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 117 STAT. 2520 Notification. Deadline.

VerDate 11-MAY-2000

13:59 Aug 30, 2004

PUBLIC LAW 108–176—DEC. 12, 2003

(3) ALEUT CORPORATION.—As a condition for the conveyance under subsection (c), the Aleut Corporation shall notify the Secretary of the Interior within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act that, by means of a legally binding resolution of the Board of Directors, accompanied by the written legal opinion of counsel as to the legal sufficiency of the Board of Directors’ action, the Aleut Corporation— (A) accepts the offer under subsection (a); and (B) relinquishes all rights to Lot 1, Section 14, Township 81 South, Range 133 West, Seward Meridian, Alaska. (c) REQUIREMENT TO CONVEY.— (1) CONVEYANCE.—Notwithstanding the existence of Public Land Order 2374, upon receipt from the Chaluka Corporation and from the Aleut Corporation of their acceptances made in accordance with the requirements of subsections (b)(2) and (b)(3), respectively, of the offer under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the Chaluka Corporation the surface estate, and to the Aleut Corporation the subsurface estate, of— (A) Phase I lands as soon as practicable; and (B) each parcel of Phase II lands upon completion of environmental restoration of Phase II lands in accordance with applicable law. (2) PHASE I LIABILITY LIMIT.—Notwithstanding section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9607), neither the Chaluka Corporation nor the Aleut Corporation shall be subject to any liability for— (A) the presence or release of a hazardous substance, as that term is defined by section 101(14) of that Act (16 U.S.C. 9601(14)), on Phase I lands or the presence of solid waste on Phase I lands, which predates conveyance of those lands to the Chaluka Corporation and the Aleut Corporation pursuant to this section; or (B) any release, from any of the hazardous substances or solid wastes referred to in subparagraph (A), following conveyance of Phase I lands under this section, so long as the presence of or releases from those hazardous substances or solid wastes are not the result of actions by the Chaluka Corporation or the Aleut Corporation. (3) CONTINUED ACCESS OVER HILL AND BEACH STREETS.— The surface estate conveyed under paragraph (1) shall be subject to the public’s right of access over Hill and Beach Streets, located on Tract B of United States Survey 4904. (d) TREATMENT AS ANCSA LANDS.—Conveyances made under subsection (c) shall be considered to be conveyances under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and are subject to the provisions of that Act except sections 14(c)(3), 14(c)(4), and 17(b)(3) (43 U.S.C. 1613(c)(3), 1613(c)(4), and 1616(b)(3)). (e) AUTHORITY TO CONVEY CERTAIN OTHER LANDS.—The Secretary of the Interior shall at no cost to the recipient convey ownership of— (1) an estate in fee simple in—

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