Sec. 701. Consolidation of checkerboard land ownership in Churchill County, Nevada
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The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with Churchill County, Nevada (in this title referred to as the County) , and landowners in the County, and after providing an opportunity for public comment, shall seek to consolidate Federal land and non-Federal land ownership in the County. To the extent practicable, the Secretary of the Interior shall offer to exchange land identified for exchange under paragraph
(3)for private land in the County that is adjacent to Federal land in the County, if the exchange would consolidate land ownership and facilitate improved land management in the County, as determined by the Secretary. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a land exchange under this section shall be conducted in accordance with— section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1716 ); and any other applicable law. Subject to section 702 of this title, the Secretary of the Interior shall identify Federal land in the County managed by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation and Federal land in the County managed by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to offer for exchange from Federal land identified as potentially suitable for disposal in an applicable resource management plan. Land to be exchanged under this section shall be of equal value, based on appraisals prepared in accordance with— the Uniform Standards for Professional Land Acquisitions; and the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary of the Interior may use a mass appraisal to determine the value of land to be exchanged under this section, if the Secretary determines that the land to be subject to the mass appraisal is of similar character and value. The Secretary of the Interior shall exclude from a mass appraisal under subparagraph
(A)any land, the value of which is likely to exceed $250 per acre, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interior shall make the results of a mass appraisal conducted under subparagraph
(A)available to the public.
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Sec. 701
Consolidation of checkerboard land ownership in Churchill County, Nevada
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