Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 110 Part 6.djvu/128

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110 STAT. 3950 PUBLIC LAW 104-324—OCT. 19, 1996 (A) the lights, antennas, sound signal, electronic navigation equipment, and associated lighthouse equipment located on the property conveyed, which are active aids to navigation, shall continue to be operated and maintained by the United States for as long as they are needed for this purpose; (B) the owner of the property may not interfere or allow interference in any manner with aids to navigation without express written permission from the Secretary of Transportation; (C) there is reserved to the United States the right to relocate, replace, or add any aid to navigation or make any changes to the property as may be necessary for navigational purposes; (D) the United States shall have the right, at any time, to enter the property without notice for the purpose of maintaining aids to navigation; and (E) the United States shall have an easement of access to and across the property for the purpose of maintaining the aids to navigation in use on the property. (4) OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— The owner of property conveyed under this section is not required to maintain any active aid to navigation equipment on the property. (5) PROPERTY TO BE MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CER- TAIN LAWS.—The owner of property conveyed under this section shall maintain the property in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) and other applicable laws. (c) MAINTENANCE STANDARD.—The owner of any property conveyed under this section, at its own cost and expense, shall maintain the property in a proper, substantial, and workmanlike manner. (d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: (1) The term "Montauk Light Station" includes the keeper's dwellings, adjacent Coast Guard rights-of-way, the World War II submarine spotting tower, the lighthouse tower, and the paint locker. (2) The term "owner" means the person identified in subsection (a)(1)(A) through (G), and includes any successor of assign of that person. (3) The term "Point Arena Light Station" includes the light tower building, fog signal building, 2 small shelters, 4 residential quarters, and a restroom facility. (4) The term "Squirrel Point Light" includes the light tower, dwelling, boat house, oil house, bam, any other ancillary buildings, and any other land as may be necessary for the owner to operate a nonprofit center for public benefit. (5) The term "lYesque Isle Light Station" includes the light tower, attached dwelling, detached dwelling, 3-car garage, and any other improvements on that parcel of land. SEC. 1002. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAE»J LIGHTHOUSES LOCATED IN MAINE. (a) AUTHORITY TO CONVEY.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation (in this section referred to as the "Secretary") shall convey to an entity recommended by the Island Institute, Rockland, Maine (in this section referred to as the "Institute"), and approved by the