Pub. L. 116-9, tit. I, subtit. E, pt. III, sec. 1431 (as amended)
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY REVISION.
SEC. 1431. DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY REVISION.
(a) In General.—The boundary of Death Valley National Park is adjusted to include—
(1) the approximately 28,923 acres of Bureau of Land Management land in San Bernardino County, California, abutting the southern end of the Death Valley National Park that lies between Death Valley National Park to the north and Ft. Irwin Military Reservation to the south and which runs approximately 34 miles from west to east, as depicted on the map entitled “Death Valley National Park Proposed Boundary Addition-Bowling Alley”, numbered 143/128,605A, and dated November 1, 2018; and
(2) the approximately 6,369 acres of Bureau of Land Management land in Inyo County, California, located in the northeast area of Death Valley National Park that is within, and surrounded by, land under the jurisdiction of the Director of the National Park Service, as depicted on the map entitled “Death Valley National Park Proposed Boundary Addition-Crater”, numbered 143/100,079D, and dated November 1, 2018.
(b) Availability of Map.—The maps described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
(c) Administration.—The Secretary—
(1) shall administer any land added to Death Valley National Park under subsection (a)—
(A) as part of Death Valley National Park; and
(B) in accordance with applicable laws (including regulations); and
(2) may enter into a memorandum of understanding with Inyo County, California, to permit operationally feasible, ongoing access to and use (including material storage and excavation) of existing gravel pits along Saline Valley Road within Death Valley National Park for road maintenance and repairs in accordance with applicable laws (including regulations).
(d) Mormon Peak Microwave Facility.—Title VI of the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 1132 note; Public Law 103-433; 108 Stat. 4496) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“SEC. 604. MORMON PEAK MICROWAVE FACILITY The designation of the Death Valley National Park Wilderness by section 601(a)(1) shall not preclude the operation and maintenance of the Mormon Peak Microwave Facility.”
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- Public laws referenced
- 103-433