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S. Rept. 115-316 1 (2018-08-01)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxabsj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. -OVERNMENT INFORMATION Op Calendar No. 543 115TH CONGRESS } REPORT 2d Session J SENATE1 115-316 WEST FORK FIRE STATION ACT OF 2017 AUGUST 1, 2018.-Ordered to be printed Ms. MURKOWSKJ, from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 4609] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was referred the bill (H.R. 4609) to provide for the conveyance of a For- est Service site in Dolores County, Colorado, to be used for a fire station, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE The purpose of H.R. 4609 is to provide for the conveyance of ap- proximately 3.61 acres of National Forest System land to Dolores County, Colorado, to be used for a fire station. BACKGROUND AND NEED The Dolores County Fire Protection District (DCFPD) has histori- cally been headquartered in neighboring Montezuma County, Colo- rado. When responding to fire and emergency calls outside of Mon- tezuma County in Dolores County, firefighters and taxpayers in Dolores County have shouldered increasingly difficult logistical and financial burdens. In addition, some private homeowners have been unable to obtain home insurance due to the lack of local fire protec- tion. Given these challenges, the Dolores County Board of County Commissioners (DCBOCC) worked with local constituents, as well as Congressional staff, the DCFPD, and the U.S. Forest Service, to resolve the issue. Local individuals have been trained as fire- fighters, and necessary equipment has been procured. A fire station 79-010