Malcolm Wallop: “let me express my thanks to the Senator from California and her staff for accommodating us in conversations last evening…”

“let me express my thanks to the Senator from California and her staff for accommodating us in conversations last evening on some of the less vexing, but, nonetheless, significant portions of this bill. I appreciate a willingness to listen to these things from a public lands management standpoint. There are two little statements that I wish to make. One is on the sixth amendment. I just want to say that I am very happy that the Senator from California has agreed to drop the Cady Mountains area from the wilderness designation. Doing so will allow the Hidden Valley residual repository to continue to seek regulatory approval. While it does not guarantee--and I stress that I understand that it does not guarantee--that the repository proposal can go forward, it leaves the project in the same situation that it is in today. I thank Senator Feinstein for accommodating this concern. On the issue of access to non-Federal property, I again want to commend the Senator from California for accommodating a concern regarding access to the private property of Americans. My amendment seeks to give some assurance that private property owners will have adequate access to their property, whether they are awaiting acquisition by appropriate Federal authorities or, should they desire, to remain an inholder. My amendment assures that not only will access be provided, but it will also be adequate for the reasonable use and enjoyment of that owner's property.”