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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2518

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain lands in the

Wenatachee National Forest, Washington, for certain lands owned by

Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Washington, and for

other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 20, 1995

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred

to the Committee on Resources

A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to exchange certain

lands in the Wenatachee National Forest, Washington,

for certain lands owned by Public Utility District No.

1 of Chelan County, Washington, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. LAND EXCHANGE.

4 (a) EXCHANGE.—Subject to subsection (c), the Sec5 retary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the

6 ‘‘Secretary’’) shall convey all right, title, and interest of

7 the United States in and to the National Forest System

8 lands described in subsection (b)(1) to Public Utility Dis-
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1 trict No. 1 of Chelan County, Washington (referred to in

2 this section as the ‘‘Public Utility District’’), in exchange

3 for the conveyance to the Department of Agriculture by

4 the Public Utility District of all right, title, and interest

5 of the Public Utility District in and to the lands described

6 in subsection (b)(2).

7 (b) DESCRIPTIONS OF LANDS.—

8 (1) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS.—The

9 National Forest System lands referred to in sub10 section (a) are 90 acres, more or less, that are par11 tially occupied by a wastewater treatment facility re12 ferred to in subsection (c)(4)(A) with the following

13 legal description:

(A) The NE1⁄4 of SW1 14 ⁄4 of section 27 of

15 township 27 north, range 17 east, Willamette

16 Meridian, Chelan County, Washington.

(B) The N1⁄2 of SE1⁄4 of SW1 17 ⁄4 of such

18 section 27.

(C) The W1⁄2 of NW1⁄4 of SE1 19 ⁄4 of such

20 section 27.

(D) The NW1⁄4 of SW1⁄4 of SE1 21 ⁄4 of such

22 section 27.

23 (2) PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT LANDS.—The

24 lands owned by the Public Utility District are
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1 109.15 acres, more or less, with the following legal

2 description:

(A) S1⁄2 of SW1 3 ⁄4 of section 35 of township

4 26 north, range 17 east, Willamette Meridian,

5 Chelan County, Washington.

6 (B) The area specified by Public Utility

7 District No. 1 as Government Lot 5 in such

8 section 35.

9 (c) REQUIREMENTS FOR EXCHANGE.—

10 (1) TITLE ACCEPTANCE AND CONVEYANCE.—

11 Upon offer by the Public Utility District of all right,

12 title, and interest in and to the lands described in

13 subsection (b)(2), if the title is found acceptable by

14 the Secretary, the Secretary shall accept title to such

15 lands and interests therein and shall convey to the

16 Public Utility District all right, title, and interest of

17 the United States in and to the lands described in

18 subsection (b)(1).

19 (2) APPRAISALS REQUIRED.—Before making an

20 exchange pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary

21 shall conduct appraisals of the lands that are subject

22 to the exchange to determine the fair market value

23 of the lands. Such appraisals shall not include the

24 value of the wastewater treatment facility referred to

25 in paragraph (4)(A).
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1 (3) ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION.—If, on the

2 basis of the appraisals made under paragraph (1),

3 the Secretary determines that the fair market value

4 of the lands to be conveyed by one party under sub5 section (a) is less than the fair market value of the

6 lands to be conveyed by the other party under sub7 section (a), then, as a condition of making the ex8 change under subsection (a), the party conveying the

9 lands with the lesser value shall pay the other party

10 the amount by which the fair market value of the

11 lands of greater value exceeds the fair market value

12 of the lands of lesser value.

13 (4) CONVEYANCE OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT

14 FACILITY.—(A) As part of an exchange made under

15 subsection (a), the Secretary shall convey to the

16 Public Utility District of Chelan County, Washing17 ton, all right, title, and interest of the United States

18 in and to the wastewater treatment facility (includ19 ing the wastewater treatment plant and associated

20 lagoons) located on the lands described in subsection

21 (b)(1) that is in existence on the date of the ex22 change.

23 (B) As a condition for the exchange under sub24 section (a), the Public Utility District shall provide

25 for a credit equal to the fair market value of the
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1 wastewater treatment facility conveyed pursuant to

2 subparagraph (A) (determined as of November 4,

3 1991), that shall be applied to the United States’

4 share of any new wastewater treatment facility con5 structed by the Public Utility District after such

6 date.

7 (d) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The

8 Secretary may require such additional terms and condi9 tions in connection with the exchange under this section

10 as the Secretary determines appropriate to protect the in11 terests of the United States.

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