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PLRD-83-31 1 (1983-01-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmue0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 PROCUREMENT. LOGISTICS, AND READINESS DIVISION B-181236 JANUARY 14, 1983 The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate 120323 Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Acquisition of Properties and Settling of Claims on White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico (GAO/PLRD-83-31) In your letter of October 6, 1982, you requested that we review the Department of Defense's (DOD's) actions in acquiring properties and settling ranchers' claims on the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Specifically, you asked us to see whether (1) DOD is complying with the law concerning com- pensation for condemned property, (2) DOD is providing fair assessments of property values, including the value of any improvements, and (3) the Government or DOD is liable for breach of contract because of the manner in which lease and suspension agreements have been terminated. BACKGROUND The main part of the White Sands Missile Range is approxi- mately 100 miles in length and 40 miles in width. The range initially consisted of about 1.5 million acres of Federal public domain land, 342,000 acres of State land, and 72,000 acres of privately owned lands. At the time the Federal Government began to use the land in 1942, most of the land was divided into ranching units that were generally a combi- nation of privately owned land, State-owned land leased by ranchers from New Mexico, and public domain land being used by ranchers under grazing permits or licenses issued by the Bureau of Land Management, pursuant to the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315 et seq.). Over the years, the Federal Government has withdrawn the public domain land from public use, terminated the grazing permits or licenses issued ranchers under the Taylor Grazing Act, and acquired the privately owned and State-owned properties. These actions were taken because the Federal Government needed the lands for national defense purposes. (945515)

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