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RCED-85-41 1 (1985-03-22)

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REPORT BY THE U.S.'

General Accounting Office







The Corps Of Engineers Should Revise Its

Policy For Identifying Unneeded Land




In July 1982 the Corps of Engineers identified
35,000 acres of unneeded land in response
to the President's February 1982 Executive
Order 12348 asking federal agencies to re-
port real property no longer needed to meet
agency objectives.
At five projects, GAO identified an additional
16,682 acres which were not being used for
project purposes, including 16,002 acres
being leased for farming or grazing. The
Corps did not consider this land for possible
disposal because most of it is occasionally
flooded. GAO believes this land could be
offered for sale, if it meets other federal
requirements such as environmental con-
siderations, with easements that give the
government the perpetual right to flood the
land and prevent incompatible development.

GAO is therefore recommending that the
Corps revise its land excessing policy to not
automatically exclude for possible disposal
land which is occasionally flooded and on
which the government's interests can be
fully protected through the use of easements.



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