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PUBLIC LAW 109–156—DEC. 30, 2005

Public Law 109–156 109th Congress An Act Dec. 30, 2005 [S. 1310]

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Improvement Act. 16 USC 461 note.

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow the Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation to increase the diameter of a natural gas pipeline located in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, to allow certain commercial vehicles to continue to use Route 209 within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, and to extend the termination date of the National Park System Advisory Board to January 1, 2007.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Improvement Act’’. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act: (1) CORPORATION.—The term ‘‘Corporation’’ means the Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation. (2) PIPELINE.—The term ‘‘pipeline’’ means that portion of the pipeline of the Corporation numbered 1278 that is— (A) located in the Recreation Area; and (B) situated on 2 tracts designated by the Corporation as ROW No. 16405 and No. 16413. (3) RECREATION AREA.—The term ‘‘Recreation Area’’ means the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the Interior. (5) SUPERINTENDENT.—The term ‘‘Superintendent’’ means the Superintendent of the Recreation Area. SEC. 3. EASEMENT FOR EXPANDED NATURAL GAS PIPELINE.

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may enter into an agreement with the Corporation to grant to the Corporation an easement to enlarge the diameter of the pipeline from 14 inches to not more than 20 inches. (b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The easement authorized under subsection (a) shall— (1) be consistent with— (A) the recreational values of the Recreation Area; and (B) protection of the resources of the Recreation Area; (2) include provisions for the protection of resources in the Recreation Area that ensure that only the minimum and

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