Utah’s Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee pen bill to save Scofield cabins

Utah’s Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee pen bill to save Scofield cabins

By christopher smart
The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Feb 2, 2012 05:47PM MDT

Utah Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee introduced legislation in the U.S. Senate Wednesday that would save about 40 cabins on federal land on the banks of Scofield Reservoir in western Carbon County.
The proposed legislation would transfer ownership of land under the structures from the federal Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to individuals who, until about a decade ago, believed they had legal title to the ground.
Rep. Jim Matheson will introduce identical legislation in the House of Representatives, ...

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