The route may not run through or under designated wilderness
To amend the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area Act to adjust the boundary of the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, and for other purposes, section 3, Sec. 3.
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The route may not run through or under designated wilderness
The document says “shall not”Who acts: Southern Nevada Water AuthorityHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says
“The right-of-way shall not be located through or under any area designated as wilderness.”
Section 3(b) of the Act, in new subsection (h)(3)(C). It makes a right-of-way issued under the subsection subject to the requirement that it not be located through or under any area designated as wilderness.
What the document actually says
“The right-of-way shall not be located through or under any area designated as wilderness.”
That sentence, in plain words
The route cannot cross land marked as wilderness. It cannot go under it either.
What this is about
Wilderness is a label Congress gives to some land. This part keeps the pipe away from land with that label.
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Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act, Public Law 119-91, sec. 3, 140 Stat. 822 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ91/html/PLAW-119publ91.htm
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“The route may not run through or under designated wilderness,” Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act, section 3, Sec. 3. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/sloan-canyon-conservation-lateral-pipeline-act/proposal/sec03-no-wilderness-route/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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