110 STAT. 4138 PUBLIC LAW 104-333 —NOV. 12, 1996 (1) IN GENERAL.— Subject to the provisions of this section, if within 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Water Conservancy District of Washington County, Utah, offers to transfer to the United States all right, title, and interest of the District in gind to the Bulloch Site, the Secretary of the Interior shall, in exchange, trsinsfer to the District all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Sand Hollow Site, the Quail Creek Pipeline and Quail Creek Reservoir, subject to valid existing rights. (2) WATER RIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BULLOCH SITE. — The water rights associated with the Bulloch Site shall be transferred to the United States pursuant to Utah State law. (3) WITHDRAWAL OF MINERAL INTERESTS.— Subject to valid existing rights, the mineral interests underlying the Sand Hollow Site, the Quail Creek Reservoir, and the Quail Creek Pipeline are hereby withdrawn from disposition under the public land laws and from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws of the United States, from the operation of the mineral leasing laws of the United States, from the operation of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, and from the operation of the Act of July 31, 1947, commonly known as the "Materials Act of 1947" (30 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). (4) GRAZING.— The exchange of lands under paragraph (1) shall be subject to agreement by the District to continue to permit the grazing of domestic livestock on the Sand Hollow Site under the terms and conditions of existing Federal grazing leases or permits, except that the District, upon terminating any such lease or permit, shall fully compensate the holder of the terminated lease or permit. (c) EQUALIZATION OF VALUES. —The value of the lands transferred out of Federal ownership under subsection (b) either shall be equal to the value of the lands received by the Secretary under that section or, if not, shall be equalized by— (1) to the extent possible, transfer of all right, title, and interest of the District in and to lands in Washington County, Utah, and water rights of the District associated thereto, which are within the area providing habitat for the desert tortoise, as determined by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management; (2) transfer of all right, title, and interest of the District in and to lands in the Smith Site and water rights of the District associated thereto; and (3) the payment of money to the Secretary, to the extent that lands and rights transferred under paragraphs (1) and (2) are not sufficient to equalize the values of the lands exchanged under subsection (b)(1). (d) MANAGEMENT OF LANDS ACQUIRED BY THE UNITED STATES. —Lands acquired by the Secretary under this section shall be administered by the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, in accordance with the provisions of law generally applicable to the public lands, including the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). (e) NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT OF 1976.— The exchange of lands under this section is not subject to section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4322). (f) VALUATION OF LANDS TO BE ACQUIRED BY THE UNITED STATES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH. —In acquiring any lands
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