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 PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 110 STAT. 603 (13) Study Area L9, group 3. (14) Study Area LIO, group 3A. (15) Study Area L14, group 4. (16) Study Area L15, group 5. (17) Study Area L18, group 8. (18) Study Area L19, group 9. (19) Study Area L33, PVC area. (20) Any other lands proposed for transfer as depicted on the map described in section 2912(e)(1) and not otherwise specifically identified for transfer under this subtitle. (b) INFORMATION REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION OF PARCELS; ASSESSMENT OF REQUIRED ACTIONS UNDER OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.— (1) INFORMATION.— Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary of the Army and the Administrator concur in finding that, with respect to a parcel of Arsenal property described in subsection (a), 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 parcel, the Secretary of the Army and the Administrator shall provide to the Secretary of Agriculture all information that exists on such date regarding the environmental condition of the parcel and the implementation of any response action, including information regarding the effectiveness of the response action. (2) ASSESSMENT. — At the same time as information is provided under paragraph (1) with regard to a parcel of Arsenal property described in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Army shall provide to the Secretary of Agriculture an assessment, based on information in existence at the time the assessment is provided, indicating what further action, if any, is required under any environmental law (other than CERCLA) with respect to the parcel. (3) SUBMISSION OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—The Secretary of the Army and the Administrator shall have a continuing obligation to provide to the Secretary of Agriculture any additional information regarding the environmental condition of a parcel of the i\rsenal property described in subsection (a) as such information becomes available. (c) OFFER OF TRANSFER.— Not later than 180 days after the date on which information is provided under subsection (b)(1) with regard to a parcel of the Arsenal property described in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Army shall offer the Secretary of Agriculture the option of accepting a transfer of the parcel, without reimbursement, to be added to the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie. The transfer shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this subtitle, including the liability provisions contained in section 2913. The Secretary of Agriculture has the option to accept or decline the offered transfer. The transfer of property under this section may be made on a parcel-by-parcel basis. (d) EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.— (1) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TO DECLINE TRANSFER. — If a parcel of Arsenal property described in subsection (a) includes property for which the assessment under subsection (b)(2) concludes further action is required under any other environmental law, the Secretary of Agriculture may decline any transfer of the parcel. Alternatively, the Secretary Memorandum.

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