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Show County to receive funds the public lands for timber cutting, mineral extraction and grazing," said Secretary Andrus. The funds appropriated by Congress for the "in lieu of tax" payments in FY 1980 are allocated under a formula which established t maximum and allocations to eligible units of government and considerations are made based on acreage, popuiation7atid-" othei revenue producing programs such as existing timber, grazing and mineral lease payments. Payments for FY 1980 were pro-rated by 1.5 percent due to a reduction reduc-tion in the ' funds appropriated ap-propriated for the program. Congress elected to defer $5 million of the FY 80 appropriation ap-propriation to 1981. Iron County will receive $449,436 from the Bureau of Land Management, secretary of the Interior Cecil D. Andrus recently announced.' an-nounced.' The payment program under the payments in Lieu of Taxes Act is designed to provide funds to local governments to partially offset the fiscal impact of certain tax-exempt tax-exempt federal lands within their boundaries. The payments supplement sup-plement other federal land payments received by the local units of government. Iron County's share is part of $8,146,654 paid to Utah counties, and $101.8 million paid nation wide. Over the years, Congress has passed various laws to help state and local units of government recoup lost revenue on various tax-exempt tax-exempt federal land. During fiscal year 1980, additional payments were made to state and local governments under programs administered by a number of federal - agencies, including the Bureau of Land I Managment, the Forest Service , and the U.S. ! Fish and Wildlife Service. i "Payments in lieu of taxes should not be f confused with other payments made annually by the BLM and other agencies to various state and local governments as their share of revenues derived from leasing of |