Sec. 303. Joshua Tree National Park

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The boundary of the Joshua Tree National Park is adjusted to include— the approximately 2,879 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management that are depicted as BLM Proposed Boundary Addition on the map entitled Joshua Tree National Park Proposed Boundary Additions , numbered 156/149,375, and dated November 1, 2018; and the approximately 1,639 acres of land that are depicted as MDLT Proposed Boundary Addition on the map entitled Joshua Tree National Park Proposed Boundary Additions , numbered 156/149,375, and dated November 1, 2018. The map described in subsection

(a)and the map depicting the 25 acres described in subsection (c)(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 affects any valid right-of-way for the customary operation, maintenance, upgrade, repair, relocation within an existing right-of-way, replacement, or other authorized energy transport facility activities in a right-of-way issued, granted, or permitted to the Southern California Edison Company or the successors or assigns of the Southern California Edison Company that is located on land described in paragraphs

(1)and

(2)of subsection (a), including, at a minimum, the use of mechanized vehicles, helicopters, or other aerial devices. 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 Joshua Tree Utility Facilities. Not later than the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act 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. Title IV of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 ( 16 U.S.C. 410aaa–21 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 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 the park, in the unincorporated village of Joshua Tree, for the purpose of operating a visitor center. The Secretary shall modify the boundary of the park to include the land acquired under this section as a noncontiguous parcel. Land and facilities acquired under this section— 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 ; shall be administered by the Secretary as part of the park; and may be acquired only with the consent of the owner, by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange. .

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68 FR 51799
16 USC 410aaa–21

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Sec. 303

Joshua Tree National Park

Fed. Reg.68 FR 51799

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