H.R. 618 · Signed into law · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Apex Area Technical Corrections Act
Sponsor: Steven Horsford (D-NV)
What it does
- Grant utility and transportation rights-of-way from the Department of the Interior to the city of North Las Vegas and the Apex Industrial Park Owners Association for electric power, water, natural gas, telephone, railroa
- Authorize rights-of-way on public lands necessary to support development of the Apex Site as a heavy-use industrial zone outside the Kerr-McGee site boundaries.
- Condition all land transfers and rights-of-way issued under this bill on compliance with applicable federal land laws.
Official summary
Apex Area Technical Corrections Act This bill provides for the transfer of certain rights-of-way related to the Apex Project from the Department of the Interior to the city of North Las Vegas and the Apex Industrial Park Owners Association. Specifically, the bill modifies the Apex Project, Nevada Land Transfer and Authorization Act of 1989, which provided Clark County, Nevada, with the option to acquire certain federal land referred to as the Apex Site for use as sites for industries that generate hazardous materials (including the Kerr-McGee site). Under the bill, the Department of the Interior must grant utility and transportation rights-of-way to the city of North Las Vegas and the Apex Industrial Park Owners Association for the connection of existing electric power, water, natural gas, telephone, railroad, and highway facilities to the Kerr-McGee site and the other lands conveyed in accordance with the bill. Interior must also grant to the city and association such rights-of-way on public lands as may be necessary to support the development as a heavy use industrial zone of some or all of the lands authorized for sale by Interior within the Apex Site that lie outside the…
Latest action
Jul 15, 2025: Became Public Law No: 119-24.
Committee: House Natural Resources