[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 157 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
S.157
One Hundred Thirteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
the third day of January, two thousand and thirteen
An Act
To provide for certain improvements to the Denali National Park and
Preserve in the State of Alaska, 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 ``Denali National Park Improvement
Act''.
SEC. 2. KANTISHNA HILLS MICROHYDRO PROJECT; LAND EXCHANGE.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(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.
(b) Permits for Microhydro Projects.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary may issue permits for microhydro
projects in the Kantishna Hills area.
(2) Terms and conditions.--Each permit under paragraph (1)
shall be--
(A) issued in accordance with such terms and conditions as
are generally applicable to rights-of-way within units of the
National Park System; and
(B) subject to such other terms and conditions as the
Secretary determines to be necessary.
(3) 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 subsection, 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.
(c) Land Exchange.--
(1) 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
paragraph (4), 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.
(2) Map availability.--The map shall be on file and available
for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National
Park Service.
(3) Timing.--The Secretary shall seek to complete the exchange
under this subsection by not later than February 1, 2015.
(4) Applicable laws; terms and conditions.--The exchange under
this subsection shall be subject to--
(A) 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
(B) such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines
to be necessary.
(5) Equalization of values.--If the tracts proposed for
exchange under this subsection are determined not to be equal in
value, an equalization of values may be achieved by adjusting the
quantity of acres described in paragraph (1).
(6) Administration.--The land acquired by the Secretary
pursuant to the exchange under this subsection shall be
administered as part of the Park.
SEC. 3. DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appurtenance.--
(A) In general.--The term ``appurtenance'' includes
cathodic protection or test stations, valves, signage, and
buried communication and electric cables relating to the
operation of high-pressure natural gas transmission.
(B) Exclusions.--The term ``appurtenance'' does not include
compressor stations.
(2) Park.--The term ``Park'' means the Denali National Park and
Preserve in the State of Alaska.
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of
the Interior.
(b) Permit.--The Secretary may issue right-of-way permits for--
(1) a high-pressure natural gas transmission pipeline
(including appurtenances) in nonwilderness areas within the
boundary of Denali National Park within, along, or near the
approximately 7-mile segment of the George Parks Highway that runs
through the Park; and
(2) any distribution and transmission pipelines and
appurtenances that the Secretary determines to be necessary to
provide natural gas supply to the Park.
(c) Terms and Conditions.--A permit authorized under subsection
(b)--
(1) may be issued only--
(A) if the permit is consistent with the laws (including
regulations) generally applicable to utility rights-of-way
within units of the National Park System;
(B) in accordance with section 1106(a) of the Alaska
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3166(a));
and
(C) if, following an appropriate analysis prepared in
compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the route of the right-of-way is the
route through the Park with the least adverse environmental
effects for the Park; and
(2) shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the
Secretary determines to be necessary.
SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF THE WALTER HARPER TALKEETNA RANGER STATION.
(a) Designation.--The Talkeetna Ranger Station located on B Street
in Talkeetna, Alaska, approximately 100 miles south of the entrance to
Denali National Park, shall be known and designated as the ``Walter
Harper Talkeetna Ranger Station''.
(b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the Talkeetna Ranger
Station referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ``Walter Harper Talkeetna Ranger Station''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.