PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 107 STAT. 1897 Subtitle D—Land Transactions Involving Utilities SEC. 2841. CONVEYANCE OF NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA. (a) AUTHORITY To CONVEY.— (1) The Secretary of the Army may convey to the Washington Gas Company, Virginia (in this section referred to as "Washington Gas Compan/'), all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the natural gas distribution system described in paragraph (2). (2) The natural distribution gas system referred to in paragraph (1) is the natural gas distribution system located at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, consisting of approximately 15.6 miles of natural gas distribution lines and the equipment, fixtures, structures, and other improvements owned and utilized by the Federal Government at Fort Belvoir in order to provide natural gas to and distribute natural gas at Fort Belvoir. The natural gas distribution system does not include any real property. (b) RELATED EASEMENTS. — The Secretary may grant to Washington Gas Company the following easements relating to the coni^eyance of the natural gas distribution system authorized by subsection (a): (1) Such easements, if any, as the Secretary and Washington Gas Company jointly determine are necessary in order to provide access to the natural gas distribution system for maintenance, safety, and other purposes. (2) Such rights of way appurtenant, if any, as the Secretary and Washington Gas Company jointly determine are necessary in order to satisfy requirements imposed by any Federal or State agency relating to the maintenance of a buffer zone around the natural gas distribution system. (c) REQUIREMENT REILATING TO CONVEYANCE.— The Secretary may not carry out the conveyance of the natural gas distribution system authorized in subsection (a) unless Washington Gas Company agrees to accept the system in its existing condition at the time of the conveyance. (d) CONDITIONS. — The conveyance of the natural gas distribution system authorized by subsection (a) is subject to the following conditions: (1) That Washington Gas Company provide natural gas to and distribute natural gas at Fort Belvoir at a rate that is no less favorable than the rate Washington Gas Company would charge a public or private consumer of natural gas similar to Fort Belvoir for the provision and distribution of natural gas. (2) That Washington Gas Company maintain, repair, conduct safety inspections, and conduct leak test surveys required for the natural gas distribution system. (3) That Washington Gas Company, at no cost to the Federal Government, expsind and upgrade the natural gas distribution system as necessary to meet the increasing needs of Fort Belvoir for natural gas that will result from conversion, to the extent anticipated by the Secretary at the time of convey- ance, of oil-burning utilities at Fort Belvoir to natural gasburning utilities.
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