Federal · Title 42 — Public Health and Welfare

42 U.S.C. § 7916: Acquisition of land by Secretary; transfer of public lands by Secretary of the Interior to Secretary; consultations with Governor; consent of Governor; transfer from Federal agency to Secretary

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the Secretary may acquire land and interests in land for such purposes by purchase, donation, or under any other authority of law or Apache County in the State of Arizona; Mesa, Gunnison, Moffat, Montrose, Garfield, and San Miguel Counties in the State of Colorado; Boise County in the State of Idaho; Billings and Bowman Counties in the State of North Dakota; Grand and San Juan Counties in the State of Utah; Converse and Fremont Counties in the State of Wyoming; and Any other county in the vicinity of a processing site, if no site in the county in which a processing site is located is suitable.

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