Federal land rules for the Apex industrial development zone near North Las Vegas, Nevada are updated by this law. The City of North Las Vegas and the Apex Industrial Park Owners Association are added as entities eligible to receive road and utility rights-of-way over land in the area — previously only Clark County held that authorization. The federal mineral withdrawal on transferred parcels becomes permanent rather than time-limited, and any future federal land transfers within the Apex Site must comply with the National Environmental Policy Act and other applicable federal land laws. Mineral materials sold incidentally during grading or land-balancing operations on parcels where the United States retains a mineral interest are exempt from normal competitive bidding requirements.
Corporate Benefits
- Apex Site mineral sales exempt from competitive bidding — applies to incidental mineral extraction during grading or land-balancing on federal mineral interests
Environmental Concerns
- NEPA compliance required as condition of future federal land transfers at Apex Site — adds environmental review requirement to all such conveyances
Congressional Summary
Apex Area Technical Corrections ActThis act directs the Department of the Interior to grant certain rights-of-way related to the Apex Project (an industrial park) to Clark County in Nevada, the city of North Las Vegas, and the Apex Industrial Park Owners Association. Thus, the act expedites the federal permitting process for expanding the industrial park's infrastructure.Specifically, the act directs Interior to 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 lands within the Apex Project site. (Interior is already directed to grant such rights-of-way to Clark County.)Interior must also grant to the county, the city, and association such rights-of-way on public lands as may be necessary to support the development of the industrial park as a heavy use industrial zone. (Currently, Interior may grant the rights-of-way to the county.)The act also requires that the withdrawal of the transferred lands within the Apex Site from all forms of entry and appropriation under the public land laws (e.g., leasing the land for minerals) continue in perpetuity. (Under existing law, the withdrawal was applicable for 12 years.)In the case of the sale of mineral materials resulting from grading or other activities on the surface of a land parcel within the Apex Project site, the sales are exempt from quantity and term limitations placed on noncompetitive sales.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Public Law
- Action Date
- 2025-07-15
- Date Added
- 2026-06-08
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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