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    16 USC Sec. 460l-22                                         01/08/2008

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    TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
    CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
    SUBCHAPTER LXIX - OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS
    Part D - Land Transfers

HEAD

    Sec. 460l-22. Conveyance of property and interests in property in
      national park system and miscellaneous areas

STATUTE

    (a) Freehold and leasehold interests; competitive bidding
      With respect to any property acquired by the Secretary of the
    Interior within a unit of the national park system or miscellaneous
    area, except property within national parks, or within national
    monuments of scientific significance, the Secretary may convey a
    freehold or leasehold interest therein, subject to such terms and
    conditions as will assure the use of the property in a manner which
    is, in the judgment of the Secretary, consistent with the purpose
    for which the area was authorized by the Congress. In any case in
    which the Secretary exercises his discretion to convey such
    interest, he shall do so to the highest bidder, in accordance with
    such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, but such
    conveyance shall be at not less than the fair market value of the
    interest, as determined by the Secretary; except that if any such
    conveyance is proposed within two years after the property to be
    conveyed is acquired by the Secretary, he shall allow the last
    owner or owners of record of such property thirty days following
    the date on which they are notified by the Secretary in writing
    that such property is to be conveyed within which to notify the
    Secretary that such owners wish to acquire such interest. Upon
    receiving such timely request, the Secretary shall convey such
    interest to such person or persons, in accordance with such
    regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, upon payment or
    agreement to pay an amount equal to the highest bid price.
    (b) Exchange of lands; other disposal; equal land values
      The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept title to
    any non-Federal property or interest therein within a unit of the
    National Park System or miscellaneous area under his
    administration, and in exchange therefor he may convey to the
    grantor of such property or interest any Federally-owned property
    or interest therein under his jurisdiction which he determines is
    suitable for exchange or other disposal and which is located in the
    same State as the non-Federal property to be acquired: Provided,
    however, That timber lands subject to harvest under a sustained
    yield program shall not be so exchanged. Upon request of a State or
    a political subdivision thereof, or of a party in interest, prior
    to such exchange the Secretary or his designee shall hold a public
    hearing in the area where the lands to be exchanged are located.
    The values of the properties so exchanged, either shall be
    approximately equal, or if they are not approximately equal, the
    values shall be equalized by the payment of cash to the grantor
    from funds appropriated for the acquisition of land for the area,
    or to the Secretary as the circumstances require.
    (c) Solid waste disposal operations prohibited; exceptions;
      regulations
      In order to protect the air, land, water, and natural and
    cultural values of the National Park System and the property of the
    United States therein, no solid waste disposal site (including any
    site for the disposal of domestic or industrial solid wastes) may
    be operated within the boundary of any unit of the National Park
    System, other than -
        (1) a site which was operating as of September 1, 1984, or
        (2) a site used only for disposal of wastes generated within
      that unit of the park system so long as such site will not
      degrade any of the natural or cultural resources of such park
      unit.
    The Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate regulations to carry
    out the provisions of this subsection, including reasonable
    regulations to mitigate the adverse effects of solid waste disposal
    sites in operation as of September 1, 1984, upon property of the
    United States.
    (d) Proceeds credited to land and water conservation fund
      The proceeds received from any conveyance under this section
    shall be credited to the land and water conservation fund in the
    Treasury of the United States.

SOURCE

    (Pub. L. 90-401, Sec. 5, July 15, 1968, 82 Stat. 356; Pub. L. 98-
    506, Sec. 2, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2338.)

AMENDMENTS

      1984 - Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 98-506 added subsec. (c) and
    redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d).