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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.

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

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.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTY.

4 (a) CONVEYANCE.—Upon the tendering of $500,100

5 on behalf of the State of California and the release of the

6 United States by the State of California from any liability

7 for claims relating to the property described in subsection
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1 (b), all right, title, and interest of the United States in

2 and to such property and improvements thereon are con3 veyed to the Department of Health Services of the State

4 of California, except that the property shall revert to the

5 United States if the property is not used as a low-level

6 radioactive waste disposal facility.

7 (b) LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—The lands conveyed are:

8 San Bernardino Meridian, Township 9 North, Range 19

9 East—

10 Section 26, the southwest quarter of the south11 west quarter;

12 Section 27, the south half of the south half;

13 Section 34, all;

14 Section 35, the west half of the west half.

15 (c) TITLE.—The Secretary of the Interior shall issue

16 evidence of title pursuant to this Act notwithstanding any

17 other provision of law. The Southwestern Low-Level Ra18 dioactive Waste Disposal Compact’s Ward Valley regional

19 disposal facility and transfer of property under subsection

20 (a) are in compliance with any applicable provisions of sec21 tion 1713 of title 43, United States Code, section 4332

22 of title 42, United States Code, and section 1536 of title

23 16, United States Code.
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1 (d) DEPOSIT OF FUNDS.—Sums received pursuant to

2 subsection (a) shall be deposited as miscellaneous receipts

3 in the Treasury of the United States.

4 (e) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to

5 make the conveyance described in subsection (a) expires

6 October 1, 2010.

7 SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF EASEMENTS.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Concurrent with the conveyance

9 of the property described in section 1(b) to the Depart10 ment of Health Services of the State of California, all nec11 essary easements for utilities and ingress and egress to

12 such property and the right to improve those easements,

13 are also conveyed to the Department of Health Services

14 of the State of California, except that the Department of

15 Health Services right-of-way easements shall revert to the

16 United States if the property is not licensed and used as

17 a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility.

18 (b) LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—The legal description of

19 the property subject to the easements described in sub20 section (a) is as follows: A parcel of land lying within the

NE1⁄4 of section 34, the SE1⁄4 of section 27 and the W1 21 ⁄2

22 of section 26, township 9 north, range 19 east of the San

23 Bernardino meridian, San Bernardino County, California,

24 being more particularly described as follows: Commencing

25 at the northeast corner of said section 34; thence south
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1 88 degrees 02 minutes 29 seconds west along the north

2 line of said section 34 a distance of 758.5 feet; thence

3 south 01 degrees, 57 minutes, 31 seconds east a distance

4 of 25.00 feet; thence south 09 degrees, 05 minutes, 35

5 seconds east a distance of 131.67 feet to the point of be6 ginning; thence continuing south 09 degrees 05 minutes

7 35 seconds east a distance of 60.75 feet; thence south 90

8 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds east a distance of 285.52

9 feet, to a point of curve; thence along said curve to the

10 right, having a radius of 32.00 feet and a central angle

11 of 98 degrees 59 minutes 49 seconds, an arc distance of

12 55.26 feet to a point of tangent; thence south 08 degrees

13 56 minutes 49 seconds west along said tangent a distance

14 of 30.00 feet; thence south 81 degrees 03 minutes 11 sec15 onds east a distance of 60.00 feet; thence north 08 degrees

16 56 minutes 49 seconds east a distance of 308.02 feet to

17 a point on the south line of said section 27; thence con18 tinuing north 08 degrees 56 minutes 49 seconds east a

19 distance of 1,948.10 feet to a point on the west line of

20 said section 26; thence continuing north 08 degrees 56

21 minutes 49 seconds east a distance of 2,101.87 feet to

22 a point on the southerly right-of-way line of a frontage

23 road for Interstate 40; thence south 69 degrees 25 min24 utes 11 seconds west along said southerly right-of-way line

25 a distance of 209.58 feet, to a point of curve; thence eas-
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1 terly along said curve to the right the center of which

2 bears south 20 degrees 33 minutes 49 seconds east, hav3 ing a radius of 82.00 feet and a central angle of 119 de4 grees 30 minutes 38 seconds an arc distance of 171.04

5 feet to a point of tangent; thence south 08 degrees 56 min6 utes 49 seconds west a distance of 1,615.36 feet to a point

7 on the east line of said section 27; thence continuing south

8 08 degrees 56 minutes 49 seconds west a distance of

9 2271.35 feet to a point on the north line of said section

10 34; thence continuing south 08 degrees 56 minutes 49 sec11 onds west a distance of 111.02 feet to a point of curve;

12 thence south along said curve to the right, having a radius

13 of 67.00 feet and a central angle of 81 degrees 03 minutes

14 11 seconds, an arc distance of 94.78 feet to a point of

15 tangent; thence north 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds

16 west along said tangent a distance of 265.52 feet to the

17 point of beginning, containing an area of 6.55 acres more

18 or less.

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