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S. 3313119th Congress
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The bill requires federal approval of an emergency evacuation road across Blue Ridge Parkway land near Wintergreen, Virginia.
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The Wintergreen Emergency Egress Act would require the Secretary of the Interior to approve a right-of-way across National Park Service land along the Blue Ridge Parkway to create an emergency evacuation route near Wintergreen, Virginia. Before approval, the government must study alternative routes, analyze wildfire behavior, and complete required environmental and historic-preservation reviews.
Residents of the Wintergreen mountain community in Virginia would gain a new evacuation option. The National Park Service, which manages the affected Blue Ridge Parkway land, is also directly involved.
The change reflects a tension between federal land conservation and environmental review rules and local public safety concerns about wildfire evacuation. Approval of the right-of-way depends on completing the required studies and reviews first.
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Right now: a Senate committee is reviewing it. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.