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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 · Sec. 2963

Sec. 2963. EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF MILITARY USE

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## SEC. 2963 EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF MILITARY USE ###
(a)Notice and Effect Upon a determination by the Secretary of the Navy that there is no longer a military need for all or portions of the land transferred under section 2961, the Secretary of the Navy shall notify the Secretary of the Interior of such determination. Subject to subsections (b), (c), and (d), the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer the land subject to such a notice back to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior. ###
(b)Contamination Before transmitting a notice under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy shall prepare a written determination concerning whether and to what extent the land to be transferred is contaminated with explosive materials or toxic or hazardous substances. A copy of the determination shall be transmitted with the notice. Copies of the notice and the determination shall be published in the Federal Register. ###
(c)Decontamination The Secretary of the Navy shall decontaminate any contaminated land that is the subject of a notice under subsection
(a)if— ####
(1)the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of the Navy, determines that— #####
(A)decontamination is practicable and economically feasible (taking into consideration the potential future use and value of the land); and #####
(B)upon decontamination, the land could be opened to operation of some or all of the public land laws, including the mining laws; and ####
(2)funds are appropriated for such decontamination. ###
(d)Alternative The Secretary of the Interior is not required to accept land proposed for transfer under subsection
(a)if the Secretary of the Interior is unable to make the determinations under subsection (c)(1) or if Congress does not appropriate a sufficient amount of funds for the decontamination of the land.
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