Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act

This bill makes the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area in Clark County, Nevada, about 9,290 acres bigger and allows the Southern Nevada Water Authority to build a water pipeline and related facilities through the conservation area and other federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The pipeline cannot go through areas designated as wilderness, and its construction cannot permanently damage the surface of the conservation area. The bill also lets the water authority dig up and dispose of materials like sand, gravel, and minerals when tunneling the pipeline, and the Bureau of Land Management can set rules to protect the area's resources. The expansion of the conservation area cannot interfere with existing rights, like utility lines, or stop new utility projects from being approved.

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