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Attachment 4 



November 5, 1985 



Mr. Robert N. Broadbent 

 Assistant Secretary for Water 



and Science 

 U.S. Department of the Interior 

 Interior Building 

 Washington, D. C. 20240 



Dear Mr. Broadbent: 



Corral Canyon Land Exchange 



Several months ago we discussed the possibility of a 



land exchange between the Federal Government and this Department, 

 Recently, Mr. Eldon Cotton agreed to furnish you with additional 

 Information regarding property which might be involved in the 



The property owned by this Department, which may be 

 available for exchange with the Federal Government, is located 

 within the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreational Area, The 

 property consists of approximately 98 acres, and we estimate its 

 fair market value in the neighborhood of $2 to $3 million. We 

 would be interested in discussing the exchange of this property 

 for land of equal value suitable for the location of power 

 generation and transmission facilities. Enclosed are Figures 2-7, 

 2-17, and 2-19 that identify properties needed by the White Pine 

 Power Project that we would be interested in exchanging for the 

 Corral Canyon site. These properties Include 325 miles of 

 transmission corridor in a 330-foot right-of-way (Figure 2-7), 

 Federal lands within the 86-mile-long preferred railroad corridor 

 (Figure 2-17), and the 2,250-acre North Steptoe Valley Site 

 (Figure 2-19). Other properties associated with the White Pine 

 Power Project could include well fields and microwave sites. I 

 have also enclosed for your use a map of the Santa Monica 

 Mountains National Recreational Area, with the Corral Canyon site 

 identified in red. I am sure support would be expressed by the 

 California Congressional Representatives for adding the Corral 

 Canyon property to the National Recreational Area, and 1 am sure 

 supporters of the White Pine Power Project would favor our 

 acquisition of the land needed for that Project. 



