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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1264

To require the conveyance of a petroleum terminal serving former Loring

Air Force Base and Bangor Air National Guard Base, Maine.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 27, 2001

Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Ms. SNOWE) introduced the following bill; which

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To require the conveyance of a petroleum terminal serving

former Loring Air Force Base and Bangor Air National

Guard Base, Maine.

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

3 SECTION 1. LAND CONVEYANCE, PETROLEUM TERMINAL

4 SERVING FORMER LORING AIR FORCE BASE

5 AND BANGOR AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE,

6 MAINE.

7 (a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—(1) The Secretary of

8 the Air Force shall convey, without consideration, to the

9 Ports and Marine Division of the Department of Trans10 portation of the State of Maine (in this section referred
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1 to as the ‘‘Division’’) all right, title, and interest of the

2 United States in and to the Petroleum Terminal (POL)

3 at Mack Point, Searsport, Maine, which served former

4 Loring Air Force Base and Bangor Air National Guard

5 Base, Maine.

6 (2) The conveyance under paragraph (1) shall include

7 the following:

8 (A) A parcel of real property, including any im9 provements thereon, consisting of approximately 20

10 acres and comprising a portion of the Petroleum

11 Terminal.

12 (B) Any additional fuel tanks, other improve13 ments, and equipment located on the 43-acre parcel

14 of property adjacent to the property described in

15 subparagraph (A), and currently leased by the Sec16 retary, which constitutes the remaining portion of

17 the Petroleum Terminal.

18 (b) CONDITION OF CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary

19 may not make the conveyance under subsection (a) unless

20 the Division agrees to utilize the property to be conveyed

21 under that subsection solely for economic development

22 purposes.

23 (c) CONSIDERATION.—(1) As consideration for the

24 conveyance under subsection (a), the Authority shall lease

25 to the Air Force approximately one acre of the real prop-
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1 erty conveyed under that subsection, together with any im2 provements thereon, that constitutes the Aerospace Fuels

3 Laboratory (also known as Building 14).

4 (2) The real property leased under this subsection

5 shall include the parking lot, outbuildings, and other im6 provements associated with the Aerospace Fuels Labora7 tory and such easements of ingress and egress to the real

8 property, including easements for utilities, as are required

9 for the operations of the Aerospace Fuels Laboratory.

10 (3) As part of the lease of real property under this

11 subsection, the Authority shall maintain around the real

12 property for the term of the lease a zone, not less than

13 75 feet in depth, free of improvements or encumbrances.

14 (4) The lease under this subsection shall be without

15 cost to the United States.

16 (5) The term of the lease under this subsection may

17 not exceed 25 years. If operations at the Aerospace Fuels

18 Laboratory cease before the expiration of the term of the

19 lease otherwise provided for under this subsection, the

20 lease shall be deemed to have expired upon the cessation

21 of such operations.

22 (d) CONVEYANCE CONTINGENT ON EXPIRATION OF

23 FUEL TANKS LEASE.—The Secretary may not make the

24 conveyance under subsection (a) until the expiration of the

25 lease referred to in paragraph (2)(B) of that subsection.
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1 (e) ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION.—The Secretary

2 may not make the conveyance under subsection (a) until

3 the completion of any environmental remediation required

4 with respect to the property to be conveyed under that

5 subsection.

6 (f) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage

7 and legal description of the real property to be conveyed

8 under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satis9 factory to the Secretary. The cost of the survey shall be

10 borne by the Division.

11 (g) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The

12 Secretary may require such additional terms and condi13 tions in connection with the conveyance under subsection

14 (a), and the lease under subsection (c), as the Secretary

15 considers appropriate to protect the interests of the

16 United States.

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