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NORA Proposal - Senate Bill 59 15 



PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND ADDENDA TO MAP "A" 



Make the following legal descriptions (or language similar 

 to them and having the same meaning) a formal part of "Map A", 

 and amend "Map A" to conform with them: 



I - "The land to be transferred by BLM to the USES shall 

 include all BLM administered lands consisting of approximately 

 297,000 acres more or less and within the following meets and 

 bounds: commencing at the intersection of the West Walker River 

 and the Nevada/California State Line, and proceeding generally 

 northeastward along the channel of the river to the bridge 

 carrying Nevada Route 3 (near Wellington) ; then continuing 

 generally northeastward along Route 3 to its intersection with 

 Nevada Route 3C; then generally southeastward along Route 3C to 

 the northern boundary of Township 8 North (M.D.M.); then eastward 

 along the northern boundary of Township 8 North to the existing 

 boundary of the Hawthorne Army Ammunition Depot; then generally 

 southward and eastward coincident with the Depot boundary to its 

 intersection with Nevada Route 31; then generally southward along 

 Route 31 to its intersection with the current Forest Service 

 boundary; then eastward and northward on this USPS boundary to 

 the eastern boundary of Range 31 East; then south along the 

 eastern boundary of Range 31 East to the northern boundary of 

 Township 2 North (a point coincident with the current USPS 

 boundary) ; then eastward and southward coincident with the 

 current Toiyabe FS boundary to its most eastern, yet southern 

 point, (approximately the northern edge of Section 35/36, 

 Township 2 North, Range 32 East) ; then eastward on the section 

 line to the eastern boundary of Range 33; then southward along 

 the eastern boundary of Range 33, becoming coincident with and 

 then following the existing Inyo NF boundary to the southern 

 boundary of Township 1 South; then eastward along the southern 

 boundary of Township 1 South to the eastern boundary of 



Range 34 East; then south along the eastern boundary of 

 Range 34 East to the Nevada/California State Line; then in a 

 northwesterly direction along the state line to the beginning 

 point." 



II - The East Walker River Area of Critical Environmental 

 Concern shall consist of all the lands in Nevada south of the 

 northern boundary of Township 8 North (M.D.M.) and drained by the 

 East Walker River. 



III - The Steamboat Springs Geothermal Area of Critical 

 Environmental Concern shall consist of NE 1/4, NW 1/4, Sec 33, 



T 18 N, R 20 E (the current ACEC acreage) and the SW 1/4, SW 1/4, 

 Sec 28, T 18, N, R 20 E (M.D.M). 



IV - The Jack's Valley Wildlife Management Area of Critical 

 Environmental Concern shall consist of all the contiguous 

 federally owned lands in Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 

 Township 14 North, Range 19 East (M.D.M.). 



