[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2088 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2088

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to grant an easement to Chugach 
              Alaska Corporation, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 18, 1998

 Mr. Murkowski introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to grant an easement to Chugach 
              Alaska Corporation, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CHUGACH ALASKA CORPORATION SETTLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
later than December 11, 1998, the Secretary of Agriculture shall grant 
Chugach Alaska Corporation an irrevocable and perpetual 500-foot-wide 
easement for the construction, use, and maintenance of nonpublic roads 
and related facilities necessary for access to and economic development 
of the land interests in the Carbon Mountain and Katalla vicinity that 
were conveyed to Chugach Alaska Corporation pursuant to the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act. The centerline of the easement is 
depicted on the map entitled ``Carbon Mountain Access Easement'' and 
dated November 4, 1997.
    (b) Submission of Survey; Relinquishment of Unneeded Portion of 
Easement.--Not later than 90 days after completion of construction of 
roads and related facilities on the easement granted pursuant to 
subsection (a), Chugach Alaska Corporation shall submit to the 
Secretary of Agriculture an as-built survey of such roads and related 
facilities and relinquish to the United States those portions of the 
easement Chugach Alaska Corporation deems not necessary for future use.
    (c) Construction and Maintenance.--Construction and maintenance of 
any roads pursuant to subsection (a) shall be in accordance with the 
best management practices of the Forest Service as promulgated in the 
Forest Service Handbook.
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