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[74 Stat. 861]
PUBLIC LAW 86-000—MMMM. DD, 1960
[74 Stat. 861]

74 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 86-729-SEPT. 8, 1960

thence westerly along the south line of said section 11 and the north line of section 15, said township and range, to the northwest corner of said section 15; thence southerly along the west lines of said section 15 and sections 22 and 27, said township and range, to the northeast corner of section 33, said township and range; thence westerly along the north lines of said section 33 and section 32, said township and range, to the northwest corner of said section 32; thence southerly along the west lines of said section 32, said township 8 north, range 103 west, and section 5, township 7 north, range 103 west, to the northeast corner of section 7, said township and range; thence westerly along the north lines of said section 7, said township 7 north, range 103 west, and section 12 and fractional section 11, fractional township 7 north, range 104 west, sixth principal meridian, Colorado, to a point on the Utah-Colorado State boundary line, being the northeast corner of section 12, township 3 south, range 25 east. Salt Lake meridian, Utah, the point 01 beginning. The tract as described contains approximately 208,760 acres, subject to adjustment to lines of public land surveys. SEC. 2. (a) In order to provide suitable access to Dinosaur National Monument and facilities and services required in the operation and administration of the monument, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to select the location of an entrance road or roads to the monument and to points of interest therein, from U.S. Eoute 40, including an entrance and related administrative headquarters site of not more than four hundred acres, and he may provide, upon lands donated outside of the monument, connections between Dinosaur National Monument park roads. To carry out the purposes of this Act the Secretary of the Interior may acquire non-Federal lands or interests in lands by donation, purchase, or exchange: Provided, That lands and interests acquired for said entrance roads and connections shall consist of the fee title to a right-of-way of not more than an average of twentyfive acres per mile and of scenic easements on lands adjoining the rightof-way, said easements not to exceed an average of one hundred acres per mile. Said roads and administrative site shall constitute a part of Dinosaur National Monument and be administered pursuant to such special regulations as the Secretary of the Interior shall promulgate in furtherance of the purposes of this section. (b) The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to construct, reconstruct, improve, and maintain upon the land so acquired or otherwise in Government ownership an entrance road or roads and connections of parkway standards, including necessary bridges and other structures and utilities as necessary, and funds appropriated for the National P a r k Service shall be available for these purposes. SEC. 3. Where any Federal lands included within the boundaries of Dinosaur National Monument as revised pursuant to this Act were legally occupied or utilized on the date of approval of this Act for grazing purposes pursuant to a lease, permit, or license issued or authorized by any department, establishment, or agency of the United States the person so occupying or utilizing such lands, and the heirs, successors, or assigns of such person, shall upon the termination of such lease, permit, or license be entitled to have the privilege so possessed or enjoyed by him renewed from time to time, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe, for a period of twenty-five years from the date of approval of this Act, and thereafter during the lifetime of such person and the life-

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Entrance road.

Regulations.

Appropriations. Grazing lands.