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112 STAT. 2970 PUBLIC LAW 105-313—OCT. 30, 1998 (B) EXEMPTION OP MARKINGS. —The Tribe may exempt markings on a water tower or standpipe that merely identify the Tribe. (d) EASEMENTS AND RANGER STATION. —Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the following provisions shall apply: (1) NATURAL EASEMENTS.— (A) IN GENERAL.— The use and occupancy of the MRA by the Tribe shall be perpetually subject to natural easements on parcels of land that are— (i) bounded on the north and south by the boundaries of the MRA, specified in the legal description under section 4(4); and (ii) bounded on the east and west by boundaries that run perpendicular to the northern and southern boundaries of the MRA, as provided in the description under subparagraph (B). (B) DESCRIPTION.— The description referred to in subparagraph (A)(ii) is as follows: (i) Easement number 1, being 445 feet wide with western boimdary 525 feet, and eastern boundary 970 feet, east of the western boundary of the MRA. (ii) Easement number 2, being 443 feet wide with western boundary 3,637 feet, and eastern boundary 4,080 feet, east of the western boundary of the MRA. (iii) Easement number 3, being 320 feet wide with western boundary 5,380 feet, and eastern boundary 5,700 feet, east of the western boundary of the MRA. (iv) Easement number 4, being 290 feet wide with western boundsiry 6,020 feet, and eastern boundary 6,310 feet, east of the western boundary of the MRA. (v) Easement number 5, being 290 feet wide with western boundary 8,170 feet, and eastern boundary 8,460 feet, east of the western boundary of the MRA. (vi) Easement number 6, being 312 feet wide with western boundary 8,920 feet, and eastern boundary 9,232 feet, east of the western boundgiry of the MRA. (2) EXTENT OF EASEMENTS.—The aggregate extent of the east-west parcels of lands subject to easements under paragraph (1) shall not exceed 2,100 linear feet, as depicted on the map referred to in section 4(4). (3) USE OP EASEMENTS.— At the discretion of the Secretary, the Secretary may use the natural easements specified in paragraph (1) to fulfill a hydrological or other environmental objective of the Everglades National Park. (4) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— In addition to providing for the easements specified in paragraph (1), the Tribe shall not impair or impede the continued function of the water control structures designated as "S-12A" and "S-12B", located north of the MRA on the Tamiami Trail and any existing water flow ways under the Old Tamiami Trail. (5) USE BY DEPARTMENT OP THE INTERIOR. —The Department of the Interior shall have a right, in perpetuity, to use and occupy, and to have vehicular and airboat access to, the Tamiami Ranger Station identified on the map referred to in section 4(4), except that the pad on which such station is constructed shall not be increased in size without the consent of the Tribe.