because there is a pending vote they're going to call us to very soon i'm not going to discuss the bills in detail but i do think that these bills are generally non controversial and merits some forest this property the foundation began using only the only road that allows white lotus and the rest of the public access from san marcos pass road to and from their property then shortly afterwards  service notified the foundation short access road onto a national forest service land and then back on to the private property in early two thousand and eight the forest service in a letter to the foundation encroachments that i'm not trying to sell off our public lands but merely trying to solve this issue in a manner that will satisfy all involved parties legislation will not cost taxpayers the white lotus foundation will pay for the land the survey and all one would authorize the addition of several properties to jimmy carter national historic site that would help broaden public understanding of the life and work of president carter and enhance the visitor experience in plains georgia the department supports fourteen seventy one the additional additions authorized four hundred seventy one would include first property in the vicinity of the carter residence one of these properties would be appropriate for relocation of the park's maintenance and curatorial facilities which are not suitably housed at the present at the present time the billy carter service station museum this is the site of the iconic gas station operated by president carter's brother during the carter presidency third the property known as that haunted house this house is recognized as the oldest home in sumter county and was residence of president carter and his family after he left the navy for the georgia welcome center that was built by the state of georgia to accommodate visitors to plains and  carter national historic park proposed designation is appropriate for a unit of the national park system that has multiple noncontiguous the other national park service bill sixteen forty one would direct the secretary of the interior to conduct a study of the cascadia marine trail in puget sound washington for a pet for a potential addition to the national trail system that apartment supports sixteen for one with an amendment  largest estuary in the continental u s the populations of bald eagles and orca whales nearly four million people live in the surrounding watershed area a study would look at the national secretary to convey with consideration all rights title and interest in five acres of land within the los pas race national forest located in santa barbara county california the department appreciates the committee's efforts to resolve this issue however we do not support h r one two nine because there would be limited benefit to the public from this conveyance this legislation would serve only a small select group of citizens the white lotus foundation in addition the conveyance would legitimize the foundation's long standing encroachment on lands in the last pod race national forest fire allowing the foundation to acquire them through legislation for the foundation's private use and enjoyment there are other landowners in the area with on federal lands in the los padres national forest these land owners are following h r one two nine with interest as a model for resolving their encroachment cases resolving the white lotus foundation encroachment through h r one to nine would therefore set a precedent for resolution of other encroachment cases through specific legislation in addition h r one to nine does not provide for the white lotus foundation to assume the cost of conducting the environmental analysis for the conveyance pursuant to the national environmental policy act therefore the forest service would have to assume that cost as well as call for title work signage mapping and boundary marker changes in addition addressing the encroachment issue legislation legislatively could set a precedent and undercut the forest service his ability to address future encroachment on national forest system lands mr chairman and members of the subcommittee to include my prepared statement yes as well mr mr whitesell i have a couple of questions for you first one is nonce ongoing question i hope you're prepared for it at this stage when you last testified i ask you when i can get a fuller reply for a few requests for a small number of documents from the national park service or at least for those that i'm not getting give me a reason why you're withholding the portion of it i say this but the b l m we made a request for documents and they gave us by the boatload the national park service is not