Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to issue a right-of-way for an emergency egress route near Wintergreen on the Blue Ridge Parkway once specified environmental and alternatives reviews are complete.
Who Benefits and How
The Wintergreen area gains a federally mandated path toward an emergency exit route intended to improve evacuation options.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Department of the Interior must process the right-of-way once the specified analyses and environmental reviews are complete.
Key Provisions
- Amends existing law so the Secretary shall issue the specified right-of-way rather than merely having discretion to do so.
- Conditions the mandatory issuance on alternatives analysis, fire-behavior analysis, and completion of required environmental reviews.
- Ties the right-of-way to a specific mapped egress proposal near Wintergreen.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to issue a right-of-way for an emergency egress route near Wintergreen on the Blue Ridge Parkway once specified environmental and alternatives reviews are complete.
Key Policy Areas
Transportation, Environment, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to issue a right-of-way for an emergency egress route near Wintergreen on the Blue Ridge Parkway once specified environmental and alternatives reviews are complete.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Wintergreen area residents and emergency responders
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Department of the Interior
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Tim Kaine
D-VA | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Kaine (for himself and Mr. Warner) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Wintergreen area residents and emergency responders
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the secretary"
- → Secretary of the Interior
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