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title: "16 U.S.C. § 460dd–6"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 460dd–6 - Easements and rights-of-way

## Text

The Secretary shall grant easements and rights-of-way on a nondiscriminatory basis upon, over, under, across, or along any component of the recreation area unless he finds that the route of such easements and rights-of-way would have significant adverse effects on the administration of the recreation area.

(Pub. L. 92–593, § 7, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1312.)