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Apex Area Technical Corrections Act
12/29/2022, 10:03 PM
Summary of Bill HR 7247
The bill aims to clarify and update the boundaries of the Apex Area to ensure that it accurately reflects the current landscape and needs of the region. This includes adjusting the boundaries to account for changes in land use, population growth, and infrastructure development.
The Apex Area Technical Corrections Act is a bipartisan effort, with support from both Democrats and Republicans in Congress. It is seen as a necessary step to ensure that the Apex Area continues to thrive and meet the needs of its residents and businesses. Overall, this bill is focused on making technical adjustments to the boundaries of the Apex Area in order to support its economic development and environmental conservation efforts. It is an important piece of legislation that aims to ensure the long-term success and sustainability of the region.
Congressional Summary of HR 7247
Apex Area Technical Corrections Act
This bill makes amendments to the Apex Project, Nevada Land Transfer and Authorization Act of 1989, which provided Clark County, Nevada, with the option to acquire certain federal land referred to as the Apex Site for use as sites for industries that generate hazardous materials (including the Kerr-McGee site).
The Department of the Interior shall grant utility and transportation rights-of-way to the city of North Las Vegas and the Apex Industrial Park Owners Association for the connection of existing electric power, water, natural gas, telephone, railroad, and highway facilities to the Kerr-McGee site and the other lands conveyed in accordance with this bill.
Interior shall also grant to the city of North Las Vegas and the Apex Industrial Owners Association such rights-of-way on public lands as may be necessary to support the development as a heavy use industrial zone of some or all of the lands authorized for sale by Interior within the Apex Site that lie outside the boundaries of the Kerr-McGee site.
Transfers by the United States of any additional lands or interests in lands within the Apex Site or rights-of-way issued pursuant to this bill shall be conditioned upon compliance with applicable federal land laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
The withdrawal of the lands within the Apex Site shall continue in perpetuity for all of the transferred lands.
