[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 233 (Monday, December 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75665-75666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30752]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon and Washington 
States; Statutory Amendments Regarding Appraisal Standards and 
Procedures

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 for 
the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies, the Forest Service 
gives notice of the statutory amendments made to the Columbia River 
Gorge National Scenic Area of November 17, 1986.
    Among other things, the Act authorized the Forest Service to 
acquire lands within the designated boundaries of the Columbia River 
Gorge National Scenic Area. To facilitate those acquisitions, Congress 
has recently amended the Act as part of the Fiscal Year 2001 
appropriations act for the Forest Service (Public Law 106-291). These 
amendments provide special direction for the valuation of some lands 
being acquired by the Forest Service within Special Management Areas of 
the Scenic area. Generally, persons owning land within a Special 
Management Area as of September 1, 2000, who offer to sell their land 
to the federal government prior to April 1, 2001, will have their land 
appraised without regard to the effect of certain zoning and land use 
restrictions enacted pursuant to the Columbia River Gorge National 
Scenic Area Act. After April 1, 2001, land will be appraised 
considering all zoning and land use restrictions. In addition to the 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, notice of these 
amendments is also being given via publication in newspapers of general 
circulation in the area and by direct mail to known landowners in the 
area.

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ADDRESSES: For a copy of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area 
Act and amendments, write the National Scenic Area Headquarters, Forest 
Service, USDA, 902 Wasco Avenue, Suite 200, Hood River, Oregon 97031.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam Campbell, Lands Staff Officer, 
National Scenic Area Headquarters, telephone: 541-386-2333.

    Dated: November 28, 2000.
Nancy Graybeal,
Deputy Regional Forester.
[FR Doc. 00-30752 Filed 12-1-00; 8:45 am]
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