PUBLIC LAW 102-415—OCT. 14, 1992 106 STAT. 2121 acreage computed as underselection, if any, for the Village Corporation. (C) The Secretary shall withdraw and the Village Corporation shall select replacement acreage under this paragraph pursuant to the authority in section 22gX2) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1621(j)(2)). (D) Except as provided in subsection (d)(4), in any case in which a Village Corporation receives an interim conveyance or patent to the surface estate selected pursuant to section 12(a) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1611(a)), the Regional Corporation shall receive an interim conveyance or patent to the subsurface estate. (f) CONGRESSIONAL INTENT. —Nothing in this section shall be construed as satisfying, relieving, or otherwise affecting the requirements of section 14(c) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1613(c)). (g) LIABILITY FOR HAZARDOUS SuBSTANCES.— The United States shall not be subject to liability for the presence of any hazardous substance in land or an interest in land solely as a result of any reconveyance to and transfer by the United States of the land or interest pursuant to this section. SEC. 14. LAPSED MINING CLAIMS. Section 22(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1621(c)) is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" after "(c)"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(2)(A)(i) Subject to valid existing rights, an impatented mining claim or location, or portion thereof, under the general mining laws that is situated outside the boundaries of a conservation system unit (as such term is defined in the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act) and within the exterior boundaries of lands validly selected by a Village or Regional Corporation pursuant to section 12 or section 14(h) and that lapses, is abandoned, relinquished, or terminated, declared null and void, or otherwise expires, after August 31, 1971, because of failure to comply with requirements of the general mining laws (including the mining laws of the State of Alaska), is deemed to be null and void for the purposes of this paragraph. The Secretary shall promptly determine the validity of such claims or locations within conservation system units. "(ii) Subject to valid existing rights and to subparagraph (B), the lands outside a conservation system unit included in a mining claim or location described in clause (i) shall— "(I) be considered part of the lands selected pursuant to sections 12 and 14(h) by the Village or Regional Corporation described in clause (i); and "(II) be eligible for conveyance pursuant to this Act unless specifically identified and excluded from an initial selection application. "(iii) Subject to valid existing rights and to subparagraph (B), any portion outside a conservation system unit of a mining claim or location described in clause (i) that is situated within the exterior boundaries of lands conveyed prior to the date of enactment of this paragraph from selections under section 12 or section 14(h) shall be conveyed pursuant to this Act. "(B) No lands shall be conveyed pursuant to this subsection if the conveyance would result in the receipt of title to lands in excess of an acreage entitlement under this Act,".
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