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TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM P. HORN, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FISH AND 

 WILDLIFE AND PARKS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BEFORE THE 

 SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS, NATIONAL PARKS AND FORESTS, SENATE 

 COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES, REGARDING S. 854, 

 AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO EXCHANGE 

 CERTAIN LANDS WITH THE AEROJET-GENERAL CORPORATION 



June 30, 1987 



Mr. Chairman, I am William P. Horn, Assistant Secretary for Fish and 

 Wildlife and Parks of the Department of the Interior. I am pleased 

 to present our views on S. 854, authorizing and directing the 

 Secretary of the Interior to exchange certain lands in the States of 

 Nevada and Florida with the Aerojet-General Corporation. We support 

 the legislation. 



At the request of Members of the Florida and Nevada Congressional 

 delegations, we provided drafting services to them for preparation 

 of the legislation, and for the draft implementing contract which we 

 understand the Aerojet-General Corporation (Aerojet) has presented 

 to the Committee. 



S. 854 would authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to 

 exchange approximately 51,710 acres of land in Nevada, presently 

 under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, plus 

 mineral rights under 1,130 acres where Aerojet already owns the 

 surface estate, for approximately 4,650 acres of wetlands in Florida 

 owned by Aerojet. Based on approved appraisals, the Federal 

 government is receiving slightly more value than it gives up. The 

 Department is subsequently authorized to sell the Aerojet lands it 

 would acquire in Florida to the South Florida Water Management 



