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<br />(; () 2 \.j[~ 'j <br /> <br />,t;18~__~d___ .~_____ <br /> <br />Sunday, October 25, 1998 <br /> <br />-,. <br />('0'5 T <br /> <br />TilE DENVER <br /> <br />27,000 acres of public land <br />;J1ear Las Vegas up for sale <br /> <br />,..., <br />.;-fjy The New York Times traded developable public I and in Nevada. <br />CARSON CITY, Nev. - The fed- near Las Vegas to developers in ex- The Las Vegas office of the Bu- <br />~ral government is preparing to. change for environmentally sensi- reau of Land Management is al- <br />auction 27,000 acres of public land tive private lands elsewhere in Ne- ready fielding calls from potential <br />.-near Las Vegas estimated to be vada. bidders, said a public affairs offi- <br />:: worth $500 million to $1 billion, But these exchanges have be- cer.. Phi\lip Guerrero. <br />':with almost all of Ule proceeds to come mired in controversy, with Under the legislation, the airport <br />tstay in Nevada instead of going to federal audits finding that the gov- authority in Las Vegas is picking <br />~the Treasury, ernment received far less than up about 5,000 acres in its noise- <br />~ Like many cities in theWest. Las equal value in many exchanges. abatement area at no cost. <br />:. Vegas is surrounded by public land llep. John Ensign, a Republican, Local governments can also ac- <br />~managed by the Inferior Depart- has said the government lost near- quire parks and rights-of-way for <br />tment. . ly $40 mi\lion in the last two years water, sewage and flood-control <br />~ The Bureau of Land Manage- in land trades with developers. projects at no. cost. And more than <br />~ment has designated 55,000 acres Now, tinder a bill enacted by 20,000 acres are expected to be <br />rof desert within a 460-square-mi!l! Congress and signed by President sold to local governments for only i <br />~zone around ~e city for eventual Clinton, the government will sell $10 all acre for other purposes. <br />I: disposal to developers and local . the public land at 'auction. .Eighty- ", That leaves' as much as 27,000.., <br />~governments. - , .. . five percent of the pr~eedS will go acres 9f public land that is expec- <br />L . The government has been reluc- to acquire environmentally sensi- led. to be' auctioned to developers <br />t tant to sell public land in the past, tive privat~ land in Nevada and to for $18,000 to $37,000 per acre. The <br />~beCause the' proceeds went to the improve parks and recreatiQn sr-, land will be sold in parcels of five <br />tTreasury and neither the Int~rior eas around Las Vegas; 10 percent . to 2,500 acres. <br />~Department nor' N.e.vada gal. ne. d . to the Southern Nevada Wat.er Au-. _ Ea<;h parcel will be offered with <br />C anything. : ~ . .: ._'. ". \''f~_'; ~~ori.ty ,to build ilrin~t'-wat~r;' minimum bids s~t by a govern- . <br />l Previously, th~\~.~ve(Jlj~~~~lpehn~ ~d ~ percent to"~~ts '. m~t~approved ap~raisal: j <br /> <br />Appendix 0 <br />