PUBLIC LAW 97-232—AUG. 9, 1982
96 STAT. 259
Public Law 97-232 97th Congress
An Act To provide for the development and improvement of the recreation facilities and programs of Gateway National Recreation Area through the use of funds obtained from the development of methane gas resources within the Fountain Avenue Landfill site by the city of New York.
Aug. 9, 1982 [S. 2218]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Gateway United States of America in Congress assembled. That section 3 of National Area, Public Law 92-592 is amended by adding at the end thereof the Recreation improvement. following new subsection: 16 USC 460CC-2. "(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this sec- Fountain tion, the United States hereby conveys to the city of New York all Avenue Landfill rights to the methane gas and associated byproducts resulting from site. solid waste decomposition on the area within the Jamaica Bay Unit Conveyance known as the Fountain Avenue Landfill site, subject to payments to rights. the United States of 50 per centum of the revenue received by the city of New York, if any, from the development of such rights. The Secretary shall grant to the City, its lessee or assignee, all rights-ofway ana other permits necessary from the Department of the Interior to extract and transport the gas from the site: Provided, That the rights-of-way and other permits shall provide for reasonable restoration of the site, including removal of any processing or storage facilities used in the disposal, development, or extraction of the gas, access by the Secretary to the site for safety and other recreation area purposes, and such other reasonable conditions as the Secretary deems necessary to further purposes of the recreation area. All such payments to the United States shall be credited to the Funding. appropriations of the National Park Service for the development and improvement of Gateway National Recreation Area.". SEC. 2. Subsection 4(a) of the Act of October 27, 1972 (86 Stat. 1308), is amended by changing "ten years" in the second sentence to 16 USC 460CC-3. "twenty years". Approved August 9, 1982.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 2218: HOUSE REPORT No. 97-677 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORT No. 97-455 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982): June 9, considered and passed Senate. Aug. 2, considered and passed House.
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