SECTION 1. Short Title.
This Act may be cited as the “Apex Area Technical Corrections Act”.
Apex Area Technical Corrections Act
An Act
To amend the Apex Project, Nevada Land Transfer and Authorization Act of 1989 to include the City of North Las Vegas and the Apex Industrial Park Owners Association, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 2. Apex Project, Nevada Land Transfer and Authorization Act of 1989.
The Apex Project, Nevada Land Transfer and Authorization Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–67; 103 Stat. 168) is amended—
in section 2(b)—
by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (8); and
by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
“(6) The term ‘Apex Industrial Park Owners Association’ has the meaning given such term by the charter document for the entity entitled ‘Apex Industrial Park Owners Association’, formed on April 9, 2001, and any successor documents to such charter document, on file with the Nevada Secretary of State.
“(7) The term ‘City of North Las Vegas’ means North Las Vegas, Nevada.”
in section 3(b)—
by striking “ Clark County for the connection” and inserting “ Clark County, the City of North Las Vegas, and the Apex Industrial Park Owners Association, individually or jointly as appropriate, for the connection”;
by striking “ Kerr-McGee Site” and inserting “ Kerr-McGee Site and other lands conveyed in accordance with this Act”; and
by inserting “ (or any successor maps created by the Secretary)” after “ May 1989”;
in section 4(c), by striking “ Pursuant” and all that follows through “ Clark County” and inserting “ During such time as the requirements of section 6 are met, and pursuant to applicable law, the Secretary shall grant Clark County, the City of North Las Vegas, and the Apex Industrial Owners Association”;
in section 4(e)(1), by striking the last sentence and inserting “ The withdrawal made by this subsection shall continue in perpetuity for all lands transferred in accordance with this subsection.”;
in section 4(e), by adding at the end the following:
“(3) In the case of the sale of mineral materials resulting from grading, land balancing, or other activities on the surface of a parcel within the Apex Site for which the United States retains and interest in the minerals—
“(A) it shall be considered impracticable to obtain competition for purposes of section 3602.31(a)(2) of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of the Apex Area Technical Corrections Act); and
“(B) such sale shall be exempt from the quantity and term limitations imposed on noncompetitive sales under subpart 3602 of such title (as in effect on the date of the enactment of the Apex Area Technical Corrections Act.”
; and
in section 6, by adding at the end the following:
“(d) Compliance With Environmental Assessments.—Each transfer by the United States of additional lands or interests in lands within the Apex Site or rights-of-way issued pursuant to this Act 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.”