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[CITE: 43USC969]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
      CHAPTER 22--RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OTHER EASEMENTS IN PUBLIC LANDS
 
Sec. 969. Forfeiture of Arkansas pipeline right of way for 
        nonuser, etc.
        
    If any section of said pipe line shall not be completed within one 
year after the approval by the Secretary of the Interior of said 
section, or if any section of said pipe line shall be abandoned or shall 
not be used for a period of two years, the right of way granted in 
sections 966 to 970 of this title as to any uncompleted, abandoned, or 
unused section of said pipe line shall be forfeited to the extent that 
the same is not completed or is abandoned or unused at the date of the 
forfeiture, without further action or declaration on the part of the 
Government or any proceedings or judgment of any court.

(Apr. 12, 1910, ch. 155, Sec. 4, 36 Stat. 296.)

                            Repeal of Section

        Section repealed by Pub. L. 94-579, title VII, Sec. 706(a), Oct. 
    21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2793, effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976, 
    insofar as applicable to the issuance of rights-of-way over, upon, 
    under and through the public lands and lands in the National Forest 
    System.


                            Savings Provision

    Repeal by Pub. L. 94-579 insofar as applicable to the issuance of 
rights-of-way not to be construed as terminating any valid lease, 
permit, patent, etc., existing on Oct. 21, 1976, see section 701 of Pub. 
L. 94-579, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 967, 968, 970 of this title.
