1.This Act may be cited as the
Kantishna Hills Renewable Energy Act
of 2011
.
2.In this Act:
(1)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)The term Kantishna Hills area
means the area of the Park located within 2 miles of Moose Creek, as depicted
on the map.
(3)The term map means the map
entitled Kantishna Hills Micro-Hydro Area
, numbered 184/80,276,
and dated August 27, 2010.
(4)
(A)The term microhydro project
means a hydroelectric power generating facility with a maximum power generation
capability of 100 kilowatts.
(B)The term microhydro project
includes—
(i)intake pipelines, including the intake
pipeline located on Eureka Creek, approximately ½ 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)The term Park means the Denali
National Park and Preserve.
(6)The term Secretary means the
Secretary of the Interior.
3.Permits for microhydro projects
(a)The Secretary may issue permits for
microhydro projects in the Kantishna Hills area.
(b)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 analysisNot 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.
4.
(a)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)The map shall be on file and available for
public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park
Service.
(c)The Secretary shall seek to complete the
exchange under this section by not later than February 1, 2015.
(d)Applicable laws; terms and
conditionsThe 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)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)The land acquired by the Secretary pursuant
to the exchange under this section shall be administered as part of the
Park.
January 13, 2012
Reported without amendment