10 U.S.C. § 2668
Sections in this chapter
- § 2661
- § 2661a
- § 2662
- § 2663
- § 2664
- § 2665
- § 2666
- § 2667
- § 2667a
- § 2668
- § 2668a
- § 2669
- § 2670
- § 2671
- § 2672
- § 2672a
- § 2673
- § 2674
- § 2675
- § 2676
- § 2677
- § 2678
- § 2679
- § 2680
- § 2681
- § 2682
- § 2683
- § 2684
- § 2684a
- § 2685
- § 2686
- § 2687
- § 2687a
- § 2688
- § 2689
- § 2690
- § 2691
- § 2692
- § 2693
- § 2694
- § 2694a
- § 2694b
- § 2694c
- § 2694d
- § 2695
- § 2696
- § 2697
§ 2668. Easements for rights-of-way
- (a) If the Secretary of a military department finds that it will not be against the public interest, the Secretary may grant, upon such terms as the Secretary considers advisable, easements for rights-of-way over, in, and upon public lands permanently withdrawn or reserved for the use of that department, and other lands under the Secretary’s control for—
- (1) railroad tracks;
- (2) gas, water, sewer, and oil pipe lines;
- (3) substations for electric power transmission lines and pumping stations for gas, water, sewer, and oil pipe lines;
- (4) canals;
- (5) ditches;
- (6) flumes;
- (7) tunnels;
- (8) dams and reservoirs in connection with fish and wildlife programs, fish hatcheries, and other improvements relating to fish-culture;
- (9) roads and streets;
- (10) poles and lines for the transmission or distribution of electric power;
- (11) poles and lines for the transmission or distribution of communications signals (including telephone and telegraph signals);
- (12) structures and facilities for the transmission, reception, and relay of such signals; and
- (13) any other purpose that the Secretary considers advisable.
- (b) No easement granted under this section may include more land than is necessary for the easement.
- (c) The Secretary of the military department concerned may terminate all or part of any easement granted under this section for—
- (1) failure to comply with the terms of the grant;
- (2) nonuse for a two-year period; or
- (3) abandonment.
- (d) Copies of instruments granting easements over public lands under this section shall be furnished to the Secretary of the Interior.
- (e) Subsections (c) and (e) of section 2667 of this title shall apply with respect to in-kind consideration and proceeds received by the Secretary of a military department in connection with an easement granted under this section in the same manner as such subsections apply to in-kind consideration and money rentals received pursuant to leases entered into by that Secretary under such section.
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