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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1309
To provide for an exchange of lands with the city of Greeley, Colorado,
and The Water Supply and Storage Company to eliminate private
inholdings in wilderness areas, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 10, 1997
Mr. BOB SCHAFFER of Colorado introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Resources
A BILL
To provide for an exchange of lands with the city of Greeley,
Colorado, and The Water Supply and Storage Company
to eliminate private inholdings in wilderness areas, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. LAND EXCHANGE WITH CITY OF GREELEY, COL-
ORADO, AND THE WATER SUPPLY AND STOR-
AGE COMPANY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the city of Greeley, Colorado,
and The Water Supply and Storage Company, a Colorado
mutual ditch company, offer to transfer all their right,
title, and interest in and to lands described in subsection
(b), the Secretary of Agriculture shall, not later than 1
year after the date of the city’s and company’s offer, in
exchange for the property, transfer to the city and to the
company, as the city and the company, respectively, shall
designate, all right, title, and interest of the United States
in and to the Federal land described in subsection (c).
(b) CITY AND COMPANY LANDS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The city and company lands
to be exchanged under this section are the lands de-
scribed in paragraph (2) that are depicted on maps
entitled ‘‘Rockwell Ranch Property Land Ex-
change’’, ‘‘Timberline Lake Property’’, and ‘‘Cam-
eron Pass Lands’’ dated February 7, 1997.
(2) ACREAGE.—
(A) ROCKWELL
RANCH
PROPERTY.—The
Rockwell Ranch property is comprised of 4 par-
cels containing approximately 520 acres of land.
(B) TIMBERLINE
LAKE
PROPERTY.—The
Timberline Lake Property is a parcel of ap-
proximately 10 acres located in the Comanche
Peak Wilderness.
(C) CAMERON PASS LANDS.—The Cameron
Pass Lands consist of 2 parcels totaling ap-
proximately 178 acres owned by The Water
Supply and Storage Company.
(3) QUIT CLAIM DEED.—The land described in
paragraph (2)(B) shall be conveyed by quit claim
deed for the purposes of eliminating any title conflict
between the city of Greeley and the United States in
regard to the land.
(4) AVAILABILITY
OF
MAPS.—The maps de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall be on file and avail-
able for public inspection in the office of the Super-
visor of the Arapaho National Forest and Roosevelt
National Forest in Fort Collins, Colorado.
(c) FEDERAL LANDS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal lands to be ex-
changed under this section are the lands depicted on
the maps described in subsection (b) as ‘‘Federal
Exchange Lands’’.
(2) ACREAGE.—The total area of Federal land
to be exchanged is approximately 1,176 acres, in-
cluding approximately 447 acres occupied by the city
and the company under perpetual easements of the
United States Department of the Interior, Nos.
D–028135 and D–029149.
(3) LAND INCLUDED.—The Federal land to be
exchanged includes the following:
(A) All Federal land within the high water
contour lines (that is, the elevation of the dam
crest) of the following reservoirs: Barnes Mead-
ow, Chambers Lake, Comanche, Hourglass,
Long Draw, Milton Seaman, Peterson Lake,
and Twin Lakes, together with their dams and
structures.
(B) A surcharge and operational access
area around each reservoir consisting of an av-
erage 50-foot horizontal projection from the
high water line and an average 100-foot hori-
zontal projection from the outer perimeter of all
dams, and appurtenant structures (including
outlets, 
measuring 
devices, 
spillways,
wasteways, toe drains, canals, abutments, and
the Peterson Lake operations cabin), as gen-
erally depicted on the maps described in sub-
section (b), the access area to the east of Long
Draw Reservoir being limited to the extent nec-
essary to convey only the land within the
boundary of a national forest.
(C) The Federal land that would be occu-
pied by an enlargement of Seaman Reservoir to
an approximate capacity of 43,000 acre feet
(but not to exceed 50,000 acre feet), including
an average 50-foot horizontally projected buffer
zone around the enlarged water line and struc-
tures and an 80-acre parcel of Federal land
south of Seaman Reservoir potentially required
for a downstream damsite on the North Fork of
the Cache la Poudre River, as generally de-
picted on the maps described in subsection (b).
SEC. 2. PROCESSING OF AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS RE-
LATING TO LAND EXCHANGE.
(a) PROCESSING.—The land exchange under section
1 shall be processed in accordance with Forest Service
Land Exchange Regulations in subpart A of part 254 of
title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, subject to section
1 and the terms and conditions stated in subsection (b).
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—
(1) EASEMENTS.—The United States shall—
(A) grant perpetual access easements to
the city of Greeley, Colorado, and to The Water
Supply and Storage Company to the land con-
veyed by the United States under section 1; and
(B) reserve easements for all designated
roads and trails crossing any Federal land to be
conveyed that are necessary to ensure public ac-
cess to adjoining national forest land.