Washington, D.C. – Today, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a legislative
hearing on the discussion draft of “Locally-elected Officials Cooperating with Agencies in Land Management Act (LOCAL Management Act).”
The
enormity of federal land ownership in numerous states has caused
immense problems for counties, contributing to diminished tax bases and a
range of duplicative and costly regulations that lack local input.
The
draft legislation is designed to
mitigate these challenges by requiring federal land agencies to more
closely consult and cooperate with local governments that are burdened
by federal intrusion.
“The
most common complaint I hear from locally elected officials in my
district is that they are rarely consulted, rarely respected and often
bypassed by federal land managers in the decisions that directly affect
their communities and the local economy,”
Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock (R-CA) said.
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