---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 971c"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "971c"
heading: "Utilization or occupancy of Alaskan easements; consent of agency"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/971c"
units:
  - "Chapter 22 — Rights-Of-Way and Other Easements in Public Lands"
---

# §971c. Utilization or occupancy of Alaskan easements; consent of agency


Lands in Alaska within an easement established under sections [971a](/usc/43/971a.md) to [971e](/usc/43/971e.md) of this title by the [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) of the Interior may not be utilized or occupied without the permission of the [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7), or an officer or agency designated by him. If the lands crossed by an easement established under sections [971a](/usc/43/971a.md) to [971e](/usc/43/971e.md) of this title are under the jurisdiction of a Federal department or agency other than the Department of the Interior, or of a [State](/usc/43/31b.md?p=8), Territory, or other government subdivision or agency, such permission may be granted only with the consent of such department, agency, or other governmental unit.


## Source credit

(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 848, § 3, 70 Stat. 898.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 420b of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.