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<br />FRY~GPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO
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<br />We are sympatbetic with the objectives of the bills and would bave
<br />no objection to their enactment.
<br />The portion of the hills wit,h which this Depllrtment is Pllrt,icularly
<br />interested is suhseeLion 4(a). It. would Ilut,horize and dircet the Sec-
<br />rctn,ry of the Interior to (1) ill\'('st,igl~l,e, plaH, construct, opcmte,
<br />llnd maintllin public recreat.ional flleilities 011 Illllds withdrfiwn or
<br />acquired for the dcndopmellt or t.he Fryingpl.111-Al'k:Ulsns projeet;
<br />(2) consel've t.he s('ell(~ry, the nat-unll, hist,orie, lllhl i1reheologic objeets
<br />Hnd t.he wildlife on said llllldg; (;j) pro\'idp for puhlic use aIld enjoy-
<br />ment of Sallle llncl of l,he water Hl'CaS Cl'ellt.ed II.\' this project uy sueh
<br />means us are tonsistellt. with the purposes of s:ti(l projeet; llnd (4)
<br />investigat.e, pl:lll, construct., and JllaintlliIl fll('jlities for tit" COllserVa-
<br />tion llllJ den.~lopIllCtlt. of fish lLlld wildlife 1'1'~OllreC's. Subse-C-tioll
<br />4(u) would llut.horiz(\ t.he St'Cl'etllt',\" of t.lle lnt.cl'ior lllso to :H:quire
<br />lllllds llnd t.o withdraw public llUlds from entry or ot.her disposit,ioll
<br />under the public llwd IllWS necesslLry for the construction, opemt.ioll,
<br />and JllUinteThlllee of the rec.rellt.ionnl facilities llwl to dispose of theIn
<br />to ~\'d('rlll, Stllt,e, !lnd Joenl government-HI ngencies hy lellsc, tmllsrer,
<br />PX('h:lIl~f-'_, or ('onve"TaIlr'C upon sueh tcrms and l'onditiollS as would
<br />L~s[ prumute their develuplIlellt :md opcrllt.ion in t.he publi('. intt~r{'st,.
<br />SuhsC'etioll 4(1l,1 ,,,'ould fllrt.her proyidf' thnt :dl IUlld~ withill the
<br />€''\terinr boundnries of the ll:1tiollal rl)r~:3( ;1('qllit'l'd fut' rect'catiollal or
<br />oLuer project purposes wLid! are Hot determined by du; SI~cl'r,taI'Y of
<br />thl:' [nlt'riol' to he fli--'t-'ded for flctllltlUSC' in conn('cti(lIl witL the reclama-
<br />tion works shall become natioIlal forest lund, the Jetcrmlllution to
<br />be made within 5 years after appro\'l11 of the net or, in tl1e cuse of
<br />inrli\ridll:d tracts of ll1ud, wit.hin 5 years after t.heir llequisit.ion by the
<br />United St.I1t.es. It would ttlso provide that t.he nuthorit.v cOllt:lined
<br />in Slluscct.ion 4(ll) would not be cxercised by t.l1e Sp.erctnry of the
<br />Interior with respect, t.o nllt.iol1111 forest Innds without. the concurrence
<br />of the Secretill'Y of AJ::!;riculture.
<br />The provisos- in sullscctiori 4(:1) are t.he sallle as those reeOIlUl.1endf'd
<br />to your rOlllmitt.ee ill our report of l\'fl1Y 24, 1060, on H.R. 9~29,
<br />H.R. 9230, H.R. 92:11, and H.R. 92:32. They were curlier reCOIl1.-
<br />mended in our Irtter of April 3, 1957, on H.R. 594, 85th Congress,
<br />relitting to the Fryingplln-A.rkunsI1s project., and werc lldopt.ed by
<br />your cOlllmittee in reporting H.R. 1352:3 to the HOllse, which billl1lso
<br />relilted to t.he Fryingpan-Arknnslls project.
<br />Some of the IUllds within the reelnmntion withdrllwal iIl eonnt~(".tion
<br />with the Fryingpun-Arknnsas project Ilre nutionul fOl'ost lands. lJnder
<br />a memorandum of lmderstulldiug' entered into ill .January 1048,
<br />between t.ht~ BUI't-'I1Ll of Rednlllut,ion of the Department of thc Interior
<br />aI~d the Forest, SCITice of this Depart.ment, it \\.'as Ilgl'cp.d thot the
<br />Forest Se.l'viee would cont.inue to administer these Hllt,ional forest
<br />IHnds"whenever such lands \\.'CI'C not. in actual use in COllJIC'ctioIl wit.h
<br />fillY reclama.tion works, Thc Sceretnry' of Agricultlln~ hos authority
<br />to manage such lanus find is now developing and admillistering them
<br />not only \l,.'ith respert to rccrent.ion but also for timbe.r, grnzing,
<br />\\.ildlife 'habitat" Ilnd ot,lIer resources. This is plalllli..'tl Ull(l donc in
<br />slleh a way llS not to ronf1iet wit.l~ major project. purposes unu is in
<br />aecord with t.he principles of multiple. u.se and sustainr>d yield. The
<br />bills, if t'-IHlctcd, :\-i.ll permit t.he contll1uat.ion of this sat.isfact.ory
<br />division of responslbllit,y.
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