[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3514 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3514

     To adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National 
  Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 7, 2016

  Mrs. Boxer 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 adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National 
  Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, 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 ``Rim of the Valley Corridor 
Preservation Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area was 
        authorized as a unit of the National Park System on November 
        10, 1978;
            (2) the Santa Monica Mountains and the Rim of the Valley 
        Corridor include a diverse range of nationally significant 
        natural and cultural resources;
            (3) expanding the Santa Monica Mountains National 
        Recreation Area would provide new opportunities for the 
        National Park Service to serve a broad range of urban 
        communities, including many communities that are--
                    (A) underrepresented in units of the National Park 
                System; and
                    (B) underserved by State and local parks;
            (4) the Santa Susana Field Laboratory is located in the 
        Simi Hills in southeastern Ventura County, California, within 
        the external boundaries of the Rim of the Valley Corridor;
            (5) activities at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory have--
                    (A) included rocket engine testing and research and 
                development of fuels, propellants, nuclear power, and 
                lasers; and
                    (B) resulted in releases of radioactive and 
                hazardous substances into the environment that require 
                cleanup;
            (6) in 2010, the California Department of Toxic Substances 
        Control, the Department of Energy, and the National Aeronautics 
        and Space Administration entered into administrative orders on 
        consent for the cleanup of contamination in soil to background 
        levels on the portions of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory 
        covered by the orders, with certain limited specified 
        exceptions; and
            (7) Congress expects that a comparable cleanup will occur 
        on the remaining portion of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, 
        such that the cleanup on the remaining portion will be 
        protective of all allowable uses under Ventura County, 
        California, zoning and general plan designations for the Santa 
        Susana Field Laboratory in effect as of December 7, 2016.

SEC. 3. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT; LAND ACQUISITION; ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Boundary Adjustment.--Section 507(c)(1) of the National Parks 
and Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460kk(c)(1)) is amended, in the 
first sentence, by striking ```Santa Monica Mountains National 
Recreation Area and Santa Monica Mountains Zone, California, Boundary 
Map', numbered 80,047-C and dated August 2001'' and inserting ```Rim of 
the Valley Unit_Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area' and 
dated June 2016''.
    (b) Rim of the Valley Unit.--Section 507 of the National Parks and 
Recreation Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 460kk) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
    ``(u) Rim of the Valley Unit.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) State.--The term `State' means the State of 
                California.
                    ``(B) Unit.--The term `Unit' means the Rim of the 
                Valley Unit included within the boundaries of the 
                recreation area, as depicted on the map described in 
                subsection (c)(1).
                    ``(C) Utility facility.--The term `utility 
                facility' means--
                            ``(i) electric substations, communication 
                        facilities, towers, poles, and lines;
                            ``(ii) ground wires;
                            ``(iii) communications circuits;
                            ``(iv) other utility structures; and
                            ``(v) related infrastructure.
                    ``(D) Water resource facility.--The term `water 
                resource facility' means--
                            ``(i) irrigation and pumping facilities;
                            ``(ii) dams and reservoirs;
                            ``(iii) flood control facilities;
                            ``(iv) water conservation works, including 
                        debris protection facilities, sediment 
                        placement sites, rain gauges, and stream 
                        gauges;
                            ``(v) water quality, recycled water, and 
                        pumping facilities;
                            ``(vi) conveyance distribution systems;
                            ``(vii) water treatment facilities;
                            ``(viii) aqueducts;
                            ``(ix) canals;
                            ``(x) ditches;
                            ``(xi) pipelines;
                            ``(xii) wells;
                            ``(xiii) hydropower projects;
                            ``(xiv) transmission facilities; and
                            ``(xv) other ancillary facilities, 
                        groundwater recharge facilities, water 
                        conservation, water filtration plants, and 
                        other water diversion, conservation, 
                        groundwater recharge, storage, and carriage 
                        structures.
            ``(2) Boundary revision.--Not later than 3 years after the 
        date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall 
        update the general management plan for the recreation area to 
        reflect the boundaries designated on the map referred to in 
        subsection (c)(1) to include the area known as the `Rim of the 
        Valley Unit'.
            ``(3) Administration.--Subject to valid existing rights, 
        the Secretary shall administer the Unit and any land or 
        interest in land acquired by the United States and located 
        within the boundaries of the Unit--
                    ``(A) as part of the recreation area; and
                    ``(B) in accordance with--
                            ``(i) this section; and
                            ``(ii) applicable laws (including 
                        regulations).
            ``(4) Acquisition of land.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary may acquire non-
                Federal land within the boundaries of the Unit only 
                through exchange, donation, or purchase from a willing 
                seller.
                    ``(B) Use of eminent domain.--Nothing in this 
                subsection authorizes the use of eminent domain to 
                acquire land or interests in land within the boundaries 
                of the Unit.
            ``(5) Outside activities.--The fact that certain activities 
        or land uses can be seen or heard from within the Unit shall 
        not preclude the activities or land uses outside the boundary 
        of the Unit.
            ``(6) Exclusion of certain land.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, no portion of the Santa Susana Field 
        Laboratory shall be considered for inclusion in the Unit until 
        the later of the date on which--
                    ``(A) cleanup of soil at the Santa Susana Field 
                Laboratory has been completed in full compliance with 
                the cleanup standards specified in the administrative 
                orders on consent entered into by the California 
                Department of Toxic Substances Control, the Department 
                of Energy, and the National Aeronautics and Space 
                Administration on December 6, 2010, as the cleanup 
                standards are defined in the orders on that date, such 
                that all contamination in soil is cleaned up to 
                background levels; and
                    ``(B) cleanup of soil for any portion of the Santa 
                Susana Field Laboratory not covered by the orders 
                described in subparagraph (A) that is comparable to the 
                cleanup required for the portions of the laboratory 
                under the orders has been completed in a manner that 
                meets the cleanup standards for all allowable uses in 
                the Ventura County, California, zoning and general plan 
                land use designations for the Santa Susana Field 
                Laboratory in effect as of December 7, 2016.
            ``(7) Effect of subsection.--Nothing in this subsection or 
        the application of the applicable management plan to the Unit--
                    ``(A) modifies any provision of Federal, State, or 
                local law with respect to public access to, or use of, 
                non-Federal land;
                    ``(B) creates any liability, or affects any 
                liability under any other law, of any private property 
                owner or other owner of non-Federal land with respect 
                to any person injured on private property or other non-
                Federal land;
                    ``(C) allows for the creation of protective 
                perimeters or buffer zones outside of the Unit;
                    ``(D) affects the ownership, management, or other 
                rights relating to any non-Federal land (including any 
                interest in any non-Federal land);
                    ``(E) requires any unit of local government to 
                participate in any program administered by the 
                Secretary;
                    ``(F) alters, modifies, or diminishes any right, 
                responsibility, power, authority, jurisdiction, or 
                entitlement of the State, any political subdivision of 
                the State, or any State or local agency under existing 
                Federal, State, or local law (including regulations);
                    ``(G) requires or promotes the use of, or 
                encourages trespass on, land, facilities, and rights-
                of-way owned by non-Federal entities, including water 
                resource facilities and public utilities, without the 
                written consent of the owner of the land;
                    ``(H) affects the operation, maintenance, 
                modification, construction, or expansion of any water 
                resource facility or utility facility located within or 
                adjacent to the Unit;
                    ``(I) terminates the fee title to land, or the 
                customary operation, maintenance, repair, and 
                replacement activities on or under the land, granted to 
                public agencies that are authorized under Federal or 
                State law; or
                    ``(J) interferes with, obstructs, hinders, or 
                delays the exercise of any right to or access to any 
                water resource facility or other facility or property 
                necessary or useful to access any water right to 
                operate any public water or utility system.
            ``(8) Utility facilities; water resource facilities.--A 
        utility facility or water resource facility shall conduct 
        activities in a manner that reasonably avoids or reduces the 
        impact of the activities on the resources of the Unit.''.
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