WSP05283

• File Number: 7630.285
• Description: Wild and Scenic - General
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 10/21/1976
• Author: DOI-BLM
• Title: Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 - Informational Publication
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

Domestic Livestock Grazing

It authorizes the Secretary to
conduct a study to determine the
value of domestic livestock grazing on
the public lands 50 that he may estab-
lish an equitable fee. Grazing fees
may not be raised until c3 report due
within one year is submitted to
Congress. It prohibits any raise in the
grazing fee for the year 1977. (401)
It provides for ten-year grazing
permits and for two years' notice
before any permit is canceled in order
to use the land for another public
purpose unless there is an emergency
situation. (402)
It provides a formula for the dis.
tribu tion of funds collected from
grazing ~ent of all
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money collected will be used for range
improvement programs. One-half of
this money must be spent in the
district or region where it is collected.
The rest of the 50 percent may be
spent in other areas at the discretion
of the Secretary of the Interior. It also
exempts the annual distribution and
use of range improvement funds
from provisions of the National
Environmental Policy Act. (401)
It provides for the appointment of
grazing advisory boards to advise the
Secretary of the Interior on allot-
ment plans and on the distribution of
range improvement funds. (403)
It authorizes the use of helicopters
in the administration of the Wild
Horses and Borros Act. (404)

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Minerals and Energy

It provides a formula for the distri-
bution of funds collected under the
Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 and
under the Geothermal Steam Act of
1970. (317)
It authorizes loans to States and
local governments to relieve social
and economic impacts caused by
mineral development. (317)
It requires persons now holding
mining claims under the General
Mining law of 1872 to record those
claims with the Bureau of Lmd Man-
agement. Failure to record claims will
be considt.'red evidence of
abandonment, (314)

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