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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3529

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to cancel certain Bureau of Land 

Management leases that authorize extraction of sand and gravel from 

the Federal mineral estate in lands in Soledad Canyon adjacent to 

the City of Santa Clarita, California, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 19, 2003

Mr. MCKEON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Resources 

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to cancel certain 

Bureau of Land Management leases that authorize extraction of sand and gravel from the Federal mineral 

estate in lands in Soledad Canyon adjacent to the City 

of Santa Clarita, California, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Soledad Canyon Mine 

5 Lease Cancellation Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds the following: 
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1 (1) Transit Mixed Concrete Corporation holds 

2 two Bureau of Land Management leases for the ex3 traction of sand and gravel from the Federal mineral 

4 estate in lands in Soledad Canyon adjacent to the 

5 City of Santa Clarita, California, numbered CA–

6 20139 and CA–22901. Such lands contain approxi7 mately 56,000,000 tons of sand and gravel. 

8 (2) Mining 56,000,000 tons of sand and gravel 

9 under the terms of the leases would produce harm 

10 to the environment and cause major transportation 

11 problems for the City of Santa Clarita, surrounding 

12 areas, and other users of the transportation systems 

13 in the vicinity. 

14 (3) It is in the best interest of the citizens of 

15 California and the Federal Government to cancel 

16 those leases and make available new leases for those 

17 resources that reflect the level of mining that has 

18 historically occurred in the Soledad Canyon area of 

19 California. 

20 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

21 In this Act, the term—

22 (1) ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the In23 terior; 

24 (2) ‘‘TMC’’ means the Transit Mixed Concrete 

25 Corporation; and 
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1 (3) ‘‘historical mining level’’ means llll

2 tons per year. 

3 SEC. 4. TMC LEASE CANCELLATIONS. 

4 The Secretary shall cancel Bureau of Land Manage5 ment leases CA–20139 and CA–22901, effective on the 

6 date of enactment. 

7 SEC. 5. FUTURE LEASES FOR SAND AND GRAVEL IN 

8 SOLEDAD CANYON AREA OF CALIFORNIA. 

9 (a) RESTRICTION.—The Secretary may not issue any 

10 lease or leases for mining sand and gravel in the Soledad 

11 Canyon area of California as described on the map titled 

12 lllll and dated lllll on file with the Sec13 retary, that authorize mining that, in aggregate, exceeds 

14 the historical mining level of lllll tons per cal15 endar year. 

16 (b) CONSULTATIONS AND CONSIDERATION RE17 QUIRED.—Before issuing any lease authorizing the mining 

18 of sand or gravel in the Soledad Canyon area of California, 

19 the Secretary shall—

20 (1) consult with the City of Santa Clarita, Cali21 fornia, Los Angles County, California, and surface 

22 owners in that area; and 
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1 (2) take into consideration the environmental 

2 and transportation impacts of such mining on that 

3 area.

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