Baca Location No. 1 Land Acquisition and Study Act of 1990
PL 101-556 (H.R.4630), enacted 11/15/1990

104 STAT. 2762 
PUBLIC LAW 101-556—NOV. 15, 1990 
Public Law 101-556 
101st Congress 
An Act 
Nov. 15, 1990 
[H.R. 4630] 
Baca Location 
No. 1 Land 
Acquisition and 
Study Act 
of 1990. 
Public lands. 
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire and study certain lands in the 
State of New Mexico, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the "Baca Location No. 1 Land Acquisi-
tion and Study Act of 1990". 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES AND DEFINITIONS. 
(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are to— 
(1) authorize the Secretary to acquire by purchase certain 
lands in the State of New Mexico to be added to the Santa Fe 
National Forest; 
(2) compensate Dunigan Enterprises for costs incurred as a 
result of certain Federal actions; and 
(3) provide for a study to determine possible Federal protec-
tion of certain lands in New Mexico known as "Baca Location 
No. 1". 
(b) As used in this Act, the term— 
(1) "Baca Location No. 1" means the land owned by Dunigan 
Enterprises located in the Jemez Mountains west of Los 
Alamos, New Mexico, in Sandoval and Rio Arriba counties and 
consisting of approximately 100,000 acres, as generally depicted 
on the map entitled "1510—Santa Fe NF—S. 2521 Cochiti Land 
Exchange Act" and dated October, 1990; 
(2) "Dunigan Enterprises" means Dunigan Enterprises, Inc., a 
Texas corporation, and BL&C Co. and BL&C Co. No. 2, Texas 
Partnerships; and 
(3) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture. 
SEC. 3. ACQUISITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to acquire by pur-
chase with donated or appropriated funds the lands described in 
subsection (b). Upon acquiring the lands, the Secretary shall include 
them within the Santa Fe National Forest and shall administer 
them accordingly. 
0)) DESCRIPTION OF LANDS TO BE ACQUIRED.—The lands to be 
acquired pursuant to subsection (a) consist of two parcels totaling 
approximately 36 acres, and are more specifically described as 
follows: 
(1) PARCEL i.—Beginning at Mile Point No. 11 on the south 
boundary of Baca Location No. 1; thence westerly along the 
south boundary of Baca Location No. 1 to its intersection with 
the constructed centerline of Forest Development Road 133; 
thence on a continuation of the south boundary of Baca Loca-
tion No. 1, 33 feet; thence on an approximate bearing of N. 26° 
E., about 720 feet as scaled from the Forest Service's topo-
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graphic map of the area, to the south boundary of the easement 
for New Mexico State Highway No. 4; thence in an easterly 
direction along the State Highway easement to its intersection 
with the south boundary of Baca Location No. 1; thence west-
erly along the south boundary of Baca Location No. 1 to the 
point of beginning, being Mile Point No. 11, containing approxi-
mately 27 acres, and subject to confirmation by formal survey 
and acceptable legal description and record acreage. 
(2) PARCEL 2.—Beginning at Mile Point No. 10 on the south 
boundary of Baca Location No. 1; thence in a westerly direction 
along the south boundary of Baca Location No. 1, 423 feet to a 
point on the west side of the East Fork of the Rio Jemez; thence 
N. 38° E., 660 feet; thence N. 86° E., 170 feet; thence S. 70° E., 
364 feet to the south boundary of Baca Location No. 1 to the 
point of beginning, being Mile Point No. 10, containing approxi-
mately 9 acres, and subject to confirmation by formal survey 
and acceptable legal description and record acreage. 
SEC. 4. COMPENSATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and Dunigan 
directed, subject to the provisions of subsection O?), to pay a direct Enterprises, 
payment to Dunigan Enterprises not to exceed $1,633,527 out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to compensate 
Dunigan Enterprises for costs incurred as a result of certain Federal 
actions involving a land exchange between the United States and 
Dunigan Enterprises in 1966. 
G)) CERTIFICATION.—(1) The Secretary of the Treasury may make 
the payment described in subsection (a), only after the Secretary, 
acting through the Inspector General of the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture certifies that— 
(A) the sum accurately reflects the damages incurred by 
Dunigan Enterprises resulting from the 1966 land exchange in 
New Mexico between the United States and Dunigan Enter-
prises; 
(B) Dunigan Enterprises has executed a release of all claims 
relating to the reed property known as the "Cochiti Properties", 
approximately 2,456.14 acres as described in the quitclaim deed 
to the Baca Land and Cattle Company, et al., on September 25, 
1966, as recorded in Volume 21, pages 361-363 of the Sandoval 
County, New Mexico records; and 
(C) Dunigan Enterprises has executed with the Department of 
Justice an appropriate joint stipulation for entry of an order of 
dismissal, with prejudice, of the pending litigation between 
Dunigan Enterprises and the United States, entitled Dunigan 
Enterprises, Inc. et al. v. United States, No. 506-88L, United 
States Claim Court. 
(2XA) In making the verification pursuant to paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall consider costs incurred by Dunigan Enterprises as a 
result of the 1966 land exchange between the United States and 
Dunigan Enterprises, including but not limited to foregone proceeds 
on sales contracts, and reasonable expenses for travel, telephone 
calls, legal services and other miscellaneous costs. 
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(B) If the Secretary determines pursuant to the certification 
requirement required in paragraph (1) that Dunigan Enterprises has 
incurred damages of less than $1,633,527, then Dunigan Enterprises 
shall be paid such lesser amount pursuant to subsection (a). 
SEC. 5. LAND OWNERSHIP ADJUSTMENT STUDY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) The Secretary is authorized and directed to 
conduct a study of Baca Location No. 1 to address— 
(A) the scenic, geologic, recreational, timber, mineral, grazing, 
and other multiple use attributes of Baca Location No. 1; and 
(B) options for Federal acquisition of Baca Location No. 1, in 
whole or part, by purchase, donation, excheinge, or otherwise, 
including the estimated cost of each option. 
(2) The Secretary shall complete the study within 2 full fiscal 
years after the date funds are made available for the study. 
(b) COOPERATION.—(1) The Secretary shall prepare the study 
required by subsection (a) in cooperation with the owner of Baca 
Location No. 1, interested Indian tribes, the National Park Service, 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and other interested 
parties. 
(2) This Act shall not be construed to authorize entry upon Baca 
Location No. 1 by any person without the express permission of the 
landowner, and the Secretary shall make prior arrangements with 
the landowner for satisfactory access to Baca Location No. 1 for the 
purposes of the study. 
(c) TRANSMITTAL OF STUDY.—Upon the completion of the study 
referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary shall transmit the results 
of such study, along with any legislative recommendations to the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States 
Senate and the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs and 
Agriculture of the United States House of Representatives. 
SEC. 6. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 
Section 110(aX2) of the San Juan Basin Wilderness Protection Act 
of 1984, Public Law 98-603 (98 Stat. 3159) is hereby amended to read 
as follows: 
"(2) The real property referred to in paragraph (1) is located in 
Lake Sumner State Park, in the State of New Mexico, and is more 
particularly described as follows: "all portions of sections 28 and 33 
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in Township 5 North, Range 24 East, with an elevation of more than 
4,208 feet above sea level. The acreage and legal description of such 
real property shall be determined by the Secretary, after consulta-
tion with Sumner Lake Corporation. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OP APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
Approved November 15, 1990. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4630 (S. 2521): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 101-783, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 101-538 accompanying S. 2521 (Ck)mm. on Energy and 
Natured Resources). 
CX)NGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 136 (1990): 
Oct. 10, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 25, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 2521. 
Oct. 27, House concurred in Senate amendments. 
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