OCR Text |
Show should expire after a reasonable period of time. Page 265. 117. Public lands generally should not be disposed of in an area unless adequate state or local zoning is in effect. In the absence of such zoning, and where disposal is otherwise desirable, covenants in Federal deeds should be used to protect public values. Page 266. 118. Protective covenants should be included in Federal deeds to preserve important environmental values on public lands in certain situations, even where state or local zoning is in effect. Page 266. 119. The general acquisition authority of the public land management agencies should be consistent with agency missions. Page 267. 120. The general land acquisition authority of the public land management agencies should be revised to provide uniformity and comprehensiveness with respect to (1) the interests in lands which may be acquired, and (2) the techniques available to acquire them. Page 267. 121. The public land management agencies should be authorized to employ a broad array of acquisition techniques on an experimental basis in order to determine which appear best adapted to meeting the problem of price escalation of lands required for Federal programs. Page 268. 122. Congress should specify the general program needs for which lands may be acquired by each public land agency. Page 269. 123. Justification standards for and oversight of public land acquisitions should be strengthened, and present statutory requirements for state consent to certain land acquisitions should be replaced with directives to engage in meaningful coordination of Federal acquisition programs with state and local governments. Page 269. 124. General land exchange authority should be used primarily to block up existing Federal holdings or to accomplish minor land tenure adjustments in the public interest, but not for acquisition of major new Federal units. Page 270. 125. Exchange authority of the public land management agencies should be made uniform to permit (1) the exchange of all classes of real property interests, and (2) cash equalization within percentage limits of the value of the transaction. Page 271. 126. Generally, within each department, all federally owned lands otherwise available for disposal should be subject to exchange, regardless of agency jurisdiction and geographic limitation. Page 271. 127. Public land administrators should be authorized by law to dispense with the requirement of a formal appraisal: (1) in any sale or lease where there is a formal finding that competition exists, the sale or lease will be held under competitive bidding procedures, and the property does not have a value in excess of some specified amount set forth in the statute; and (2) whenever property can be acquired for less than some specified price set forth in the statute, provided a formal finding is made that the property to be acquired has a value at least equal to the amount the Government would be paying in either a direct purchase or exchange. Page 272. 128. Administration of all land acquisition programs for Department of the Interior agencies, including performance of the appraisal function, should be consolidated within the Department. Procedures, however, should be standardized for all public land management agencies. Page 273. Chapter Nineteen {Federal Legislative Jurisdiction): 129. Exclusive Federal legislative jurisdiction should be obtained, or retained, only in those uncommon instances where it is absolutely necessary to the Federal Government, and in such instances the United States should provide a statutory or regulatory code to govern the areas. Page 278. 130. Federal departments and agencies should have the authority to retrocede exclusive Federal legislative jurisdiction to the states, with the consent of the states. Page 279. Chapter Twenty {Organization, Administration, and Budgeting Policy): 131. The Forest Service should be merged with the Department of the Interior into a new department of natural resources. Page 282. 132. Greater emphasis should be placed on regional administration of public land programs. Page 284. 133. The recommended consolidation of public land programs should be accompanied by a consolidation of congressional committee jurisdiction over public land programs into a single committee in each House of Congress. Page 284. 134. The President's budget should include a consolidated budget for public land programs that shows the relationship between costs and benefits of each program. Page 285. 135. Periodic regional public land programs should be authorized by statute as a basis for annual budgets and for appropriation of funds. Page 286. 136. There should be a uniform, statutory basis for pricing goods and services furnished from the public lands. Page 287. 137. Statutory authority should be provided for public land citizen advisory boards and guidelines for their operation should be established by statute. Page 288. 16 |