S 3313
Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act
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Bill overview
This bill directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an emergency exit route on National Park Service land in Virginia, specifically near the Blue Ridge Parkway. It modifies existing law to require a detailed evaluation of alternatives to the proposed route, including assessing existing trails for conversion. The Secretary must also conduct an ecological fire analysis and complete all necessary environmental reviews before issuing a right-of-way for the egress path.
Key provisions
- Requires the Secretary of the Interior to issue a right-of-way for an emergency exit.
- Specifies the location of the proposed egress route near Milepost 9.6 of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
- Mandates an evaluation of alternatives to the proposed route, including trail conversion.
- Requires an analysis of expected fire ecology behavior.
- Requires completion of environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act.
Who is affected
- National Park Service
- State of Virginia
- Blue Ridge Parkway Visitors
- Federal Government
- Local Communities near the Parkway
Notable changes
- Modifies the existing authority for the Secretary of the Interior to issue right-of-ways.
- Introduces specific requirements for evaluating alternatives to the proposed egress route.
- Adds ecological fire analysis as a mandatory component of the decision-making process.
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
S. 3313
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
A BILL
To require the Secretary of the Interior to issue a right-of-way for an emergency exit on certain National Park Service land in the State of Virginia, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act
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Section 2 of the Act of June 30, 1936 (49 Stat. 2041, chapter 883; 54 Stat. 250, chapter 277; 16 U.S.C. 460a–3), is amended—
by striking Secretary of the Interior may issue
and inserting the following: “Secretary of the Interior—
by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and
; and
by adding at the end the following:
Proposed Egresson the map entitled
Proposed Wintergreen Emergency Egress Near Milepost 9.6, numbered 601/194,694, and dated September 2024, if the Secretary certifies that—
an analysis of expected fire ecology behavior in the event of a fire emergency has been completed with respect to the right-of-way; and