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PUBLIC LAW 88-607-SEPT. 19, 1964

[78 STAT.

Public Law 88-607 September 19, 1964 [H. R. 5159]

P u b l i c land d i s posal. Interior Secretary, authority. Ante, p. 982. Promulgation of regulations.

P u b l i c a t i o n in Federal Register.

Classification of lands for d i s p o s a l or retention.

P u b l i c a t i o n in Federal Register,

AN ACT To authorize and direct that certain lands exclusively admiiiistered by the Secretary of the Interior be classified in order to provide for their disposal or interim management under principles of multiple use and to produce a sustained yield of products and services, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, consistent with and supplemental to the Taylor Grazing Act of June 28, 1934, as amended (48 Stat. 1269; 43 U.S.C. 315), and pending the implementation of recommendations to be made by the Public Land Law Review Commission— (a) The Secretary of the Interior shall develop and promulgate regulations containing criteria by which he will determine which of the public lands and other Federal lands, including those situated in the State of Alaska exclusively administered by him through the Bureau of Land Management shall be (a) disposed of because they are (1) required for the orderly growth and development of a community or (2) are! chiefly valuable for residential, commercial, a^icultural (exclusive of lands chiefly valuable for grazing and raising forage crops), industrial, or public uses or development or (b) retained, at least during this period, in Federal ownership and managed for (1) domestic livestock grazing, (2) fish and wildlife development and utilization, (3) industrial development, (4) mineral production, (5) occupancy, (6) outdoor recreation, (7) timber production, (8) watershed protection, (9) wilderness preservation, or (10) preservation of public values that would be lost if the land passed from Federal ownership. No such regulation shall become effective until the expiration of at least thirty days after the Secretary or his designee has held a public hearing thereon. Before such public hearing is held, a notice of at least thirty days shall have been given through publication in the Federal Register and notification to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, both of whom shall receive with the notice a copy of the proposed regulation. (b) The Secretary of the Interior shall, as soon as possible, review the public lands as defined herein, in the light of the criteria contained in the regulations issued with this section to determine which lands shall be classified as suitable for disposal and which lands he considers to contain such values as to make them more suitable for retention in Federal ownership for interim management under the principles enunciated in this section. In making his determinations the Secretary shall give due consideration to all pertinent factors, including, but not limited to, ecology, priorities of use, and the relative values of the various resources in particular areas. (1) None of the land subject to this Act shall be given a designation or classification unless such designation or classification is authorized by statute or defined in regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 2. At least sixty days prior to taking the following action the Secretary of the Interior or his designee shall give such public notice of the proposed action as he deems appropriate, including publication in the Federal Register and in a newspaper having general circulation in the area or areas in the vicinity of the affected land: (a) Classification for sale or other disposal under any statute of a tract of land in excess of two thousand five hundred and sixty acres. (b) Classification for management by the Bureau of Land Management of an area in excess of two thousand five hundred and sixty acres

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