16 USC 410dddd - White Sands National Park

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 410dddd.

White Sands National Park

(a)

Definitions

In this section:

(1)

Map

(2)

Military munitions

(3)

Missile range

(4)

Monument

(5)

Munitions debris

(6)

Park

(7)

Public land order

(8)

State

(b)

White Sands National Park

(1)

Establishment

(2)

Abolishment of White Sands National Monument

(A)

Abolishment

(B)

Incorporation

(3)

References

(4)

Availability of funds

(5)

Administration

The Secretary of the Interior shall administer the Park in accordance with—

(A)

this subsection; and

(B)

the laws generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including section 100101(a), chapter 1003, sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101, and chapter 3201 of title 54.

(6)

World Heritage List nomination

(A)

County concurrence

(B)

Army notification

(7)

Effect

Nothing in this subsection affects—

(A)

valid existing rights (including water rights);

(B)

permits or contracts issued by the Monument;

(C)

existing agreements, including agreements with the Department of Defense;

(D)

the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense regarding the restricted airspace above the Park; or

(E)

the airshed classification of the Park under the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.).

(c)

Modification of Boundaries of White Sands National Park and White Sands Missile Range

(1)

Transfers of administrative jurisdiction

(A)

Transfer of administrative jurisdiction to the Secretary of the Interior

(i)

In general

(ii)

Description of land

The land referred to in clause (i) is—

(I)

the approximately 2,826 acres of land identified as “To NPS, lands inside current boundary” on the Map; and

(II)

the approximately 5,766 acres of land identified as “To NPS, new additions” on the Map.

(B)

Transfer of administrative jurisdiction to the Secretary of the Army

(i)

In general

(ii)

Description of land

(2)

Boundary modifications

(A)

Park

(i)

In general

(ii)

Map

(I)

In general

(II)

Effect

(iii)

Boundary survey

(B)

Missile range

(i)

In general

(ii)

Map

(C)

Omitted

(3)

Administration

(A)

Park

(B)

Missile range

(C)

Infrastructure; resource management

(i)

Range road 7

(I)

Infrastructure management

(II)

Resource management

The Secretary of the Army shall—

(aa)

manage the land described in subclause (III) in a manner consistent with the protection of natural and cultural resources within the missile range and the Park and in accordance with section 670a(a)(1)(B) of this title, division A of subtitle III of title 54, and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.); and

(bb)

include the land described in subclause (III) in the integrated natural and cultural resource management plan for the missile range.

(III)

Description of land

The land referred to in subclauses (I) and (II) is the land that is transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army under paragraph (1)(B) and located in the area east of Range Road 7 in—

(aa)

T. 17 S., R. 5 E., sec. 31;

(bb)

T. 18 S., R. 5 E.; and

(cc)

T. 19 S., R. 5 E., sec. 5.

(ii)

Fence

(I)

In general

(II)

Removal

(D)

Research

(E)

Military munitions and munitions debris

(i)

Response action

(ii)

Investigation of military munitions and munitions debris

(I)

In general

(II)

Access

(III)

Limitation

(iii)

Applicable law

Any activities undertaken under this subparagraph shall be carried out in accordance with—

(I)

the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.);

(II)

the purposes for which the Park was established; and

(III)

any other applicable law.

(Pub. L. 116–92, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2851, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1895.)

cite as: 16 USC 410dddd