25 CFR §169.5

1. (a)This part covers rights-of-way over and across Indian or BIA land, for uses including but not limited to the following:
   1. (1)Railroads;
   2. (2)Public roads and highways;
   3. (3)Access roads;
   4. (4)Service roads and trails, even where they are appurtenant to any other right-of-way purpose;
   5. (5)Public and community water lines (including pumping stations and appurtenant facilities);
   6. (6)Public sanitary and storm sewer lines (including sewage disposal and treatment plant lines);
   7. (7)Water control and use projects (including but not limited to, flowage easements, irrigation ditches and canals, and water treatment plant lines);
   8. (8)Oil and gas pipelines (including pump stations, meter stations, and other appurtenant facilities);
   9. (9)Electric transmission and distribution systems (including lines, poles, towers, telecommunication, protection, measurement and data acquisition equipment, other items necessary to operate and maintain the system, and appurtenant facilities);
   10. (10)Telecommunications, broadband, fiber optic lines;
   11. (11)Avigation hazard easements;
   12. (12)Conservation easements not covered by 25 CFR part 84, Encumbrances of Tribal Land—Contract Approvals, or 25 CFR part 162, Leases and Permits; or
   13. (13)Any other new use for which a right-of-way is appropriate but which is unforeseeable as of the effective date of these regulations.
2. (b)Each of the uses listed above includes the right to access the right-of-way to manage vegetation, inspect, maintain and repair equipment, and conduct other activities that are necessary to maintain the right-of-way use.