Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 122.djvu/1319

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page needs to be proofread.

12 2 STA T . 12 96PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 34—M A Y 22 , 200 8Subti t leD—Bo u ndaryA d j u s t m ents and L and C on v eyan c e P rovisions SEC.8301 . GR EE NMOU N TAI N NATIONA LF OREST B OUN D AR Y AD J UST - MENT. (a)INGE NE RAL.—Thebound a ry o ft he Green M ounta i n N ationa lF ore s tis m odified to in c lude the 13 desi g nated e xp ansion units as generally depicted on the forest maps entitled ‘ ‘Green Mountain E xpansion A rea Map I ’ ’ and ‘‘Green Mountain Expansion Area Map II’’ and dated February 20, 2002 (copies of w hich shall beonfileanda v ailable for public inspection in the O ffice of the C hief of the Forest S ervice, W ashington, D istrict of Columbia), and more particularly described according to the site specific maps and legal descriptions on file in the office of the Forest Supervisor, Green Mountain National Forest. (b) MANA G E M EN T .—Federally owned land delineated on the maps ac q uired for National Forest purposes shall continue to be managed in accordance with the laws (including regulations) applicable to the National Forest System. (c) L AN D AND WATER C O N S ER V AT I ONF U ND.—For the purposes of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1 965 (16 U .S.C. 4 60l – 9), the boundaries of the Green Mountain National Forest, as ad j usted by this section, shall be considered to be the boundaries of the national forest as of J anuary 1, 1965. SEC. 830 2 . LAND CON V EYANCES , C H IHUAHUAN DESERT NATURE P AR K , NE W ME X ICO, AND GEORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL FOREST, VIRGINIA. (a) C H IHUAHUAN DESERT NATURE P AR K CONVE Y AN C E.— (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, subject to valid existing rights and subsection (b), the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey to the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Par k , Inc., a nonprofit corpora - tion in the State of New Mexico (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Nature Park’’), by quitclaim deed and for no consider- ation, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the land described in paragraph (2) (2) DESCRI P TION O F LAND.— (A) IN GENERAL.—The parcel of land referred to in paragraph (1) consists of the approximately 935.62 acres of land in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, which is more particularly described— (i) as sections 17, 20, and 21 of T. 21 S., R . 2 E., N.M.P.M.

and (ii) in an easement deed dated May 14, 199 8 , from the Department of Agriculture to the Nature Park. ( B ) MODIFICATIONS.—The Secretary may modify the description of the land under subparagraph (A) to— (i) correct errors in the description; or (ii) facilitate management of the land. (b) CONDITIONS.—The conveyance of land under subsection (a) shall be subject to— (1) the reservation by the United States of all mineral and subsurface rights to the land, including any geothermal resources;