54 U.S.C. § 100902: Rights of way for public utilities and power and communication facilities

electrical plants, poles, and lines for the generation and distribution of electrical power; telephone and telegraph purposes; and canals, ditches, pipes and pipe lines, flumes, tunnels, or other water conduits and water plants, dams, and reservoirs used to promote irrigation or mining or quarrying, or the manufacturing or cutting of timber or lumber, or the supplying of water for domestic, public, or any other beneficial uses. the ground occupied by the canals, ditches, flumes, tunnels, reservoirs, or other water conduits or water plants, or electrical or other works permitted under paragraph (1); and on each side of the marginal limits of the ground; or on each side of the center line of the pipes and pipe lines, electrical, telegraph, and telephone lines and poles. A right of way under this subsection shall be allowed within or through a System unit only on the approval of the Secretary and on a finding that the right of way is not incompatible with the public interest. The Secretary may revoke a right of way under this subsection. A right of way under this subsection does not confer any right, easement, or interest in, to, or over a System unit. electrical poles and lines for the transmission and distribution of electrical power; poles and lines for communication purposes; and radio, television, and other forms of communication transmitting, relay, and receiving structures and facilities. shall be for not more than 50 years from the date the right of way is granted; and lines and poles shall be for 200 feet on each side of the center line of the lines and poles; and radio, television, and other forms of communication transmitting, relay, and receiving structures and facilities shall be for not more than 400 feet by 400 feet. A right of way under this subsection shall be allowed within or through a System unit only on the approval of the Secretary and on a finding that the right of way is not incompatible with the public interest. nonuse for a period of 2 years; or abandonment.