Sec. 6. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS

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## SEC. 6 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS ###

(a)Kerr-McGee Site The Secretary shall not make the conveyance directed by section 3 until Kerr-McGee and Clark County have entered into a written agreement with the Secretary whereby Kerr-McGee and the county commit to undertake the measures specified in the document identified in section 2(a)(6) in order to mitigate adverse effect- on wildlife and other resources and values resulting from the use of such lands for industrial purposes. At the request of the Secretary, the Attorney General of the United States may bring an appropriate legal action to enforce such agreement. ###

(b)BLM Reports, ####

(1)No later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate a report as to the funds and personnel required to fully implement BLM's Desert Tortoise Plan. ####

(2)As soon as possible after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, shall arrange for a class-three soil survey of public lands in Clark County, to assist in the implementation in such county of BLM's Desert Tortoise Plan and other aspects of the management of the public lands in such county. ####

(3)As soon as possible after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall invite public proposals for the designation, pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, of areas of critical environmental concern whose designation would further the implementation of BLM's Desert Tortoise Plan or otherwise assist in the protection of resources and values of public lands in Nevada. The Secretary shall provide a reasonable period for receipt of such proposals, shall evaluate all proposals received, and shall take such action thereon as the Secretary considers appropriate. ####

(4)As soon as possible after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall consider the desirability of restricting or eliminating uses of public lands in the Paiute Valley which may conflict with implementation of BLM's Desert Tortoise Plan with respect to those lands. No later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate a report concerning the results of the Secretary's actions pursuant to this paragraph. ###

(c)Other Reports ####

(1)At the time that the President submits a budget request for fiscal year 1991, and annually thereafter for fifteen years, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a statement of the total amounts received by the United States as the result of sales of public lands described in this Act, and an account of the distribution of such receipts ####

(2)No later than ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall evaluate the desirability of acquisition of the lands specified in appendix A to the report of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives to accompany H.R. 1485 of the One Hundred First Congress (House Report 101-79). Such evaluation shall be based solely on the resources and values of such lands and the extent to which national policies and programs for management of such resources and values would be furthered by such acquisition. Promptly after the completion of such evaluation, the Secretary shall report the results thereof to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate, and the Representatives and Senators from the State of Nevada. ###

(d)Compliance With Environmental Assessments Each transfer by the United States of additional lands or interests in lands within the Apex Site or rights-of-way issued pursuant to this Act shall be conditioned upon compliance with applicable Federal land laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.