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[CITE: 16USC534]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                       CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
 
             SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 534. Termination and cancellation of easements; notice; 
        hearing
        
    An easement granted under sections 532 to 538 of this title may be 
terminated by consent of the owner of the easement, by condemnation, or 
after a five-year period of nonuse the Secretary may, if he finds the 
owner has abandoned the easement, make a determination to cancel it. 
Before the Secretary may cancel an easement for nonuse the owner of such 
easement must be notified of the determination to cancel and be given, 
upon his request made within sixty days after receipt of the notice, a 
hearing in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be issued 
by the Secretary.

(Pub. L. 88-657, Sec. 3, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1089.)

                          Transfer of Functions

    For transfer of certain enforcement functions of Secretary or other 
official in Department of Agriculture under sections 532 to 538 of this 
title to Federal Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for Alaska 
Natural Gas Transportation System, and subsequent transfer to Secretary 
of Energy, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 533 of 
this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 533, 536, 1608 of this 
title.
