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115066 1 (1981-04-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacxts0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I6)0 UNITED STATEs GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION APR 2 3 1981 Mr. R. Max Peterson Chief, U.S. Forest Service U.S. Department of Agriculture ktQC&-C9 3I Washington, D.C. 20250 115066 Dear Mr. Peterson: Subject: Forest Service Land Exchange Activities In th*e Chattahoochee and Oconee National Forestsj We have completed our review of a proposed land exchange with Ben Foster et al (case number A-2064) involving the Chatta hoochee National Forest in Georgia. This review was made at the request of Congressman Larry P. McDonald to determine (1) if applicable laws, regulations and Forest Service procedures were followed in the proposed exchange and (2) the adequacy of Forest Service regulations and procedures for land exchanges made under the authority of the Weeks Lz@, as amendEd (16 U.S.C. 516T)> To accomplish these objectives, we reviewed the proposed land exchange and presented our views to you in a letter report dated December 17, 1980. In a follow-on to this work we reviewed two additional land exchanges recently completed within the Brass- town District of the Chattahoochee National Forest and the Oconee District of the Oconee National Forest to get a better understand- ing of pertinent Forest Service procedures. : 6 () We discussed the land exchanges with, and reviewed the land exchange files maintained by, the cognizant District Rangers, Forest Supervisor, and the Regional Office in Atlanta, Georgia. We also reviewed applicable laws and Forest Service regulations and procedures relating to land exchanges in the National Forest System. During this limited review, we noted the following matters which we are bringing to your attention. 1. The Weeks Law requires that the values of land exchanged either shall be equal, or if they are not equal, the values shall be equalized by the payment of money to the grantor or to the Secretary of Agriculture, as the circumstances require. The law further provides that the Secretary should try to reduce the amount of the payment to as small an amount as possible. How- ever, there does not appear to be a specific basis for rounding the values to equalize a difference. (021930) /41/C~ 0 tEL,~YO

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