Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 122.djvu/1320

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( 3 ) any rights - o f - w ay reserved b y the S ecretary; ( 4 ) a covenant or restriction in the deed to the land re q uiring that — ( A ) the land m ay be used only for educational or sci- entific purposes; and (B) if the land is no longer used for the purposes described in subparagraph (A) , the land may, at the discre- tion of the Secretary, revert to the U nited States in accord- ance with subsection (c); and ( 5 ) any other terms and conditions that the Secretary deter- mines to be appropriate . (c) REV E RSION .— I f the land conveyed under subsection (a) is no longer used for the purposes described in subsection (b)(4)(A), the land may, at the discretion of the Secretary, revert to the United States. If the Secretary chooses to have the land revert to the United States, the Secretary shall— ( 1 ) determine whether the land is environmentally contami- nated, including contamination from ha z ardous wastes, haz- ardous substances, pollutants, contaminants, petroleum, or petroleum by-products; and (2) if the Secretary determines that the land is environ- mentally contaminated, the Nature Park, the successor to the Nature Park, or any other person responsible for the contamina- tion shall be required to remediate the contamination. (d) W I THD R AW A L .—All federally owned mineral and subsurface rights to the land to be conveyed under subsection (a) are withdrawn from— (1) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (2) the operation of the mineral leasing laws, including the geothermal leasing laws. (e) WATER RI G HTS.—Nothing in subsection (a) authorizes the conveyance of water rights to the Nature Park. (f) G EORGE WASHINGTON NATIONAL F OREST CONVE Y AN C E, V IR- GINIA.— (1) CONVEYANCE RE QU IRED.— T he Secretary of Agriculture shall convey, without consideration, to the Central Advent Christian Church of Alleghany County, Virginia (in this sub- section referred to as the ‘ ‘recipient ’ ’), all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real property in the George Washington National Forest, Alleghany County, Virginia, consisting of not more than 8 acres, including a ceme- tery encompassing appro x imately 6 acres designated as an area of special use for the recipient, and depicted on the Forest Service map showing tract G – 2 0 32c and dated August 20, 2002, and the Forest Service map showing the area of special use and dated M arch 14, 2001. (2) CONDITION O F CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance under this subsection shall be sub j ect to the condition that the recipient accept the real property described in paragraph (1) in its condition at the time of the conveyance, commonly known as conveyance ‘‘as is’’. (3) DESCRI P TION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage and legal description of the real property to be conveyed under this subsection shall be determined by a survey satisfactory