— all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. Any land or interest in land that is acquired by the United States within the boundaries of the Historic Landscape shall— become part of the Historic Landscape; and be managed in accordance with— this section; and any other applicable laws (including regulations). Nothing in this section— affects State jurisdiction over any water law, water right, or adjudication or administration relating to any water resource; affects any water right in existence on or after the date of enactment of this Act, or the exercise of such a water right, including— a water right under an interstate water compact (including full development of any apportionment made in accordance with such a compact); a water right decreed within, above, below, or through the Historic Landscape; a water right held by the United States; the management or operation of any reservoir, including the storage, management, release, or transportation of water; and the construction or operation of such infrastructure as is determined to be necessary by an individual or entity holding water rights to develop and place to beneficial use those rights, subject to applicable Federal, State, and local law (including regulations); constitutes an express or implied reservation by the United States of any reserved or appropriative water right; alters or limits— a permit held by a ski area; the implementation of activities governed by a ski area permit; or the authority of the Secretary to modify or expand an existing ski area permit; prevents the Secretary from closing portions of the Historic Landscape for public safety, environmental remediation, or other use in accordance with applicable laws; modifies any obligation in existence on the date of enactment of this Act relating to the remediation or cleanup of unexploded ordinance or legacy environmental hazards located in or around the Camp Hale historic cantonment area, the Camp Hale Formerly Used Defense Site, or the Historic Landscape, including such an obligation under— the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.); the program for environmental restoration of formerly used defense sites under section 2701 of title 10, United States Code; or any other provision of law (including regulations); or affects— any special use permit in effect on the date of enactment of this Act; or the renewal of a permit described in subparagraph (A). There is established in the general fund of the Treasury a special account, to be known as the Camp Hale Historic Preservation and Restoration Fund . There is authorized to be appropriated to the Camp Hale Historic Preservation and Restoration Fund $5,000,000, to be available to the Secretary until expended, for activities relating to historic interpretation, preservation, and restoration carried out in and around the Historic Landscape.
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Sec. 8
Camp Hale National Historic Landscape, White River National Forest, Colorado
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