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[79 STAT. 1031]
PUBLIC LAW 89-000—MMMM. DD, 1965
[79 STAT. 1031]

79 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 89-285-OCT. 22, 1965

vision for effective control of the establishment and maintenance along the Interstate System and the primary system of outdoor junkyards, which are within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-ofway and visible from the main traveled way of the system, shall be reduced by amounts equal to 10 per centum of the amounts which would otherwise be apportioned to such State under section 104 of this title, until such time as such State shall provide for such effective control. Any amount which is withheld from apportionment to any State hereunder shall be reapportioned to the other States. Whenever he determines it to be in the public interest, the Secretary may suspend, for such periods as he deems necessary, the application of this subsection to a State. "(c) Effective control means that by January 1, 1968, such junkyards shall be screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the main traveled way of the system, or shall be removed from sight. " (d) The term 'junk' shall mean old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste, or junked, dismantled, or wrecked automobiles, or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material. "(e) The term 'automobile graveyard' shall mean any establishment or place of business which is maintained, used, or operated for storing, keeping, buying, or selling wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts. " (f) The term 'junkyard' shall mean an establishment or place of business which is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying, or selling junk, or for the maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard, and the term shall include garbage dumps and sanitary fills. " (g) Notwithstanding any provision of this section, junkyards, auto graveyards, and scrap metal processing facilities may be operated within areas adjacent to the Interstate System and the primary system which are within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-ofway and which are zoned industrial under authority of State law, or which are not zoned under authority of State law, but are used for industrial activities, as determined by the several States subject to approval by the Secretary. ' ' (h) Notwithstanding any provision of this section, any junkyard in existence on the date of enactment of this section which does not conform to the requirements of this section and which the Secretary finds as a practical matter cannot be screened, shall not be required to be removed until July 1, 1970. " (i) The Federal share of landscaping and screening costs under this section shall be 75 per centum. "(j) Just compensation shall be paid the owner for the relocation, removal, or disposal of the following junkyards— " (1) those lawfully in existence on the date of enactment of this subsection, "(2) those lawfully along any highway made a part of the interstate or primary system on or after the enactment of this subsection and before January 1, 1968, and "(3) those lawfully established on or after January 1, 1968. The Federal share of such compensation shall be 75 per centum. " (k) All public lands or reservations of the United States which are adjacent to any portion of the interstate and primary systems shall be effectively controlled in accordance with the provisions of this section. " (1) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a State from establishing standards imposing stricter limitations with respect to outdoor junk-

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Reapportionment of withheld funds.

Definitions.

Landscaping and screening c o s t s. Junkyards. Costs of relocation, etc.