I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 966
To provide for the disposition of land deemed excess to a project for flood
control at Matewan, West Virginia.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 3, 1999
Mr. RAHALL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To provide for the disposition of land deemed excess to
a project for flood control at Matewan, West Virginia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Matewan Flood Con-
trol Excess Project Land Disposal Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. DISPOSITION OF EXCESS PROPERTY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States shall convey by
quit claim deed to the Town of Matewan, West Virginia,
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and
to four parcels of land deemed excess by the Secretary
HR 966 IH
of the Army, acting through the Chief of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, to the structural project for flood con-
trol constructed by the Corps of Engineers along the Tug
Fork River pursuant to section 202 of Public Law 96–
367.
(b) PROPERTY DESCRIPTION.—The parcels of land
referred to in subsection (a) are as follows—
(1) A certain parcel of land in the State of
West Virginia, Mingo County, Town of Matewan,
and being more particularly bounded and described
as follows:
Beginning at a point on the southerly
right-of-way line of a 40-foot-wide street right-
of-way (known as McCoy Alley), having an ap-
proximate 
coordinate 
value 
of 
N228,695,
E1,662,397, in the line common to the land
designated as U.S.A. Tract No. 834, and the
land designated as U.S.A. Tract No. 837, said
point being South 51°52′ East 81.8 feet from
an iron pin and cap marked M–12 on the
boundary of the Matewan Area Structural
Project, on the north right-of-way line of said
street, at a corner common to designated
U.S.A. Tracts Nos. 834 and 836; thence, leav-
ing the right-of-way of said street, with the line
HR 966 IH
common to the land of said Tract No. 834, and
the land of said Tract No. 837,
South 14°37′ West 46 feet to the corner
common to the land of said Tract No. 834, and
the land of said Tract No. 837; thence, leaving
the land of said Tract No. 837, severing the
lands of said Project,
South 14°37′ West 46 feet,
South 68°07′ East 239 feet,
North 26°05′ East 95 feet to a point on
the southerly right-of-way line of said street;
thence, with the right-of-way of said street, con-
tinuing to sever the lands of said Project,
South 63°55′ East 206 feet; thence, leav-
ing the right-of-way of said street, continuing to
sever the lands of said Project,
South 26°16′ West 63 feet; thence, with a
curve to the left having a radius of 70 feet, a
delta of 33°58′, an arc length of 41 feet, the
chord bearing,
South 09°17′ West 41 feet; thence, leaving
said curve, continuing to sever the lands of said
Project,
South 07°42′ East 31 feet to a point on
the right-of-way line of the floodwall; thence,
HR 966 IH
with the right-of-way of said floodwall, continu-
ing to sever the lands of said Project,
South 77°04′ West 71 feet,
North 77°10′ West 46 feet,
North 67°07′ West 254 feet,
North 67°54′ West 507 feet,
North 57°49′ West 66 feet to the intersec-
tion of the right-of-way line of said floodwall
with the southerly right-of-way line of said
street; thence, leaving the right-of-way of said
floodwall and with the southerly right-of-way of
said street, continuing to sever the lands of said
Project,
North 83°01′ East 171 feet,
North 89°42′ East 74 feet,
South 83°39′ East 168 feet,
South 83°38′ East 41 feet,
South 77°26′ East 28 feet to the point of
beginning, containing 2.59 acres, more or less.
The bearings and coordinate used herein are
referenced to the West Virginia State Plane Co-
ordinate System, South Zone.
(2) A certain parcel of land in the State of
West Virginia, Mingo County, Town of Matewan,
HR 966 IH
and being more particularly bounded and described
as follows:
Beginning at an iron pin and cap des-
ignated Corner No. M2–2 on the southerly
right-of-way line of the Norfolk and Western
Railroad, having an approximate coordinate
value of N228,755 E1,661,242, and being at
the intersection of the right-of-way line of the
floodwall with the boundary of the Matewan
Area Structural Project; thence, leaving the
right-of-way of said floodwall and with said
Project boundary, and the southerly right-of-
way of said Railroad,
North 59°45′ East 34 feet,
North 69°50′ East 44 feet,
North 58°11′ East 79 feet,
North 66°13′ East 102 feet,
North 69°43′ East 98 feet,
North 77°39′ East 18 feet,
North 72°39′ East 13 feet to a point at
the intersection of said Project boundary, and
the southerly right-of-way of said Railroad, with
the westerly right-of-way line of State Route
49/10; thence, leaving said Project boundary,
HR 966 IH
and the southerly right-of-way of said Railroad,
and with the westerly right-of-way of said road,
South 03°21′ East 100 feet to a point at
the intersection of the westerly right-of-way of
said road with the right-of-way of said
floodwall; thence, leaving the right-of-way of
said road, and with the right-of-way line of said
floodwall,
South 79°30′ West 69 feet,
South 78°28′ West 222 feet,
South 80°11′ West 65 feet,
North 38°40′ West 14 feet to the point of
beginning, containing 0.53 acre, more or less.
The bearings and coordinate used herein are
referenced to the West Virginia State Plane Co-
ordinate System, South Zone.
(3) A certain parcel of land in the State of
West Virginia, Mingo County, Town of Matewan,
and being more particularly bounded and described
as follows:
Beginning at a point on the southerly
right-of-way line of the Norfolk and Western
Railroad, having an approximate coordinate
value of N228,936 E1,661,672, and being at
the intersection of the easterly right-of-way line