no obligation for any claim for damages or specific per-
formance relating to a contract or permit, if such claim 
arose before the patent date, unless the State receives the 
benefit from such an obligation. 
SEC. 7. MISCELLANEOUS DUTIES OF THE PARTIES AND 
OTHER 
PROVISIONS 
RELATING 
TO 
THE 
TRANSFER. 
(a) MAP AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION.—The Map re-
ferred to in section 3(a)(4) and the maps and legal de-
scriptions prepared of the Portions of the Tongass Na-
tional Forest selected by the State under this Act shall 
be on file and available for public inspection in the Office 
of the Secretary in Washington, DC, the Office of the 
Commissioner in Juneau, Alaska, and readily accessible 
in one additional location in the State. 
(b) HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.—As promptly as prac-
ticable after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
make available to the State for review and inspection, all 
pertinent records relating to hazardous materials, if any, 
on lands to be selected under this Act. The responsibility 
for costs of remedial action related to such materials shall 
be borne by those entities responsible under existing law. 
If no party responsible for the hazardous materials can 
be determined, remediation responsibility and all costs 
shall remain with the Secretary and remediation as agreed 
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to by the Commissioner shall be initiated as soon as prac-
tical after the patent date. 
(c) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Selection of land pursuant 
to this Act shall not be subject to judicial review in any 
court of the United States, except— 
(1) to the extent a right of judicial review is 
conferred specifically by the United States Constitu-
tion; 
(2) otherwise conferred by this Act; or 
(3) when sought by the State on matters per-
taining to rights conferred by this Act. 
(d) RULEMAKING.—No formal rules under section 
553 of title 5, United States Code, are required to imple-
ment this Act. 
(e) SURVEY.—The patent for and use of the lands 
conveyed to the State pursuant to this Act shall not be 
subject to completion of a field survey and may be issued 
based on a protraction survey. However, the Secretary 
shall complete a field survey following patent. 
(f) REPEAL.—With respect to the lands selected by 
the State under this Act, sections 503, 508, 703, 704, 705 
and 706 of the Alaska National Lands Interest Conserva-
tion Act shall not apply effective on the patent date and 
title III of the Tongass Timber Reform Act shall not apply 
effective on the selection date. 
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(g) ENCUMBRANCES.—For purposes of an orderly 
transfer of the Tongass National Forest lands to State 
ownership and transition to State management, the Sec-
retary shall provide a list of encumbrances and uses of 
record and otherwise known on the selected portions of 
the Tongass National Forest to the Commissioner during 
the selection-transition period. The lands selected under 
this Act shall be subject to all existing encumbrances. 
Æ 
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