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 110 STAT. 598 PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 (2) EvE^^^UAL TRANSFER.—In the case of a parcel of Arsenal property that the Secretary of Agriculture declines immediate transfer under paragraph (1), the Secretary may accept transfer of the parcel at any time after the original finding with respect to the parcel that all response actions have been taken under CERCLA necessary to protect human health and the environment with respect to any hazardous substance remaining on the property. The Secretary of Agriculture shall accept transfer of the parcel as soon as possible after the date on which all required further actions identified in the assessment have been taken and the terms of any memorandum of understanding have been satisfied. (e) IDENTIFICATION OF ARSENAL PROPERTY FOR TRANSFER.— (1) MAP OF PROPOSED TRANSFERS.— The lands subject to transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture under subsections (a) and (b) and section 2916 are depicted on the map dated September 22, 1995, which is on file and available for public inspection at the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Logistics and the Environment. Federal Register, (2) METHOD OF EFFECTING TRANSFER. —The Secretary of publication. the Army shall effect the transfer of jurisdiction of Arsenal property under subsections (a) and (b) and section 2916 by publication of notices in the Federal Register. The Secretary of Agriculture shall give prior concurrence to the publication of such notices. Each notice published in the Federal Register shall refer to the parcel being transferred by legal description, references to maps or surveys, or other forms of description mutually acceptable to the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of the Army shall provide, without reimbursement, to the Secretary of Agriculture copies of all surveys and land title information on lands transferred under this section or section 2916. (f) SURVEYS.— All costs of necessary surveys for the transfer of jurisdiction of Arsenal property from the Secretary of the Army to the Secretary of Agriculture shall be borne by the Secretary of Agriculture. SEC. 2913. RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY. (a) CONTINUED LIABILITY OF SECRETARY OF THE ARMY.—The transfers of Arsenal property under sections 2912 and 2916, and the requirements of such sections, shall not in any way affect the responsibilities and liabilities of the Secretary of the Army specified in this section. The Secretary of the Army shall retain any obligation or other liability at the Arsenal that the Secretary of the Army has under CERCLA or other environmental laws. Following transfer of a portion of the Arsenal under this subtitle, the Secretary of the Army shall be accorded any easement or access to the property that may be reasonably required by the Secretary to carry out the obligation or satisfy the liability. (b) SPECIAL PROTECTIONS FOR SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.— The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be liable under any environmental law for matters which are related directly or indirectly to activities of the Secretary of the Army at the Arsenal or any party acting under the authority of the Secretary of the Army at the Arsenal, including any of the following:

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