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16 USC SECTION 1b
TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND
SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER I - NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
In order to facilitate the administration of the National Park
System, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to carry out
the following activities, and he may use applicable appropriations
for the aforesaid system for the following purposes:
(1) Emergency assistance
Rendering of emergency rescue, fire fighting, and cooperative
assistance to nearby law enforcement and fire prevention agencies
and for related purposes outside of the National Park System.
(2) Utility facilities; erection and maintenance
The erection and maintenance of fire protection facilities,
water lines, telephone lines, electric lines, and other utility
facilities adjacent to any area of the said National Park System,
where necessary, to provide service in such area.
(3) Transportation of employees of Carlsbad Caverns National
Park; rates
Transportation to and from work, outside of regular working
hours, of employees of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, residing
in or near the city of Carlsbad, New Mexico, such transportation
to be between the park and the city, or intervening points, at
reasonable rates to be determined by the Secretary of the
Interior taking into consideration, among other factors,
comparable rates charged by transportation companies in the
locality for similar services, the amounts collected for such
transportation to be credited to the appropriation current at the
time payment is received: Provided, That if adequate
transportation facilities are available, or shall be available by
any common carrier, at reasonable rates, then and in that event
the facilities contemplated by this paragraph shall not be
offered.
(4) Utility services for concessioners; reimbursement
Furnishing, on a reimbursement of appropriation basis, all
types of utility services to concessioners, contractors,
permittees, or other users of such services, within the National
Park System: Provided, That reimbursements for cost of such
utility services may be credited to the appropriation current at
the time reimbursements are received.
(5) Supplies and rental of equipment; reimbursement
Furnishing, on a reimbursement of appropriation basis,
supplies, and the rental of equipment to persons and agencies
that in cooperation with, and subject to the approval of, the
Secretary of the Interior, render services or perform functions
that facilitate or supplement the activities of the Department of
the Interior in the administration of the National Park System:
Provided, That reimbursements hereunder may be credited to the
appropriation current at the time reimbursements are received.
(6) Contracts for utility facilities
Contracting, under such terms and conditions as the said
Secretary considers to be in the interest of the Federal
Government, for the sale, operation, maintenance, repair, or
relocation of Government-owned electric and telephone lines and
other utility facilities used for the administration and
protection of the National Park System, regardless of whether
such lines and facilities are located within or outside said
system and areas.
(7) Rights-of-way
Acquiring such rights-of-way as may be necessary to construct,
improve, and maintain roads within the authorized boundaries of
any area of said National Park System and the acquisition also of
land and interests in land adjacent to such rights-of-way, when
deemed necessary by the Secretary, to provide adequate protection
of natural features or to avoid traffic and other hazards
resulting from private road access connections, or when the
acquisition of adjacent residual tracts, which otherwise would
remain after acquiring such rights-of-way, would be in the public
interest.
(8) Operation and maintenance of motor and other equipment; rent
of equipment; reimbursement
The operation, repair, maintenance, and replacement of motor
and other equipment on a reimbursable basis when such equipment
is used on Federal projects of the said National Park System,
chargeable to other appropriations, or on work of other Federal
agencies, when requested by such agencies. Reimbursement shall
be made from appropriations applicable to the work on which the
equipment is used at rental rates established by the Secretary,
based on actual or estimated cost of operation, repair,
maintenance, depreciation, and equipment management control and
credited to appropriations currently available at the time
adjustment is effected, and the Secretary may also rent equipment
for fire control purposes to State, county, private, or other
non-Federal agencies that cooperate with the Secretary in the
administration of the said National Park System and other areas
in fire control, such rental to be under the terms of written
cooperative agreements, the amount collected for such rentals to
be credited to appropriations currently available at the time
payment is received.
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