Modoc County Land Transfer and Economic Development Act of 2017

To provide for the conveyance of an obsolete Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar System receiving station in Modoc County, California, to promote economic development of the site. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Modoc County Land Transfer and Economic Development Act of 2017 2. Land conveyance, Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar System receiving station, Modoc County, California (a) Conveyance required The Secretary of Agriculture shall convey, without consideration, to Modoc County, California (in this section referred to as the County (b) Purpose of conveyance The purpose of the conveyance under this section is to preserve and utilize the improvements constructed on the parcel of National Forest System land described in subsection (a) and to permit the County to use the conveyed property, including improvements thereon, for economic development purposes. (c) Payment of costs of conveyance (1) Payment required The Secretary of Agriculture shall require the County to cover costs (except costs for environmental remediation of the property) to be incurred by the Secretary, or to reimburse the Secretary for such costs incurred by the Secretary, to carry out the conveyance under subsection (a), including survey costs, costs for environmental documentation, and any other administrative costs related to the conveyance. If amounts are collected from the County in advance of the Secretary incurring the actual costs, and the amount collected exceeds the costs actually incurred by the Secretary to carry out the conveyance, the Secretary shall refund the excess amount to the County. (2) Treatment of amounts received Amounts received as reimbursement under paragraph (1) shall be credited to the fund or account that was used to cover those costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out the conveyance. Amounts so credited shall be merged with amounts in such fund or account, and shall be available for the same purposes, and subject to the same conditions and limitations, as amounts in such fund or account. (d) Environmental remediation To expedite the conveyance of the parcel of National Forest System land described in subsection (a), including improvements thereon, environmental remediation of the land by the Department of the Air Force shall be limited to the removal of the perimeter wooden fence, which was treated with an arsenic-based weatherproof coating, and treatment of soil affected by leaching of such chemical. (e) Description of property The exact acreage and legal description of the property to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary of Agriculture.

Summary: Modoc County Land Transfer and Economic Development Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to convey, without consideration, to Modoc County, California, specified National Forest System land in Modoc National Forest which contains an obsolete Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar System receiving station. The purpose of such conveyance is to: (1) preserve and utilize the improvements constructed on such land, and (2) permit the county to use the conveyed property for economic development purposes. To expedite the conveyance, environmental remediation of such land by the Air Force shall be limited to the removal of the perimeter fence, which was treated with an arsenic-based weatherproof coating, and the treatment of the soil affected by the leaching of such chemical.