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Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area — USFS / TVA Boundary (KY)

Tracked preemption from the Kentucky overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
1963-01-01
Sunset
—
Authority
federal_via_state
Scope
state:KY
Other Kentucky preemptions
2024 HB 443 — Objective-Standards / Ministerial-Application MandateKRS 65.490 et seq. — Tax Increment Financing (Local Development Areas)KRS 67C / Ky. Const. §156a — Louisville Metro Consolidated Local GovernmentKRS Chapter 224A / 224.01-400 — Brownfield Voluntary Environmental RemediationKRS 100.348 — Manufactured Housing Anti-Exclusion & Parity (2025 HB 160)KRS Chapter 350 / SMCRA — Surface Coal Mining Regulation & Mountaintop RemovalOffice of Kentucky Nature Preserves (OKNP) — Designated Nature Preserves & T&E HabitatKRS 146.200 et seq. — Kentucky Wild Rivers System

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

AND
  • city.county_fips ∈ {21139, 21157}
  • OR
    • parcel.adjacent_to_lbl_nra == True
    • parcel.on_tva_kentucky_lake_or_lake_barkley_shoreline == True

Preempted fields

2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
review_typerequiretva_section_26a_permitTVA Act §26a (16 USC §831y-1) / 18 CFR Part 1304: shoreline construction (docks, stabilization, intakes, obstructions affecting navigation/flood control) on Kentucky Lake or Lake Barkley requires TVA §26a permit
base_districts[*].lbl_adjacency_reviewaddusfs_coordination_viewshed_wildlife_water_qualityUSFS LBL Area Office coordinates on adjacent land-use proposals; LBL Plan of Operations governs the federal side

Citation

Authority source
16 USC §460lll (LBL Protection Act of 1998 — transferred LBL from TVA to USFS); TVA Act §26a (16 USC §831y-1); 18 CFR Part 1304 (TVA shoreline regulations); USFS LBL Area Plan (2004)
§ 16 USC §460lll; 16 USC §831y-1; 18 CFR Part 1304
https://www.landbetweenthelakes.us/

Research notes

LBL NRA (~170,000 ac) spans Lyon and Trigg counties KY (FIPS 21143, 21221) and Stewart County TN. Bounded by Kentucky Lake (TVA-impounded Tennessee River) and Lake Barkley (USACE-impounded Cumberland River). Managed by USFS since 1998 (transferred from TVA). Reservoir shorelines remain under TVA §26a (Kentucky Lake) and USACE Section 10/408 (Lake Barkley) jurisdictions. Marshall, Lyon, Trigg, Calloway, Livingston, Caldwell, Christian KY counties have meaningful TVA/USACE shoreline exposure. Local docks-and-shoreline ordinances are advisory; federal approval controls.