- acquired land
means any land acquired within the Conservation Area using amounts from the land and water conservation fund established under section 200302 of title 54.
- Acquisition Planning District
means the Sonoita Valley Acquisition Planning District established by section 460ooo–1(a) of this title.
- addition
means the approximately 107,600 acre area of the East Everglades area authorized to be added to Everglades National Park by sections 410r–5 to 410r–8 of this title.
- Administrator
means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Advisory Board
means the Land Between the Lakes Advisory Board established under section 460lll–22 of this title.
- Advisory Council
means the Great Sand Dunes National Park Advisory Council established under section 410hhh–6(a) 1 of this title.
- affiliated area
means a site associated with a court case included in Brown v.
- archeological district
means the Moccasin Bend National Archeological District.
- area of concentrated public use
means an area administered by the Secretary that meets each of the following criteria:
- Artillery Impact Area
means that area within the Impact Area into which live projectiles are fired, which is generally described as that area labeled as such on the map referred to in section 460iii–2(b) of this title.
- battlefield park
means the Richmond National Battlefield Park.
- boat launching facility
includes any boat launching facility, regardless of whether specialized facilities or services, such as mechanical or hydraulic boat lifts or facilities, are provided.
- campground
means any campground where a majority of the following amenities are provided, as determined by the Secretary:
- Canal
means the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, including its towpath.
- capital cost
includes interest during construction, wherever appropriate.
- Center
means the Filene Center in the Park.
- Chairman
means the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- City
means the City of Paterson, New Jersey.
- Clark County Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Park
means the approximately 960 acres of land identified on the Map as “Clark County Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Park”.
- Commission
means the Coltsville National Historical Park Advisory Commission established by subsection (k)(1).
- Company
means Florida Power & Light Company.
- Conservation Area
means the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area established by section 460qqq–2(a) of this title.
- conservation easement
means a binding contractual agreement between the Secretary and a landowner in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area under which the landowner, permanently or during a time period specified in the agreement, agrees to conserve or restore habitat, open space, scenic, or other ecological resource values on the land covered by the easement.
- conservation land
means any land within the Conservation Area that is designated to satisfy the conditions of a Federal habitat conservation plan, general conservation plan, or State natural communities conservation plan, including—
- Cooperative Management and Protection Area
means the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area designated by part A.
- Council
means the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area Advisory Council established under section 460zzz–6 of this title.
- County
means Clark County, Nevada.
- County land
means the 2 parcels of land owned by the County totaling approximately 152.93 acres that are designated as “Tract 605–01” and “Tract 605–03”.
- District
means the South Florida Water Management District.
- District land
means the approximately 1,054 acres of District land located in the Southern Glades Wildlife and Environmental Area and identified on the map as “South Florida Water Management District Exchange Lands”.
- donated land
means any private land donated to the United States for conservation purposes in the Conservation Area.
- donor
means an individual or entity that donates private land within the Conservation Area to the United States.
- ecological integrity
means a landscape where ecological processes are functioning to maintain the structure, composition, activity, and resilience of the landscape over time, including—
- eligible employee
means a person that was, on the date of transfer pursuant to section 460lll–41 of this title, a full-time or part-time annual employee of the Tennessee Valley Authority at the Recreation Area.
- eligible entity
means—
- environmental law
means all applicable Federal, State, and local laws (including regulations) and requirements related to protection of human health, natural and cultural resources, or the environment.
- excluded area
means one of the four areas specifically excluded from the recreation area, as generally depicted on the map referred to in section 460bbb–2(b) of this title;
- fair market value
shall mean the fair market value as determined by the Secretary, who may in his discretion base his determination on an independent appraisal obtained by him.
- feasibility report
shall mean any report of the scope required by the Congress when formally considering authorization of the project of which the report treats.
- Federal Land
means the parcels of land that are—
- Federal land management unit
means—
- Federal parcel
means the parcel of Federal land consisting of approximately 500 acres that is identified as Tract A on the map entitled “Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act” and dated October 1, 2002.
- Fern Lake
means Fern Lake located in Bell County, Kentucky, and Claiborne County, Tennessee.
- forest highway
has the meaning given the term in section 101(a) of title 23.1
- forest plan
means the land and resource management plan for the Six Rivers National Forest prepared pursuant to section 1604 of this title;
- Former owner
means, for the purposes of subsection (b) of this section, each person from whom the United States acquired an interest in the tract, or if such person is deceased, his spouse, or if such spouse is deceased, his children.
- Foundation
means the Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation that is—
- General Services Administration land
means the approximately 595.28 acres of land designated as “Site Alpha” that is declared by the Department of the Navy to be excess land.
- governmental unit
means an agency of the Federal Government or a State or local government, local governmental unit, public or municipal corporation, or unit of a State university system.
- habitat conservation plan
means the conservation plan entitled “Washington County Habitat Conservation Plan” and dated February 23, 1996.
- hazardous substance
has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601).
- Historic District
means the Ste.
- historical park
means the Pullman National Historical Park.
- Home
means The Harriet Tubman Home, Inc., located in Auburn, New York.
- Hurricane Hole
means the natural salt-water body of water within the Duesenbury Tracts of the eastern parcel of the Tarpon Basin boundary adjustment and accessed by Duesenbury Creek.
- hydroelectric facilities
means all facilities related to the generation, transmission, and distribution of hydroelectric power and which are subject to, and authorized by, a license(s), and any and all amendments thereto, issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
- immediate family
means, with respect to any such owner of record, the spouse, siblings, children (whether natural or adopted), stepchildren, and lineal descendants of that owner.
- Impact Area
means that area which was used for the firing of live artillery projectiles and is used for live fire ranges of all types and, therefore, poses a danger to public safety and which is generally so depicted on the map referred to in section 460iii–2(b) of this title.
- improved property
means a single-family, year-round dwelling, the construction of which was begun before January 1, 1977 (or January 1, 2007, for areas added to the park after that date), which serves as the owner’s permanent place of abode at the time of its acquisition by the United States, together with not more than three acres of land on which the dwelling and appurtenant buildings are located which the Secretary finds is reasonably necessary for the owner’s continued use and occupancy of the dwelling.
- improved residential property
means a single-family year-round dwelling, the construction of which began before January 1, 1967, and which serves as the owner’s permanent place of abode at the time of its acquisition by the United States, together with not more than three acres of land on which the dwelling and appurtenant buildings are located that the Secretary finds is reasonably necessary for the owner’s continued use and occupancy of the dwelling: Provided, That the Secretary may exclude from improved residential property any marsh, beach, or waters and adjoining land that the Secretary deems is necessary for public access to such marsh, beach, or waters.
- Indian Tribe
has the meaning given such term in section 5304 of title 25.
- inland buffer zone
means that part of the lakeshore delineated as such on the map identified as “Proposed Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Boundary Map, NL–PR–7100A, July, 1966”.
- inner gorge
means the inherently unstable steep slope (65 percent gradient or more) immediately adjacent to the stream or river channel, extending from the channel or recent floodplain to the first significant break in slope (usually 15 percent or more).
- joint costs
means the difference between the capital cost of the entire multiple-purpose project and the sum of the separable costs for all project purposes.
- Lakeshore
means the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the State of Michigan.
- land
means land, water, interests in land, and any improvements on the land.
- Landowner
means any person, local government, or State owning, or on reasonable grounds professing to own, lands or interests in lands adjacent to or in the vicinity of the park.
- Local government
means any political subdivision of a State, including a county, municipality, city, town, township, or a school or other special district created pursuant to State law.
- Luis Maria Baca Grant No. 4
means those lands as described in the patent dated February 20, 1900, from the United States to the heirs of Luis Maria Baca recorded in book 86, page 20, of the records of the Clerk and Recorder of Saguache County, Colorado.
- Management Area
means the Vinagre Wash Special Management Area established by subsection (b).
- management plan
means the management plan for the Conservation Area developed under section 460qqq–3(b) of this title.
- Manhattan Project
means the Federal military program to develop an atomic bomb ending on December 31, 1946.
- map
means the map entitled “Proposed Sloan Canyon Expansion” and dated May 20, 2024.
- member of the immediate family
means spouse, brother, sister, or child, including persons bearing such relationships through adoption, and step-child.
- Memorandum of Understanding
means the Memorandum of Understanding #ID–237, dated May 1985, between the State of Idaho Military Division and the Bureau of Land Management.
- Memorial
means the Oklahoma City National Memorial designated under section 450ss–2(a) of this title.
- military munitions
has the meaning given the term in section 101(e) 1 of title 10.
- missile range
means the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, administered by the Secretary of the Army.
- Monument
means the White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, established by Presidential Proclamation No. 2025 (54 U.S.C. 320301 note), dated January 18, 1933, and administered by the Secretary of the Interior.
- motorized vehicle
means a motorized or mechanized vehicle and includes, when used by a utility, mechanized equipment, a helicopter, and any other aerial device necessary to maintain electrical or communications infrastructure.
- munitions debris
has the meaning given the term in volume 8 of the Department of Defense Manual Number 6055.09-M entitled “DoD Ammunitions and Explosives Safety Standards” and dated February 29, 2008 (as in effect on December 20, 2019).
- National Conservation Area
means the John Wesley Powell National Conservation Area established by subsection (b)(1).
- National Forest lands
means lands included in the National Forest System (as defined in section 1609(a) of this title).
- National Heritage Corridor
means the John H.
- national monument
means the Great Sand Dunes National Monument, including lands added to the monument pursuant to this subchapter.
- National Monument and Preserve
means the Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve designated by subsection (b)(1)(A).
- National Park
means the Everglades National Park located in the State.
- National Park Service land
means the approximately 1,054 acres of land located in the Rocky Glades area of the park and identified on the map as “NPS Exchange Lands”.
- National Preserve
means the National Preserve designated by subsection (b)(1)(B).
- native American Samoan
means a person who is a citizen or national of the United States and who is a lineal descendant of an inhabitant of the Samoan Islands on April 18, 1900.
- Natural Area
means the Rio Grande Natural Area established by section 460rrr–1(a) of this title.
- Nellis Dunes Off-Highway Recreation Area
means the approximately 10,035 acres of land identified on the Map as “Nellis Dunes OHV Recreation Area”.
- Network
means the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network established pursuant to this section.
- non-Federal land
means the land in the State that—
- non-Federal source
includes a State or local government, any private entity, and any individual.
- nondevelopment easement
means a binding contractual agreement between the Secretary and a landowner in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area that will, permanently or during a time period specified in the agreement—
- Orchard Training Area
means that area generally so depicted on the map referred to in section 460iii–2(b) of this title, and as described in the Memorandum of Understanding as well as the air space over the same.
- owner
means the owner of record as of September 1, 1980.
- Park
means the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park established by subsection (b)(1)(A).
- person
has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601).
- pollutant or contaminant
has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601).
- preservation district
means the Jimmy Carter National Preservation District established under section 410hhhh–1 of this title;
- preserve
means the Great Sand Dunes National Preserve established in section 410hhh–3 of this title.
- Program
means the program to commemorate and interpret the Transcontinental Railroad authorized under subsection (c).
- project
means the Central and Southern Florida Project.
- public land
has the meaning given the term “public lands” in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702).
- Public Land Order
means Public Land Order 833, dated May 21, 1952 (17 Fed.
- public lands
has the meaning stated in section 1702(e) of title 43.
- public use plan
means the use plan entitled “Red Cliffs Desert Reserve Public Use Plan” and dated June 12, 2000, as amended.
- qualified resident or relative
means—
- raptor habitat
includes the habitat of the raptor prey base as well as the nesting and hunting habitat of raptors within the conservation area.
- raptors
means individuals or populations of eagles, falcons, owls, hawks, and other birds of prey.
- Reclamation lands
means real property administered by the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, and includes all acquired and withdrawn lands and water areas under jurisdiction of the Bureau.
- Reclamation program
means any activity authorized under the Federal reclamation laws (the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093;
- Reclamation project
means any water supply or water delivery project constructed or administered by the Bureau of Reclamation under the Federal reclamation laws (the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093;
- Recreation Area
means the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area.
- Redband Trout Reserve
means the Donner und Blitzen Redband Trout Reserve designated by section 460nnn–72 of this title.
- release
has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601).
- report of the Lowell Historic Canal District Commission
means the report submitted to the Congress by the Lowell Historic Canal District Commission pursuant to an Act entitled “An Act to provide for a plan for the preservation, interpretation development and use of the historic, cultural, and architectural resources of the Lowell Historic Canal District in Lowell, Massachusetts, and for other purposes”, approved January 4, 1975 (88 Stat. 2330).
- residential property
means a single-family dwelling, the construction of which began before July 1, 1991, together with such land on which the dwelling and appurtenant buildings are located as is in the same ownership as such dwelling and as the Secretary designates as reasonably necessary for the owner’s continued use and occupancy of the dwelling.
- resource management plan
means the management plan entitled “St.
- resources
means the resources described in section 410hhh of this title.
- response action
has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601).
- Scenic Area
means the Alabama Hills National Scenic Area established by section 460ffff–1(a) of this title.
- scenic easement
means the right to control the use of land in order to carry out this subchapter, but shall not preclude the continuation of any use that is compatible with the overall management plan for the Arapaho National Recreation Area developed pursuant to subsection (c) of section 460jj of this title.
- science committee
means the committee of independent scientists appointed under section 460nnn–53 of this title.
- Secretary
means the Secretary of the Interior.
- Secretary concerned
means—
- shoreline
means that land which borders both Yellowtail Reservoir and the exterior boundary of the Crow Indian Reservation, together with that part of the reservoir necessary to the development of the facilities referred to in this subsection.
- Special Management Area
means the Numu Newe Special Management Area established by subsection (b).
- special resource study
means the study entitled “Ste.
- State
means the State of Missouri.
- States
means—
- study area
means the Ocmulgee River corridor between the cities of Macon, Georgia, and Hawkinsville, Georgia.
- Tarpon Basin property
means land that—
- the plan
means the comprehensive management plan developed for the conservation area, dated August 30, 1985, together with such revisions thereto as may be required in order to implement this subchapter.
- Trail
means the Votes for Women History Trail Route designated under subsection (b).
- Transcontinental Railroad
means the approximately 1,912-mile continuous railroad constructed between 1863 and 1869 extending from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to San Francisco, California.
- Tribe
means the Walker River Paiute Tribe.
- Trust
means the Oklahoma City National Memorial Trust.
- Unit
means the Corinth Unit of Shiloh National Military Park established under section 430f–8 of this title.
- uses
means the uses described in section 410hhh of this title.
- water resource facility
means irrigation and pumping facilities, reservoirs, water conservation works, aqueducts, canals, ditches, pipelines, wells, hydropower projects, and transmission and other ancillary facilities, and other water diversion, storage, and carriage structures.
- Wilderness
means the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area designated by section 460zzz–2(a) of this title.
- Wilderness Area
means the Steens Mountain Wilderness Area designated by part B.
- wildlife refuge
means the Baca National Wildlife Refuge established in section 410hhh–4 of this title.