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(1) section 100101(a), chapter 1003, sections 100751(a), 100752, 
100753, 101101, 101102, 101511, 102101, 102712, 102901, 104905, 
and 104906, and chapter 2003 of this title; 
(2) the Act of March 4, 1911 (43 U.S.C. 961); and 
(3) chapter 3201 of this title. 
Chapter 1009—Administration 
Sec. 
100901.
Authority of Secretary to carry out certain activities. 
100902.
Rights of way for public utilities and power and communication facilities. 
100903.
Solid waste disposal operations. 
100904.
Admission and special recreation use fees. 
100905.
Commercial filming. 
100906.
Advisory committees. 
§ 100901. Authority of Secretary to carry out certain activi-
ties 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To facilitate the administration of the System, the 
Secretary, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may consider 
advisable, may carry out the activities described in this section. 
(b) SERVICES, RESOURCES, OR WATER CONTRACTS.—The Secretary may 
enter into contracts that provide for the sale or lease to persons, States, 
or political subdivisions of States, of services, resources, or water available 
within a System unit, as long as the activity does not jeopardize or unduly 
interfere with the primary natural or historic resource of the System unit, 
if the person, State, or political subdivision— 
(1) provides public accommodations or services within the immediate 
vicinity of the System unit to individuals visiting the System unit; and 
(2) demonstrates to the Secretary that there are no reasonable alter-
natives by which to acquire or perform the necessary services, re-
sources, or water. 
(c) VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING.—The Secretary may acquire, and 
have installed, air conditioning units for any Government-owned passenger 
motor vehicles used by the Service, where assigned duties necessitate long 
periods in automobiles or in regions of the United States where high tem-
peratures and humidity are common and prolonged. 
(d) UTILITY FACILITIES.—The Secretary may erect and maintain fire 
protection facilities, water lines, telephone lines, electric lines, and other 
utility facilities adjacent to any System unit, where necessary, to provide 
service in the System unit. 
(e) SUPPLIES AND RENTAL OF EQUIPMENT.—The Secretary may furnish, 
on a reimbursement of appropriation basis, supplies, and rent equipment, 
to persons and agencies that, in cooperation with and subject to the ap-
proval of the Secretary, render services or perform functions that facilitate 
or supplement the activities of the Department of the Interior in the admin-
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istration of the System. The reimbursements may be credited to the appro-
priation current at the time reimbursements are received. 
(f) CONTRACTS FOR UTILITY FACILITIES.—The Secretary may contract, 
under terms and conditions that the Secretary considers to be in the inter-
est 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 System, 
regardless of whether the lines and facilities are located within or outside 
the System. 
(g) RIGHTS OF WAY NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT, IMPROVE, AND MAIN-
TAIN ROADS.—The Secretary may acquire— 
(1) rights of way necessary to construct, improve, and maintain 
roads within the authorized boundaries of any System unit; and 
(2) land and interests in land adjacent to the rights of way, when— 
(A) considered necessary by the Secretary— 
(i) to provide adequate protection of natural features; or 
(ii) to avoid traffic and other hazards resulting from pri-
vate road access connections; or 
(B) the acquisition of adjacent residual tracts, which otherwise 
would remain after acquiring the rights of way, would be in the 
public interest. 
(h) OPERATION
AND MAINTENANCE
OF MOTOR
AND OTHER EQUIP-
MENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may operate, repair, maintain, and 
replace motor and other equipment on a reimbursable basis when the 
equipment is used on Federal projects of the System, chargeable to 
other appropriations, or on work of other Federal agencies, when re-
quested by the agencies. 
(2) REIMBURSEMENT.—Reimbursement shall be— 
(A) 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, mainte-
nance, depreciation, and equipment management control; and 
(B) credited to appropriations currently available at the time 
adjustment is effected. 
(3) RENTAL OF EQUIPMENT FOR FIRE CONTROL PURPOSES.—The 
Secretary may rent equipment for fire control purposes to State, coun-
ty, private, or other non-Federal agencies that cooperate with the Sec-
retary in the administration of the System and other areas in fire con-
trol. The rental shall be under the terms of written cooperative agree-
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ments. The amount collected for the rentals shall be credited to appro-
priations currently available at the time payment is received. 
§ 100902. Rights of way for public utilities and power and 
communication facilities 
(a) PUBLIC UTILITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Under regulations the Secretary prescribes, the 
Secretary may grant a right of way through a System unit to a citizen, 
association, or corporation of the United States that intends to use the 
right of way for— 
(A) electrical plants, poles, and lines for the generation and dis-
tribution of electrical power; 
(B) telephone and telegraph purposes; and 
(C) canals, ditches, pipes and pipe lines, flumes, tunnels, or 
other water conduits and water plants, dams, and reservoirs used 
to promote irrigation or mining or quarrying, or the manufac-
turing or cutting of timber or lumber, or the supplying of water 
for domestic, public, or any other beneficial uses. 
(2) EXTENT OF RIGHT OF WAY.—A right of way under this sub-
section shall be for— 
(A) the ground occupied by the canals, ditches, flumes, tunnels, 
reservoirs, or other water conduits or water plants, or electrical or 
other works permitted under paragraph (1); and 
(B) not more than 50 feet— 
(i) on each side of the marginal limits of the ground; or 
(ii) on each side of the center line of the pipes and pipe 
lines, electrical, telegraph, and telephone lines and poles. 
(3) APPROVAL.—A right of way under this subsection shall be al-
lowed within or through a System unit only on the approval of the Sec-
retary and on a finding that the right of way is not incompatible with 
the public interest. 
(4) REVOCATION.—The Secretary may revoke a right of way under 
this subsection. 
(5) RIGHT, EASEMENT, OR INTEREST NOT CONFERRED.—A right of 
way under this subsection does not confer any right, easement, or in-
terest in, to, or over a System unit. 
(b) POWER AND COMMUNICATION FACILITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Under regulations the Secretary prescribes, the 
Secretary may grant a right of way over, across, and on through a Sys-
tem unit to a citizen, association, or corporation of the United States 
that intends to use the right of way for— 
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(A) electrical poles and lines for the transmission and distribu-
tion of electrical power; 
(B) poles and lines for communication purposes; and 
(C) radio, television, and other forms of communication trans-
mitting, relay, and receiving structures and facilities. 
(2) EXTENT OF RIGHT OF WAY.—A right of way under this sub-
section— 
(A) shall be for not more than 50 years from the date the right 
of way is granted; and 
(B) for— 
(i) lines and poles shall be for 200 feet on each side of the 
center line of the lines and poles; and 
(ii) radio, television, and other forms of communication 
transmitting, relay, and receiving structures and facilities 
shall be for not more than 400 feet by 400 feet. 
(3) APPROVAL.—A right of way under this subsection shall be al-
lowed within or through a System unit only on the approval of the Sec-
retary and on a finding that the right of way is not incompatible with 
the public interest. 
(4) FORFEITURE AND ANNULMENT.—The Secretary may forfeit and 
annul any part of a right of way under this subsection for— 
(A) nonuse for a period of 2 years; or 
(B) abandonment. 
§ 100903.
Solid waste disposal operations 
(a) IN GENERAL—To protect the air, land, water, and natural and cul-
tural values of the System and the property of the United States in the Sys-
tem, no solid waste disposal site (including any site for the disposal of do-
mestic or industrial solid waste) may be operated within the boundary of 
any System unit, other than— 
(1) a site that was operating as of September 1, 1984; or 
(2) a site used only for disposal of waste generated within that Sys-
tem unit so long as the site will not degrade any of the natural or cul-
tural resources of the System unit. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to carry 
out this section, including reasonable regulations to mitigate the adverse ef-
fects of solid waste disposal sites in operation as of September 1, 1984, on 
property of the United States. 
§ 100904. Admission and special recreation use fees 
(a) SYSTEM UNITS AT WHICH ENTRANCE FEES OR ADMISSIONS FEES 
CANNOT BE COLLECTED.— 
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