[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 441 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 290
112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 441

                          [Report No. 112-129]


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 31, 2011

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

                            January 13, 2012

  Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of December 17, 
                2011, by Mr. Bingaman, without amendment

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                                 AN ACT


 
    To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits for 
  microhydro projects in nonwilderness areas within the boundaries of 
Denali National Park and Preserve, to acquire land for Denali National 
  Park and Preserve from Doyon Tourism, Inc., 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Kantishna Hills Renewable Energy Act 
of 2011''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appurtenance.--The term ``appurtenance'' includes--
                    (A) transmission lines;
                    (B) distribution lines;
                    (C) signs;
                    (D) buried communication lines;
                    (E) necessary access routes for microhydro project 
                construction, operation, and maintenance; and
                    (F) electric cables.
            (2) Kantishna hills area.--The term ``Kantishna Hills 
        area'' means the area of the Park located within 2 miles of 
        Moose Creek, as depicted on the map.
            (3) Map.--The term ``map'' means the map entitled 
        ``Kantishna Hills Micro-Hydro Area'', numbered 184/80,276, and 
        dated August 27, 2010.
            (4) Microhydro project.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``microhydro project'' 
                means a hydroelectric power generating facility with a 
                maximum power generation capability of 100 kilowatts.
                    (B) Inclusions.--The term ``microhydro project'' 
                includes--
                            (i) intake pipelines, including the intake 
                        pipeline located on Eureka Creek, approximately 
                        \1/2\ mile upstream from the Park Road, as 
                        depicted on the map;
                            (ii) each system appurtenance of the 
                        microhydro projects; and
                            (iii) any distribution or transmission 
                        lines required to serve the Kantishna Hills 
                        area.
            (5) Park.--The term ``Park'' means the Denali National Park 
        and Preserve.
            (6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. PERMITS FOR MICROHYDRO PROJECTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary may issue permits for microhydro 
projects in the Kantishna Hills area.
    (b) Terms and Conditions.--Each permit under subsection (a) shall 
be--
            (1) issued in accordance with such terms and conditions as 
        are generally applicable to rights-of-way within units of the 
        National Park System; and
            (2) subject to such other terms and conditions as the 
        Secretary determines to be necessary.
    (c) Completion of Environmental Analysis.--Not later than 180 days 
after the date on which an applicant submits an application for the 
issuance of a permit under this section, the Secretary shall complete 
any analysis required by the National Environment Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) of any proposed or existing microhydro 
projects located in the Kantishna Hills area.

SEC. 4. LAND EXCHANGE.

    (a) In General.--For the purpose of consolidating ownership of Park 
and Doyon Tourism, Inc. lands, including those lands affected solely by 
the Doyon Tourism microhydro project, and subject to subsection (d), 
the Secretary may exchange Park land near or adjacent to land owned by 
Doyon Tourism, Inc., located at the mouth of Eureka Creek in sec. 13, 
T.16 S., R. 18 W., Fairbanks Meridian, for approximately 18 acres of 
land owned by Doyon Tourism, Inc., within the Galena patented mining 
claim.
    (b) Map Availability.--The map shall be on file and available for 
public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park 
Service.
    (c) Timing.--The Secretary shall seek to complete the exchange 
under this section by not later than February 1, 2015.
    (d) Applicable Laws; Terms and Conditions.--The exchange under this 
section shall be subject to--
            (1) the laws (including regulations) and policies 
        applicable to exchanges of land administered by the National 
        Park Service, including the laws and policies concerning land 
        appraisals, equalization of values, and environmental 
        compliance; and
            (2) such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines 
        to be necessary.
    (e) Equalization of Values.--If the tracts proposed for exchange 
under this section are determined not to be equal in value, an 
equalization of values may be achieved by adjusting the quantity of 
acres described in subsection (a).
    (f) Administration.--The land acquired by the Secretary pursuant to 
the exchange under this section shall be administered as part of the 
Park.
                                                       Calendar No. 290

112th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 441

                          [Report No. 112-129]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

    To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits for 
  microhydro projects in nonwilderness areas within the boundaries of 
Denali National Park and Preserve, to acquire land for Denali National 
  Park and Preserve from Doyon Tourism, Inc., and for other purposes.

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                            January 13, 2012

                       Reported without amendment