PUBLIC LAW 101-560 —NOV. 15, 1990 104 STAT. 2775 Public Law 101-560 101st Congress An Act Regarding the Early Winters Resorts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. LAND EXCHANGE. (a)(1) The Secretary of Agriculture (hereafter in this Act referred to as the "Secretary") and the Secretary of the Interior shall, subject to subsection (b), take all actions necessary to effect the conveyance of certain Federal lands within the State of Washington as generally depicted on the map entitled "Location of Selected Okanogan National Forest Lands" and dated May 15, 1990, in exchange for certain lands as generally depicted on maps entitled "Glacier Peak Wilderness Parcels" and "Methow Valley Parcels", both dated May 15, 1990. Such maps shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. (2) Conveyance of National Forest lands pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be by the Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of the Interior, upon request of the Secretary of Agriculture, shall convey such public lands as may be required in order to complete such exchange. The conveyances shall be subject to such easements, restrictions, and other conditions as each Secretary may impose in order to meet applicable requirements of law, to further the purposes for which adjacent Federal lands are managed, or to protect the public interest. ObXD The exchange described in subsection (a) shall be analyzed by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to applicable law. The Secretary shall make every effort to complete such analysis and to issue a record of decision thereon by October 1, 1991, consistent with the requirements of such law. (2) Analysis pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be of the exchange described in subsection (a), except to the extent the Secretary proposes to modify the size or number of parcels of Federal lands to be conveyed in order to equalize values (except as otherwise provided in this Act) or to meet other requirements of applicable law. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as requiring consideration of other lands as part of any alternative considered in such analysis. (3) Appraisals of the Federal lands described in subsection (a) shall be completed by September 1, 1991, or as soon thereafter as possible, on the basis of highest and best use (including use as part of the proposed resort complex), and in accordance with procedures required by Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716) (hereafter in this Act referred to as "FLPMA"). Such appraisals shall be of the values of the lands involved as of November 1, 1990. Any exchange of such lands shall be for lands of equal value, or if they are not equal, the values shall be equalized in either one of two ways: Nov. 15, 1990 [H.R. 5507] Washington. National forests. Public lands. Wilderness
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