Rim of the Valley Corridor Preservation Act

“(u) Rim of the Valley Unit

“(1) Definitions—In this subsection:

“(A) State—The term “State” means the State of California.

“(B) Unit—The term “Unit” means the Rim of the Valley Unit included within the boundaries of the recreation area, as depicted on the map described in subsection (c)(1).

“(C) Utility facility—The term utility facility means—

“(i) electric substations, communication facilities, towers, poles, and lines;

“(ii) ground wires;

“(iii) communications circuits;

“(iv) other utility structures; and

“(v) related infrastructure.

“(D) Water resource facility—The term water resource facility means—

“(i) irrigation and pumping facilities;

“(ii) dams and reservoirs;

“(iii) flood control facilities;

“(iv) water conservation works, including debris protection facilities, sediment placement sites, rain gauges, and stream gauges;

“(v) water quality, recycled water, and pumping facilities;

“(vi) conveyance distribution systems;

“(vii) water treatment facilities;

“(viii) aqueducts;

“(ix) canals;

“(x) ditches;

“(xi) pipelines;

“(xii) wells;

“(xiii) hydropower projects;

“(xiv) transmission facilities; and

“(xv) other ancillary facilities, groundwater recharge facilities, water conservation, water filtration plants, and other water diversion, conservation, groundwater recharge, storage, and carriage structures.

“(2) Boundary revision—Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall update the general management plan for the recreation area to reflect the boundaries designated on the map referred to in subsection (c)(1) to include the area known as the “Rim of the Valley Unit”.

“(3) Administration—Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary shall administer the Unit and any land or interest in land acquired by the United States and located within the boundaries of the Unit—

“(A) as part of the recreation area; and

“(B) in accordance with—

“(i) this section; and

“(ii) applicable laws (including regulations).

“(4) Acquisition of land

“(A) In general—The Secretary may acquire non-Federal land within the boundaries of the Unit only through exchange, donation, or purchase from a willing seller.

“(B) Use of eminent domain—Nothing in this subsection authorizes the use of eminent domain to acquire land or interests in land within the boundaries of the Unit.

“(5) Outside activities—The fact that certain activities or land uses can be seen or heard from within the Unit shall not preclude the activities or land uses outside the boundary of the Unit.

“(6) Exclusion of certain land—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no portion of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory shall be considered for inclusion in the Unit until the later of the date on which—

“(A) cleanup of soil at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory has been completed in full compliance with the cleanup standards specified in the administrative orders on consent entered into by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, the Department of Energy, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on December 6, 2010, as the cleanup standards are defined in the orders on that date, such that all contamination in soil is cleaned up to background levels; and

“(B) cleanup of soil for any portion of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory not covered by the orders described in subparagraph (A) that is comparable to the cleanup required for the portions of the laboratory under the orders has been completed in a manner that meets the cleanup standards for all allowable uses in the Ventura County, California, zoning and general plan land use designations for the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in effect as of December 7, 2016.

“(7) Effect of subsection—Nothing in this subsection or the application of the applicable management plan to the Unit—

“(A) modifies any provision of Federal, State, or local law with respect to public access to, or use of, non-Federal land;

“(B) creates any liability, or affects any liability under any other law, of any private property owner or other owner of non-Federal land with respect to any person injured on private property or other non-Federal land;

“(C) allows for the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones outside of the Unit;

“(D) affects the ownership, management, or other rights relating to any non-Federal land (including any interest in any non-Federal land);

“(E) requires any unit of local government to participate in any program administered by the Secretary;

“(F) alters, modifies, or diminishes any right, responsibility, power, authority, jurisdiction, or entitlement of the State, any political subdivision of the State, or any State or local agency under existing Federal, State, or local law (including regulations);

“(G) requires or promotes the use of, or encourages trespass on, land, facilities, and rights-of-way owned by non-Federal entities, including water resource facilities and public utilities, without the written consent of the owner of the land;

“(H) affects the operation, maintenance, modification, construction, or expansion of any water resource facility or utility facility located within or adjacent to the Unit;

“(I) terminates the fee title to land, or the customary operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement activities on or under the land, granted to public agencies that are authorized under Federal or State law; or

“(J) interferes with, obstructs, hinders, or delays the exercise of any right to or access to any water resource facility or other facility or property necessary or useful to access any water right to operate any public water or utility system.

“(8) Utility facilities; water resource facilities—A utility facility or water resource facility shall conduct activities in a manner that reasonably avoids or reduces the impact of the activities on the resources of the Unit.”