16 USC § 3199 - Navigation aids and other facilities

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s3199"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 3199 - Navigation aids and other facilities"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "3199"
section_name: "Navigation aids and other facilities"
chapter_number: 51
chapter_name: "ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS CONSERVATION"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–487, title XIII, § 1310, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2481.)"
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# § 3199. Navigation aids and other facilities

**(a)** **Existing facilities** 16 U.S.C. 1131

Within conservation system units established or expanded by this Act, reasonable access to, and operation and maintenance of, existing air and water navigation aids, communications sites and related facilities and existing facilities for weather, climate, and fisheries research and monitoring shall be permitted in accordance with the laws and regulations applicable to units of such systems, as appropriate. Reasonable access to and operation and maintenance of facilities for national defense purposes and related air and water navigation aids within or adjacent to such areas shall continue in accordance with the laws and regulations governing such facilities notwithstanding any other provision of this Act. Nothing in the Wilderness Act [ et seq.] shall be deemed to prohibit such access, operation and maintenance within wilderness areas designated by this Act.

**(b)** **New facilities** The establishment, operation, and maintenance within any conservation system unit of new air and water navigation aids and related facilities, facilities for national defense purposes, and related air and water navigation aids, and facilities for weather, climate, and fisheries research and monitoring shall be permitted but only (1) after consultation with the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, by the head of the Federal department or agency undertaking such establishment, operation, or maintenance, and (2) in accordance with such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed in order to minimize the adverse effects of such activities within such unit.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–487, title XIII, § 1310, Dec. 2, 1980, 94 Stat. 2481.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is , , , known as the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

The Wilderness Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is , , , which is classified generally to chapter 23 (§ 1131 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.