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[CITE: 16USC460l-22]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
              SUBCHAPTER LXIX--OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS
 
                         Part D--Land Transfers
 
Sec. 460l-22. Conveyance of property and interests in property 
        in national park system and miscellaneous areas
        

(a) Freehold and leasehold interests; competitive bidding

    With respect to any property acquired by the Secretary of the 
Interior within a unit of the national park system or miscellaneous 
area, except property within national parks, or within national 
monuments of scientific significance, the Secretary may convey a 
freehold or leasehold interest therein, subject to such terms and 
conditions as will assure the use of the property in a manner which is, 
in the judgment of the Secretary, consistent with the purpose for which 
the area was authorized by the Congress. In any case in which the 
Secretary exercises his discretion to convey such interest, he shall do 
so to the highest bidder, in accordance with such regulations as the 
Secretary may prescribe, but such conveyance shall be at not less than 
the fair market value of the interest, as determined by the Secretary; 
except that if any such conveyance is proposed within two years after 
the property to be conveyed is acquired by the Secretary, he shall allow 
the last owner or owners of record of such property thirty days 
following the date on which they are notified by the Secretary in 
writing that such property is to be conveyed within which to notify the 
Secretary that such owners wish to acquire such interest. Upon receiving 
such timely request, the Secretary shall convey such interest to such 
person or persons, in accordance with such regulations as the Secretary 
may prescribe, upon payment or agreement to pay an amount equal to the 
highest bid price.

(b) Exchange of lands; other disposal; equal land values

    The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept title to any 
non-Federal property or interest therein within a unit of the National 
Park System or miscellaneous area under his administration, and in 
exchange therefor he may convey to the grantor of such property or 
interest any Federally-owned property or interest therein under his 
jurisdiction which he determines is suitable for exchange or other 
disposal and which is located in the same State as the non-Federal 
property to be acquired: Provided, however, That timber lands subject to 
harvest under a sustained yield program shall not be so exchanged. Upon 
request of a State or a political subdivision thereof, or of a party in 
interest, prior to such exchange the Secretary or his designee shall 
hold a public hearing in the area where the lands to be exchanged are 
located. The values of the properties so exchanged, either shall be 
approximately equal, or if they are not approximately equal, the values 
shall be equalized by the payment of cash to the grantor from funds 
appropriated for the acquisition of land for the area, or to the 
Secretary as the circumstances require.

(c) Solid waste disposal operations prohibited; exceptions; regulations

    In order to protect the air, land, water, and natural and cultural 
values of the National Park System and the property of the United States 
therein, no solid waste disposal site (including any site for the 
disposal of domestic or industrial solid wastes) may be operated within 
the boundary of any unit of the National Park System, other than--
        (1) a site which was operating as of September 1, 1984, or
        (2) a site used only for disposal of wastes generated within 
    that unit of the park system so long as such site will not degrade 
    any of the natural or cultural resources of such park unit.

The Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate regulations to carry out 
the provisions of this subsection, including reasonable regulations to 
mitigate the adverse effects of solid waste disposal sites in operation 
as of September 1, 1984, upon property of the United States.

(d) Proceeds credited to land and water conservation fund

    The proceeds received from any conveyance under this section shall 
be credited to the land and water conservation fund in the Treasury of 
the United States.

(Pub. L. 90-401, Sec. 5, July 15, 1968, 82 Stat. 356; Pub. L. 98-506, 
Sec. 2, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2338.)


                               Amendments

    1984--Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 98-506 added subsec. (c) and 
redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1c, 17o, 410bb-1, 410jj-3, 
410aaa-59, 430g-5, 450jj-4 of this title.
