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CED-77-93 1 (1977-07-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaclf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 7- -c? COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 7_1 77 B-184196 JUL; / The Honorable Morris K. Udall Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs LM102781 House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: In accordance with your request of December 21, 1976, we have examined Federal procedures for reviewing public land withdrawals in Nevada and Idaho. Generally, land with- drawals are defined as statutory or administrative actions which (1) restrict or segregate public lands from settle- ment, entry, location, or disposal under some or all of the general land laws and (2) limit the use of land to the spe- cific purpose or purposes for which it was withdrawn. As you know in a report entitled Improvement Needed in Review of Public Land Withdrawals--Land Set Aside for Special Purposes (CED-76-159, November 16, 1976), we reported on improvements needed in the Federal review of public land withdrawals in California. In our report we recommended that to help ensure that public lands are effectively used, the Secretary of the Interior should: --Establish within the Department, and with the coopera- tion of heads of other land-holding agencies, a co- ordinated, comprehesive program to expeditiously revoke all withdrawals which are no longer needed. --Work with the Adminstrator of General Services in defining each agency's withdrawal review responsi- bilities to avoid duplication in reviewing the need for withdrawals. On October 21, 1976, the Federal Land Policy and Manage- ment Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-579) was enacted. This act, in part, deals with reviews and related revocations of ob- solete withdrawals and requires --the Secretary of the Interior to review the need for certain existing withdrawals (including those of other Federal agencies) in certain States within 15 years of the act, and CED-77-93

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