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WASHINGTON -- Congressional lawyers say a Utah-federal deal to speed giving counties clear title to the least-controversial roads they claim on federal lands is illegal. State and administration officials disagree, and plan to continue abiding by that deal.
"This letter will not change our approach," said Gov. Olene Walker about the new legal opinion issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office, a research arm of Congress.See the full content of this document
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Utah Road-Lands Deal Illegal, Gao Says
Mark Pfeifle, spokesman for the Interior Department, added that his agency "strongly disagrees" with the GAO's assertion that the deal is illegal, and said it will "contin...
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