Opinion ID: 750834
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Propriety of 1996 Land Exchange

Text: 7 BLM fully complied with the FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. § 1716, which authorized the Secretary of the Interior to exchange public land for land of equal value. In fact, BLM's acquired land had a greater value, measured in cash and natural resources, than the land it gave away. This excess value was donated by IMC to BLM according to 43 U.S.C. § 1715. Edwards provided no evidence to contradict BLM's finding that the exchange was in the public interest or to challenge BLM's environmental assessment. His claim, therefore, was properly dismissed. See Motor Vehicle Mfr. Ass'n of United States v. State Farm Mutual Ins. Co., 463 U.S. 29, 42-43 (1983) (describing presumption of regularity afforded agency decisions).