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Figures Table 5: FLTFA Land Acquisition Nominations Reviewed by State- Level Interagency Teams, as of May 31, 2007 a 31 Table 6: Completion of FLTFA Implementation Agreements and Federal Register Notifications by State 37 Table 7: BLM Reported Administrative Expenditures by State, July 25, 2000, through July 20, 2007 38 Table 8: FLTFA Administrative Expenditures by Type, as of July 20, 2007 39 Table 9: Additional Criteria Contained in FLTFA State-Level Agreements beyond Those Criteria Established under the Act 43 Table 10: The Seven BLM Field Offices Selected That Have Generated 97 Percent of FLTFA Revenue, as of May 31, 2007 51 Table 11: The Eleven BLM Field Offices Selected That Had Not Conducted a Competitive Sale under FLTFA, as of May 31, 2007 52 Figure 1: LWCF Land Acquisition Appropriations, Fiscal Year 2001 through Fiscal Year 2006 11 Figure 2: Requirements for Using FLTFA Revenue 12 Figure 3: FLTFA Revenue by Fiscal Year, through May 31, 2007 16 Figure 4: Two BLM Parcels Near Carson City, Nevada, Sold for a Total of $24.5 Million 17 Figure 5: BLM “North Fork” 167-Acre Parcel on the Eastern Edge of Las Cruces, New Mexico, Planned for Competitive Sale in an April 2008 Auction 22 Figure 6: A View of the West Mesa BLM Property in Las Cruces, New Mexico, That Will Be Added to Land Designated for Disposal in the Revised Land Use Plan 26 Figure 7: Part of an Inholding in the BLM La Cienega Area of Critical Environmental Concern That Has Been Acquired with FLTFA Funding 30 Figure 8: Photograph and Location of the 80-Acre Pine Creek State Park Inholding Approved as an FLTFA-Funded Acquisition at $16 Million 33 Figure 9: The 320-Acre Winter’s Ranch FLTFA Acquisition Nomination in Nevada, Valued at $29 Million 35 Figure 10: FLTFA Administrative Expenditures, July 25, 2000, through July 20, 2007 39 Page ii GAO-08-196 Federal Land Management
Abbreviations BLM Bureau of Land Management FLPMA Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 FLTFA Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act of 2000 LWCF Land and Water Conservation Fund MOU memorandum of understanding SNPLMA Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 This is a work of the U.S. government and is not subject to copyright protection in the United States. The published product may be reproduced and distributed in its entirety without further permission from GAO. However, because this work may contain copyrighted images or other material, permission from the copyright holder may be necessary if you wish to reproduce this material separately. Page iii GAO-08-196 Federal Land Management
Page 1 and 2: GAO February 2008 GAO-08-196 United
Page 3: Contents Letter 1 Results in Brief
Page 7 and 8: providing security, and protecting
Page 9 and 10: evenue to acquire specific parcels
Page 11 and 12: BLM faces several challenges to rai
Page 13 and 14: Background Federal Land Sales Autho
Page 15 and 16: Federal Land Acquisition Funding ti
Page 17 and 18: FLTFA Requirements on Use of Revenu
Page 19 and 20: BLM Has Raised Most FLTFA Revenue f
Page 21 and 22: Figure 3: FLTFA Revenue by Fiscal Y
Page 23 and 24: BLM Faces Several Challenges to Fut
Page 25 and 26: Most BLM States Have Planned FLTFA
Page 27 and 28: Figure 5: BLM “North Fork” 167-
Page 29 and 30: FLTFA’s Restriction on Land Avail
Page 31 and 32: Agencies Have Purchased Few Parcels
Page 33 and 34: Table 4: Status of FLTFA Land Acqui
Page 35 and 36: Figure 7: Part of an Inholding in t
Page 37 and 38: Agency State Federally designated a
Page 39 and 40: The nomination that was withdrawn b
Page 41 and 42: State-Level Process Has Not Yet Res
Page 43 and 44: BLM Reports Spending $3.2 Million o
Page 45 and 46: Agencies Face Challenges in Complet
Page 47 and 48: Compliance with Specific Provisions
Page 49 and 50: The Agencies Have Yet to Establish
Page 51 and 52: Matters for Congressional Considera
Page 53 and 54: If you or your staff have questions
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Appendix I: Objectives, Scope, and
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Appendix I: Objectives, Scope, and
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Appendix II: Completed FLTFA Land S
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Appendix III: Detailed Information
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Appendix III: Detailed Information
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Appendix IV: Comments from the Depa
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Appendix V: GAO Contact and Staff A
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