16 U.S.C. § 460u–10 — Rights-of-way and easements; existing property rights of Northern Indiana Public Service Company

submitted 50 years ago by Pub. L. 89-761 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 211 words · no verdicts yet

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This law does not cancel rights-of-way or easements that existed before 1975 for power lines, pipelines, water mains, or railroads. It also protects two specific Northern Indiana Public Service Company land parcels — used for power lines, pipelines, and utility purposes — even though the Park now includes them.

This subchapter does not diminish any rights-of-way or easements that already existed as of March 1, 1975, and that are needed for high-voltage power lines, pipelines, water mains, or railroad operation and maintenance. It also does not diminish the property rights Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) had as of October 1, 1986, over two specific parcels it owns and uses for high-voltage power lines, pipelines, and other utility purposes, even though both are now inside the Indiana Dunes National Park's boundaries: (1) a parcel running from NIPSCO's Dune Acres substation east to its Michigan City Generating Station, labeled area II–I on Park boundary map No. 626–80,033–B (dated October 1986) — excluding about 6.0 acres near Mineral Springs Road within that area; and (2) another parcel used the same way, labeled area II–H on that same map.

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Nothing in this subchapter shall diminish any existing (as of March 1, 1975) rights-of-way or easements which are necessary for high voltage electrical transmission, pipelines, water mains, or line haul railroad operations and maintenance. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to diminish the existing property rights of Northern Indiana Public Service Company (as of October 1, 1986) with respect to—

(1)

a parcel of land owned in fee by the Northern Indiana Public Service Company and used for high voltage electrical transmission lines, pipelines, and utility purposes, beginning at said Company’s Dune Acres substation and extending east to said Company’s Michigan City Generating Station, which parcel by this subchapter is included within the boundaries of the Indiana Dunes National Park and herein designated as area II–I on National Park Service Boundary Map No. 626–80,033–B, dated October 1986, excluding that certain parcel of approximately 6.0 acres adjacent Mineral Springs Road in areas II–I, and

(2)

land owned in fee by the Northern Indiana Public Service Company and used for high voltage electrical transmission lines, pipelines, and utility purposes as has by this subchapter been included within the boundaries of the Indiana Dunes National Park and herein designated as area II–H on said National Park Service Boundary Map No. 626–80,033–B.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–761, § 10, formerly § 11, as added and renumbered Pub. L. 94–549, § 1(8), (9), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2530, 2533; amended Pub. L. 99–583, § 1(e), Oct. 29, 1986, 100 Stat. 3319; Pub. L. 116–6, div. E, title I, § 115(a)(1)(A), Feb. 15, 2019, 133 Stat. 232.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1976Enacted · Pub. L. 89-761 · 90 Stat. 2530, 2533
1986Amended · Pub. L. 99-583 · 100 Stat. 3319
2019Amended · Pub. L. 116-6 · 133 Stat. 232

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 89-761 on 1976-10-18.

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