A bill to authorize a transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain land to the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes.
PL 102-293 (S.452), enacted 05/27/1992

PUBLIC LAW 102-293—MAY 27, 1992 
106 STAT. 183 
Public Law 102-293 
102d Congress 
An Act 
To authorize a transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain land to the 
May 27,1992 
Secretaiy of the Interior, and for other purposes. 
[S. 452] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States cf 
America in Congress assembled, 
S°^°T^°-, . 
South Dakota. 
SECTION 1. EKBEBC^COPPER SPUR LAND EXCHANGE. 
Real property. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF EXCHANGE.—(1) As soon as practicable 
after receipt of an offer from the owner, the Secretaiy of Agriculture 
shall accept title to the approximately 427 acres of land located 
in Pennington County, South Dakota, described as Tract A" and 
Tract B", as generally depicted on a m ^ entitled ''Ekberg-Copper 
Spur Ranch Land Elxchange—Proposed , dated September 1989. 
which lands shall 
tiiereupon 
become part of the Black Hills National 
Forest and shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture 
in accordance with the laws applicable to the National Forest Sys-
tem. 
(2) Upon receipt of title to the land described in paragraph 
(1), the Secretary of Agriculture shall convev to the owner of that 
land all right, title, and interest of the United States in the approxi-
mately 560 acres of land located in Routt County, Colorado, 
described as the "Copper Spur Ranch—^portion to Ekberg^, as gen-
erally depicted on the map described in section 1(a). 
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) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—(1) As soon as practicable 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Acnriculture 
shall file with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
of the Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs 
of the House of Representatives a map and a legal description 
of the land conveyed to the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to 
subsection (aXl), and tJie map and description shidl have the same 
force and effect as if they were included in this Act 
(2) The Secretary of Agriculture may correct clerical and typo-
graphical errors in the map and legal description filed pursuant 
to paragraph (1). 
(3) The map and legal description filed pursuant to paragraph 
(1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office 
of the Chirfof the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. 
(c) RESERVATION OF EASEMENTS.—(1) The land conveyed into 
private ownership pursuant to subsection (aX2) land shall be subject 
to the conservation easement ^[ranted to the State of Colorado 
(Division of Wildlife) by the United States, acting by and through 
the Secretary of Agriculture, dated April 27, 1988, and recorded 
in Routt County, Colorado (Reception Numbered 375283, Book 637, 
pages 1741-43), on October 6,1988. 
^XA) The land conveyed into private ownership pursuant to 
subsection (aX2) shall be subject to easements for ingress and 
egress through such lands for the benefit of the United States 
and the public granted between agencies of the United States 
on May 10,1989, and recorded in Routt County, Colorado (Reception 
106 STAT. 184 
PUBLIC LAW 102-293—MAY 27, 1992 
Numbered 380443, Book 643, pages 0051-0055) and all other ease-
ments of record. 
Contracts. 
(BXi) The Bureau of Land Management and the owner cS the 
Copper Spur Ranch shall enter into a cooperative agreement to 
Bitxxay the feasibility of constructing access routes as alternatives 
to those provided by the easements described in subparagraph 
(A). 
(ii) Upon agreement by the Bureau of Land Management on 
alternative access routes, the construction of such access routes 
at the expense of the owner of the Copper Spur Ranch, and the 
conveyance to the United States of easements for use of such 
access routes by the United States and the public, the Secretanr 
shall execute and deliver to the owner of the Copper Spur Ranch 
a release or other appropriate form of instrument extinguishing 
the easements descrwed in subparagraph (A). 
(d) EQUALIZATION OF PAYMENT.—If the values of the lands 
exchanged pursuant to subsection (a) are not equal, they shall 
be equiuized by the payment of cash as provided in section 206G>) 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1716(c)) without regard to the 25 percent limitation contained in 
that section. 
(e) DATE OF EXCHANGE.—The exchange of lands authorized by 
subsection (a) shall be completed not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
Approved May 27, 1992. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 452: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 102-516 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 102-220 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 137 (1991): Nov. 26, considered and passed Senate. 
Vol. 138 (1992): May 12, considered and passed House.