43 U.S.C. § 957 : US Code - Section 957: Right of way to electric power companies

Search 43 U.S.C. § 957 : US Code - Section 957: Right of way to electric power companies

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and empowered, under
general regulations to be fixed by him, to permit the use of right
of way to the extent of twenty-five feet, together with the use of
necessary ground, not exceeding forty acres, upon the public lands
and national forests of the United States by any citizen or
association of citizens of the United States for the purposes of
generating, manufacturing, or distributing electric power.