WSP10986

• File Number: 8059
• Description: Section D General Studies-State Water Plan
• State: CO
• Date: 1/15/1973
• Author: Stephen Suloway
• Title: Land Use Planning-Reports-Land Use Planning
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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Funding: The bill would authorize $170 million over five years for grants to
states: $40 million for each of the first two fiscal years following enacement, and
$30 million for each of the next three fiscal years.
Public Lands: No provision.

NATIONAL LAND POLICY. PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT ACT

Sponsor: Rep. Wayne Aspinall (D-Colo.) and four others (H.R. 7211).
Current Status: Reported by Interior Committee to House in mid-1972, but no
floor action taken. The defeat or retirement of many Committee members, including
Chairman Aspinall, clouds the future of this bill until the Committee is organized,
but legislation covering public lands and state land use programs is likely to be
introduced in one or more bills.
General Approach: The bill would provide for development of land use plans for
all public lands, development of state planning procedures for non-public lands and
coordination among Federal agencies administering public lands and between those
agencies and non-Federal landowners and planners.
State Role: Similar to S. 632 above, except it would regulate new subdivisions
and developments to assure adequate planning for improvements and for prevention of
natural damage and would regulate location of and use of land surrounding new
communities.
Federal Role: The bill would establish an Office of Land Use Planning Adminis-
tration as in S. 632, with this additional authority: If a state has no approved
plan within three years after enactment, the Office may withhold grants under the
Non-Interstate Federal Highway Program, the Airport and Airway Development Act of
1970, and the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965 at the rate of seven percent
the first year, 14 percent the second year and 21 percent thereafter. The Office
may redistribute the money to complying states. No certification of good-faith
efforts by states to implement the plan would be required. The Office would also
coordinate public land planning. An interdepartmental advisory board would be
established, as in S. 632.
Local Role: Same as in S. 632.
Funding: For fiscal year 1974, $54 million to cover up to 90 percent of the
costs of each state program; for FY 1975 and 1976, $45 million each year and 75
percent cost-sharing limit; for FY 1977 and 1978, $30 million each year, 50 percent
cost-sharing limit.
Public Lands: The bill would require:
General retention in Federal ownership unless disposal would achieve greater
benefit for the general public; an inventory of all public lands to determine the
type of land use providing maximum benefit for the general public; development of
land use plans for all public land, with full consideration of environmental quality,
present and potential users, alternative methods and regional economic growth; a
review of past executive withdrawals and congressional review of future withdrawals
in excess of 25,000 acres; disposal only of lands that are isolated and difficult
to manage, acquired and no longer necessary for a specific use, or best suited for
use or production of resources under non-Federal ownership; public participation
in the formation of agency regulations; management on the basis of multiple use and
sustained yield, including recognition that some land will be used for less than all
of the resources and not necessarily including the combination of uses that will
give the greatest dollar return or the greatest unit output.
The bill would also require protection of scenic, recreational, ecological and
historic values and preservation of some lands in natural condition; payment of fair

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