Reading Room Document

Authority to Grant Conservation Easements Under 40 U.S.C. § 319

Federal agencies do not have authority to grant conservation easements in federal property under 40 U.S C. § 319. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/20516/download.

January 19, 1993