President Signs Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act
Public Law 119-91 enacts the Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act, authorizing a natural gas pipeline lateral through the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area in Nevada. The law opens a previously closed federal land corridor to pipeline construction while directing the Bureau of Land Management to maintain conservation restrictions on the remainder of the 48,000-acre conservation area.
reviewjournal.comWASHINGTON, May 28, 2026 — President Trump signed Public Law 119-91 on May 28, enacting the Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act.
The statute affects the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, a 48,000-acre BLM-managed tract south of Las Vegas established by the 2002 Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act. It specifically authorizes construction and operation of a natural gas pipeline lateral that will connect the existing Kern River Gas Transmission mainline to new customers in the Las Vegas metropolitan area.
The law changes the status of a narrow corridor within the conservation area that had been closed to new rights-of-way under the 2002 designation. The new statute grants the right-of-way, sets pipeline-specific environmental mitigation requirements, and instructs the Bureau of Land Management to complete the permitting process under expedited timelines.
The authorization takes legal effect immediately upon enactment.
Downstream, the Bureau of Land Management must now accept and process a formal right-of-way application from the project sponsor within 90 days and complete the National Environmental Policy Act review under a schedule set by the new law. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will incorporate the statute’s environmental stipulations into any certificate of public convenience and necessity it issues for the lateral.
Construction cannot begin until the BLM right-of-way grant and any required state permits are issued, but the statutory authorization removes the prior legal barrier that had blocked the project for more than a decade.
The measure originated as a stand-alone bill after earlier attempts to include the pipeline language in larger energy packages failed to advance. It passed both chambers by voice vote with no recorded opposition, according to congressional records attached to the enrolled bill.
The law represents the first adjustment to the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area’s boundaries and management prescriptions since its original designation 24 years ago.
Primary sources: Public Law 119-91 (govinfo) · H.R. bill text and roll call records.
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