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Current as of October 02, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) This part covers rights-of-way over and across Indian or BIA land, for uses including but not limited to the following:
(1) Railroads;
(2) Public roads and highways;
(3) Access roads;
(4) Service roads and trails, even where they are appurtenant to any other right-of-way purpose;
(5) Public and community water lines (including pumping stations and appurtenant facilities);
(6) Public sanitary and storm sewer lines (including sewage disposal and treatment plant lines);
(7) Water control and use projects (including but not limited to, flowage easements, irrigation ditches and canals, and water treatment plant lines);
(8) Oil and gas pipelines (including pump stations, meter stations, and other appurtenant facilities);
(9) Electric transmission and distribution systems (including lines, poles, towers, telecommunication, protection, measurement and data acquisition equipment, other items necessary to operate and maintain the system, and appurtenant facilities);
(10) Telecommunications, broadband, fiber optic lines;
(11) Avigation hazard easements;
(12) Conservation easements not covered by 25 CFR part 84, Encumbrances of Tribal Land—Contract Approvals, or 25 CFR part 162, Leases and Permits; or
(13) Any other new use for which a right-of-way is appropriate but which is unforeseeable as of the effective date of these regulations.
(b) Each of the uses listed above includes the right to access the right-of-way to manage vegetation, inspect, maintain and repair equipment, and conduct other activities that are necessary to maintain the right-of-way use.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Code of Federal Regulations Title 25. Indians § 25.169.5 What types of rights-of-way does this part cover? - last updated October 02, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/cfr/title-25-indians/cfr-sect-25-169-5/
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