[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2334 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2334

    To convey 1,000 acres of Federal land in San Bernardino County, 
     California, for use as the site of the Southwestern Low-Level 
    Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact's regional disposal facility.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 1995

  Mr. Bilbray (for himself, Mr. Moorhead, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Dreier, Mr. 
 Packard, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Dornan, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Young of Alaska, 
and Mr. Schaefer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                       the Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To convey 1,000 acres of Federal land in San Bernardino County, 
     California, for use as the site of the Southwestern Low-Level 
    Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact's regional disposal facility.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY.

    (a) Conveyance.--Upon the tendering of $500,100 on behalf of the 
State of California and the release of the United States by the State 
of California from any liability for claims relating to the property 
described in subsection (b), all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to such property and improvements thereon are 
conveyed to the Department of Health Services of the State of 
California, except that the property shall revert to the United States 
if the property is not used as a low-level radioactive waste disposal 
facility.
    (b) Legal Description.--The lands conveyed are: San Bernardino 
Meridian, Township 9 North, Range 19 East--
            Section 26, the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter;
            Section 27, the south half of the south half;
            Section 34, all;
            Section 35, the west half of the west half.
    (c) Title.--The Secretary of the Interior shall issue evidence of 
title pursuant to this Act notwithstanding any other provision of law. 
The Southwestern Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact's Ward 
Valley regional disposal facility and transfer of property under 
subsection (a) are in compliance with any applicable provisions of 
section 1713 of title 43, United States Code, section 4332 of title 42, 
United States Code, and section 1536 of title 16, United States Code.
    (d) Deposit of Funds.--Sums received pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall be deposited as miscellaneous receipts in the Treasury of the 
United States.
    (e) Termination of Authority.--The authority to make the conveyance 
described in subsection (a) expires October 1, 2010.

SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF EASEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Concurrent with the conveyance of the property 
described in section 1(b) to the Department of Health Services of the 
State of California, all necessary easements for utilities and ingress 
and egress to such property and the right to improve those easements, 
are also conveyed to the Department of Health Services of the State of 
California, except that the Department of Health Services right-of-way 
easements shall revert to the United States if the property is not 
licensed and used as a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility.
    (b) Legal Description.--The legal description of the property 
subject to the easements described in subsection (a) is as follows: A 
parcel of land lying within the NE\1/4\ of section 34, the SE\1/4\ of 
section 27 and the W\1/2\ of section 26, township 9 north, range 19 
east of the San Bernardino meridian, San Bernardino County, California, 
being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the 
northeast corner of said section 34; thence south 88 degrees 02 minutes 
29 seconds west along the north line of said section 34 a distance of 
758.5 feet; thence south 01 degrees, 57 minutes, 31 seconds east a 
distance of 25.00 feet; thence south 09 degrees, 05 minutes, 35 seconds 
east a distance of 131.67 feet to the point of beginning; thence 
continuing south 09 degrees 05 minutes 35 seconds east a distance of 
60.75 feet; thence south 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds east a 
distance of 285.52 feet, to a point of curve; thence along said curve 
to the right, having a radius of 32.00 feet and a central angle of 98 
degrees 59 minutes 49 seconds, an arc distance of 55.26 feet to a point 
of tangent; thence south 08 degrees 56 minutes 49 seconds west along 
said tangent a distance of 30.00 feet; thence south 81 degrees 03 
minutes 11 seconds east a distance of 60.00 feet; thence north 08 
degrees 56 minutes 49 seconds east a distance of 308.02 feet to a point 
on the south line of said section 27; thence continuing north 08 
degrees 56 minutes 49 seconds east a distance of 1,948.10 feet to a 
point on the west line of said section 26; thence continuing north 08 
degrees 56 minutes 49 seconds east a distance of 2,101.87 feet to a 
point on the southerly right-of-way line of a frontage road for 
Interstate 40; thence south 69 degrees 25 minutes 11 seconds west along 
said southerly right-of-way line a distance of 209.58 feet, to a point 
of curve; thence easterly along said curve to the right the center of 
which bears south 20 degrees 33 minutes 49 seconds east, having a 
radius of 82.00 feet and a central angle of 119 degrees 30 minutes 38 
seconds an arc distance of 171.04 feet to a point of tangent; thence 
south 08 degrees 56 minutes 49 seconds west a distance of 1,615.36 feet 
to a point on the east line of said section 27; thence continuing south 
08 degrees 56 minutes 49 seconds west a distance of 2271.35 feet to a 
point on the north line of said section 34; thence continuing south 08 
degrees 56 minutes 49 seconds west a distance of 111.02 feet to a point 
of curve; thence south along said curve to the right, having a radius 
of 67.00 feet and a central angle of 81 degrees 03 minutes 11 seconds, 
an arc distance of 94.78 feet to a point of tangent; thence north 90 
degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds west along said tangent a distance of 
265.52 feet to the point of beginning, containing an area of 6.55 acres 
more or less.
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