BOARD01961

• Board Meeting Date: 5/20/2002
• Description: WSP Section - Colorado River Basin Issues - Deep Creek - Yampatika Ute Wilderness Bill
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Sincerely,

Barry B. Anderson

(For Dan L. Crippen, Director).

Enclosure.

H.R. 2963--Deep Creek-Yampatika Ute Wilderness Act

CBO estimates that H.R. 2963 would have no significant impact on the
federal budget. The bill could affect direct spending; therefore,
pay-as-you-go procedures would apply, but we estimate that any such
impact would be negligible. H.R. 2963 contains no intergovernmental or
private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments.
H.R. 2963 would designate as wilderness approximately 7,350 acres of
federal lands located along Deep Creek in Colorado and administered by
the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Lands within
the proposed wilderness would be withdrawn from to
mineral and

Based on information from the state of Colorado, CBO expects the
proposed designation would take effect in 2003. Based on information
from the Forest Service and BLM, we estimate that designating the lands
as wilderness would not significantly affect the agencies' costs and
that the grant authorized under H.R. 2963 would cost $300,000 in 2003,
assuming the availability of appropriated funds. Withdrawing the lands
from leasing and development could result in forgone offsetting receipts
if, under current law, the lands would generate receipts from those
activities. According to the Forest Service and BLM, however, the lands
currently generate no significant receipts and are not expected to over
the next 10 years. Hence, we estimate that any changes in offsetting
receipts under H.R. 2963 would be negligible.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Megan Carroll.
estimate was approved by Peter H. Fontaine, Deputy Assistant
for Budget Analysis.
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This
Director

This bill contains no unfunded mandates.

PREEMPTION OF STATE, LOCAL OR TRIBAL LAW

This bill is not intended to preempt any State, local or tribal law.

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

If enacted, this bill would make no changes in existing law.

DISSENTING VIEWS

I regret that I cannot support H.R. 2963 as approved by the Committee

Colorado Water Conservation Board
Flood Protection. Water Supply Planning and Financing. Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. Conservation and Drought Planning

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