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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Glacier Bay National Park Boundary
Adjustment Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. LAND EXCHANGE AND WILDERNESS DESIGNATION.

(a) In General.--(1) Subject to conditions set forth in subsection
(c), if the State of Alaska, in a manner consistent with this Act,
offers to transfer to the United States the lands identified in
paragraph (2) in exchange for the lands identified in paragraph (4),
selected from the area described in section 3(b)(1), the Secretary of
the Interior (in this Act referred to as the ''Secretary'') shall
complete such exchange no later than 6 months after the issuance of a
license to Gustavus Electric Company by the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (in this Act referred to as ''FERC''), in accordance with
this Act. This land exchange shall be subject to the laws applicable to
exchanges involving lands managed by the Secretary as part of the
National Park System in Alaska and the appropriate process for the
exchange of State lands required by State law.
(2) The lands to be conveyed to the United States by the State of
Alaska shall be determined by mutual agreement of the Secretary and the
State of Alaska. Lands that will be considered for conveyance to the
United States pursuant to the process required by State law are lands
owned by the State of Alaska in the Long Lake area within Wrangell-St.
Elias National Park and Preserve, or other lands owned by the State of
Alaska.
(3) If the Secretary and the State of Alaska have not agreed on
which lands the State of Alaska will convey by a date not later than 6
months after a license is issued pursuant to this Act, the United
States shall accept, within 1 year after a license is issued, title to
land having a sufficiently equal value to satisfy State and Federal
law, subject to clear title and valid existing rights, and absence of
environmental contamination, and as provided by the laws applicable to
exchanges involving lands managed by the Secretary as part of the
National Park System in Alaska and the appropriate process for the
exchange of State lands required by State law. Such land shall be
accepted by the United States, subject to the other provisions of this
Act, from among the following State lands in the priority listed:

copper river meridian

(A) T.6 S., R. 12 E., partially surveyed, Sec. 5, lots 1, 2,
and 3, NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, and S\1/2\. Containing 617.68 acres,
as shown on the plat of survey accepted June 9, 1922.
(B) T.6 S., R. 11 E., partially surveyed, Sec. 11, lots 1 and
2, NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, and N\1/2\SE\1/4\; Sec. 12;
Sec. 14, lots 1 and 2, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\. Containing 1,191.75 acres,
as shown on the plat of survey accepted June 9, 1922.
(C) T.6 S., R. 11 E., partially surveyed, Sec. 2, NW\1/4\NE\1/
4\ and NW\1/4\. Containing 200.00 acres, as shown on the plat of
survey accepted June 9, 1922.
(D) T.6 S., R. 12 E., partially surveyed, Sec. 6. lots 1
through 10, E\1/2\SW\1/4\ and SE\1/4\. Containing approximately
529.94 acres, as shown on the plat of survey accepted June 9, 1922.
(4) The lands to be conveyed to the State of Alaska by the United
States under paragraph (1) are lands to be designated by the Secretary
and the State of Alaska, consistent with sound land management
principles, based on those lands determined by FERC with the
concurrence of the Secretary and the State of Alaska, in accordance
with section 3(b), to be the minimum amount of land necessary for the
construction and operation of a hydroelectric project.
(5) The time periods set forth for the completion of the land
exchanges described in this Act may be extended as necessary by the
Secretary should the processes of State law or Federal law delay
completion of an exchange.
(6) For purposes of this Act, the term ''land'' means lands,
waters, and interests therein.
(b) Wilderness.--(1) To ensure that this transaction maintains,
within the National Wilderness Preservation System, approximately the
same amount of area of designated wilderness as currently exists, the
following lands in Alaska shall be designated as wilderness in the
priority listed, upon consummation of the land exchange authorized by
this Act and shall be administered according to the laws governing
national wilderness areas in Alaska:
(A) An unnamed island in Glacier Bay National Park lying
southeasterly of Blue Mouse Cove in sections 5, 6, 7, and 8, T. 36
S., R. 54 E., CRM, and shown on United States Geological Survey
quadrangle Mt. Fairweather (D-2), Alaska, containing approximately
789 acres.
(B) Cenotaph Island of Glacier Bay National Park lying within
Lituya Bay in sections 23, 24, 25, and 26, T. 37 S., R. 47 E., CRM,
and shown on United States Geological Survey quadrangle Mt.
Fairweather (C-5), Alaska, containing approximately 280 acres.
(C) An area of Glacier Bay National Park lying in T. 31. S., R.
43 E and T. 32 S., R. 43 E., CRM, that is not currently designated
wilderness, containing approximately 2,270 acres.
(2) The specific boundaries and acreage of these wilderness
designations may be reasonably adjusted by the Secretary, consistent
with sound land management principles, to approximately equal, in sum,
the total wilderness acreage deleted from Glacier Bay National Park and
Preserve pursuant to the land exchange authorized by this Act.
(c) Conditions.--Any exchange of lands under this Act may occur
only if--
(1) following the submission of a complete license application,
FERC has conducted economic and environmental analyses under the
Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 791-828) (notwithstanding provisions
of that Act and the Federal regulations that otherwise exempt this
project from economic analyses), the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321-4370), and the Fish and Wildlife
Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661-666), that conclude, with the
concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior with respect to
subparagraphs (A) and (B), that the construction and operation of a
hydroelectric power project on the lands described in section
3(b)--
(A) will not adversely impact the purposes and values of
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (as constituted after
the consummation of the land exchange authorized by this
section);
(B) will comply with the requirements of the National
Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470-470w); and
(C) can be accomplished in an economically feasible manner;
(2) FERC held at least one public meeting in Gustavus, Alaska,
allowing the citizens of Gustavus to express their views on the
proposed project;
(3) FERC has determined, with the concurrence of the Secretary
and the State of Alaska, the minimum amount of land necessary to
construct and operate this hydroelectric power project; and
(4) Gustavus Electric Company has been granted a license by
FERC that requires Gustavus Electric Company to submit an
acceptable financing plan to FERC before project construction may
commence, and the FERC has approved such plan.

SEC. 3. ROLE OF FERC.

(a) License Application.--(1) The FERC licensing process shall
apply to any application submitted by Gustavus Electric Company to the
FERC for the right to construct and operate a hydropower project on the
lands described in subsection (b).
(2) FERC is authorized to accept and consider an application filed
by Gustavus Electric Company for the construction and operation of a
hydropower plant to be located on lands within the area described in
subsection (b), notwithstanding section 3(2) of the Federal Power Act
(16 U.S.C. 796(2)). Such application must be submitted within 3 years
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(3) FERC will retain jurisdiction over any hydropower project
constructed on this site.
(b) Analyses.--(1) The lands referred to in subsection (a) of this
section are lands in the State of Alaska described as follows:

copper river meridian

Township 39 South, Range 59 East, partially surveyed, Section 36
(unsurveyed), SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\,
W\1/2\W\1/2\NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\. Containing
approximately 130 acres.
Township 40 South, Range 59 East, partially surveyed, Section 1
(unsurveyed), NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/
4\, excluding U.S. Survey 944 and Native allotment A-442; Section 2
(unsurveyed), fractional, that portion lying above the mean high tide
line of Icy Passage, excluding U.S. Survey 944 and U.S. Survey 945;
Section 11 (unsurveyed), fractional, that portion lying above the mean
high tide line of Icy Passage, excluding U.S. Survey 944; Section 12
(unsurveyed), fractional, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NW\1/4\SW\1/4\NE\1/4\,
and those portions of NW\1/4\ and SW\1/4\ lying above the mean high
tide line of Icy Passage, excluding U.S. Survey 944 and Native
allotment A-442. Containing approximately 1,015 acres.
(2) Additional lands and acreage will be included as needed in the
study area described in paragraph (1) to account for accretion to these
lands from natural forces.
(3) With the concurrence of the Secretary and the State of Alaska,
the FERC shall determine the minimum amount of lands necessary for
construction and operation of such project.
(4) The National Park Service shall participate as a joint lead
agency in the development of any environmental document under the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 in the licensing of such
project. Such environmental document shall consider both the impacts
resulting from licensing and any land exchange necessary to authorize
such project.
(c) Issuance of License.--(1) A condition of the license to
construct and operate any portion of the hydroelectric power project
shall be FERC's approval, prior to any commencement of construction, of
a finance plan submitted by Gustavus Electric Company.
(2) The National Park Service, as the existing supervisor of
potential project lands ultimately to be deleted from the Federal
reservation in accordance with this Act, waives its right to impose
mandatory conditions on such project lands pursuant to section 4(e) of
the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 797(e)).
(3) FERC shall not license or relicense the project, or amend the
project license unless it determines, with the Secretary's concurrence,
that the project will not adversely impact the purposes and values of
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (as constituted after the
consummation of the land exchange authorized by this Act).
Additionally, a condition of the license, or any succeeding license, to
construct and operate any portion of the hydroelectric power project
shall require the licensee to mitigate any adverse effects of the
project on the purposes and values of Glacier Bay National Park and
Preserve identified by the Secretary after the initial licensing.
(4) A condition of the license to construct and operate any portion
of the hydroelectric power project shall be the completion, prior to
any commencement of construction, of the land exchange described in
this Act.

SEC. 4. ROLE OF SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

(a) Special Use Permit.--Notwithstanding the provisions of the
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133-1136), the Secretary shall issue a
special use permit to Gustavus Electric Company to allow the completion
of the analyses referred to in section 3. The Secretary shall impose
conditions in the permit as needed to protect the purposes and values
of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
(b) Park System.--The lands acquired from the State of Alaska under
this Act shall be added to and administered as part of the National
Park System, subject to valid existing rights. Upon completion of the
exchange of lands under this Act, the Secretary shall adjust, as
necessary, the boundaries of the affected National Park System units to
include the lands acquired from the State of Alaska; and adjust the
boundary of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve to exclude the lands
transferred to the State of Alaska under this Act. Any such adjustment
to the boundaries of National Park System units resulting from this Act
shall not be charged against any acreage limitations under section
103(b) of Public Law 96-487.
(c) Wilderness Area Boundaries.--The Secretary shall make any
necessary modifications or adjustments of boundaries of wilderness
areas as a result of the additions and deletions caused by the land
exchange referenced in section 2. Any such adjustment to the boundaries
of National Park System units shall not be considered in applying any
acreage limitations under section 103(b) of Public Law 96-487.
(d) Concurrence of the Secretary.--Whenever in this Act the
concurrence of the Secretary is required, it shall not be unlawfully
withheld or unreasonably delayed.

SEC. 5. APPLICABLE LAW.

The authorities and jurisdiction provided in this Act shall
continue in effect until such time as this Act is expressly modified or
repealed by Congress.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
Glacier Bay National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 1998 - Provides for: (1) an exchange of specified State lands in Alaska for specified Federal lands to be completed within six months after the issuance of a license to Gustavus Electric Company (GEC) by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the construction and operation of a hydroelectric project on such Federal lands; or (2) the exchange of other specified Alaska lands having a sufficiently equal value to satisfy State and Federal law within one year after such license is issued if the Secretary of the Interior and Alaska have not agreed on which lands Alaska will convey within such six-month period.
Designates specified State lands and waters in Alaska as wilderness upon consummation of such exchange to ensure that this transaction maintains approximately the same amount of area of designated wilderness.
Conditions such land exchange on: (1) FERC's having conducted economic and environmental analyses pursuant to the Federal Power Act (FPA), the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act that conclude that the construction and operation of a hydroelectric power project on such lands will not adversely impact the purposes and values of the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, will comply with the requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act, and can be accomplished in an economically feasible manner; (2) FERC holding at least one public meeting in Gustavus, Alaska, allowing its citizens to express their views on the proposed project; (3) FERC having determined, with the concurrence of the Secretary and Alaska, the minimum amount of land necessary to construct and operate the project; (4) GEC having been granted a FERC license that requires it to submit an acceptable financing plan to FERC before project construction commences; and (5) FERC approving such plan.
Makes the FERC licensing process applicable to any application submitted by GEC to FERC for the right to construct and operate a hydropower project on specified Alaska lands. Authorizes FERC to accept and consider an application filed by GEC for construction and operation of such a project, notwithstanding FPA provisions, if submitted within three years after this Act's enactment. Provides for FERC to retain jurisdiction over any hydropower project constructed on such site. Sets forth additional provisions regarding issuance of a license for construction or operation of such a project.
(Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary to issue a special use permit to GEC to allow completion of the required analyses. Requires the Secretary to impose conditions in the permit as needed to protect the purposes and values of the Preserve. Requires the lands acquired from Alaska to be added to and administered as part of the National Park System, subject to valid existing rights.
Continues the authorities and jurisdiction provided in this Act until expressly modified or repealed by the Congress.