PUBLIC LAW 105-335—OCT. 31, 1998
112 STAT. 3141
be an issue as a result of foreseeable future uses of the land:
significant wildlife resources, endangered species habitat,
significant archaeological resources, areas of critical environmental concern, coal resources requiring surface mining to
extract the mineral deposits, wilderness study areas, significant
recreational areas, or any other lands known to raise significant
environmental concerns of any kind.
(13) The parties further agreed that the use of any mineral
interests obtained by the State of Utah where the Federal
Government retains surface and other interest, will not conflict
with established Federal land and environmental management
objectives, and shall be fully subject to all environmental regulations applicable to development of non-Federal mineral
interest on Federal lands.
(14) Because the inholdings to be acquired by the Federal
Government include properties within the boundaries of some
of the most renowned conservation land units in the United
States, and because a mission of the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration is to produce economic benefits for Utah's public schools and other beneficiary institutions,
the exchange of lands called for in this agreement will resolve
many longstanding environmental conflicts and further the
interest of the State trust lands, the school children of Utah,
and these conservation resources.
(15) The Congress finds that, under this Agreement taken
as a whole, the State interests to be conveyed to the United
States by the State of Utah, and the Federal interests and
payments to be conveyed to the State of Utah by the United
States, are approximately equal in value.
(16) The purpose of this legislation is to enact into law
and direct prompt implementation of this historic agreement.
SEC. 3. RATIFICATION OF AGREED EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE STATE
OF UTAH AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
(a) AGREEMENT.— The State of Utah and the Department of
the Interior have agreed to exchange certain Federal lands. Federal
mineral interests, and payment of money for lands and mineral
interests managed by the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands
Administration, lands and mineral interests of approximately equal
value inheld within the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument the Goshute and Navajo Indian Reservations, units of the
National Park System, the National Forest System, and the Alton
coal fields.
(b) RATIFICATION.—^AIl terms, conditions, procedures, covenants,
reservations, and other provisions set forth in the document entitled
"Agreement to Exchange Utah School Trust Lands Between the
State of Utah and the United States of America" (herein referred
to as "the Agreement") are hereby incorporated in this title, are
ratified and confirmed, and set forth the obligations and commitments of the United States, the State of Utah, and Utah School
and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (herein referred to
as "SITLA"), as a matter of Federal law.
SEC. 4. LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL. —The maps and legal descriptions referred
to in the Agreement depict the lands subject to the conveyances.
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