SEC. 
2. 
LAND 
CONVEYANCE, 
OVER-THE-HORIZON 
BACKSCATTER RADAR SYSTEM RECEIVING 
STATION, MODOC COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Ag-
riculture shall convey, without consideration, to Modoc 
County, California (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘County’’), all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to a parcel of National Forest System land, 
including improvements thereon, consisting of approxi-
mately 927 acres in Modoc National Forest in the State 
of California and containing an obsolete Over-the-Horizon 
Backscatter Radar System receiving station established on 
the parcel pursuant to a memorandum of agreement be-
tween the Department of the Air Force and Forest Service 
dated May 18 and 23, 1987. 
(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 per-
mit the County to use the conveyed property, including 
improvements thereon, for economic development pur-
poses. 
(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 
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property) to be incurred by the Secretary, or to re-
imburse the Secretary for such costs incurred by the 
Secretary, to carry out the conveyance under sub-
section (a), including survey costs, costs for environ-
mental documentation, and any other administrative 
costs related to the conveyance. If amounts are col-
lected 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 re-
fund the excess amount to the County. 
(2) TREATMENT
OF
AMOUNTS
RECEIVED.— 
Amounts received as reimbursement under para-
graph (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 De-
partment of the Air Force shall be limited to the removal 
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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. 
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