104 STAT. 230 PUBLIC LAW 101-302—MAY 25, 1990 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES OIL SPILL EMERGENCY FUND For an additional amount for the Department of the Interior for contingency planning, response and natural resource damage assessment related to the discharge of oil from the tanker Exxon Valdez into Prince William Sound, Alaska, and for other purposes authorized under this head in Public Law 101-45, $7,279,000: Provided, That all authorities associated with, and funds in, the Oil Spill Emergency Fund shall remain available until September 30, 1994: Provided further. That none of the funds made available by this or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year may be used by the Department of the Interior to make any reimbursements to any other Federal department for litigation costs associated with the Prince William Sound oil spill. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE FOREST SERVICE FIREFIGHTING For an additional amount for "Forest service firefighting", $256,700,000. NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM For additional expenses associated with assessment or recovery on National Forest System lands from Hurricane Hugo and the Exxon Valdez oil spill of March 24, 1989, or for assessment and recovery on associated lands affected by the Exxon Valdez oil spill, $8,633,000, to remain available until September 30, 1991: Provided, That none of the funds made available by this or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year may be used by the Forest Service to make any reimbursements to any other Federal department for litigation costs associated with the Prince William Sound oil spill. Grants. CONSTRUCTION Mississippi. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds originally appropriated under this head in Public Law 101-121, the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990, in the amount of $371,000 for the Forest Service for the construction of an addition to the Starkville, Mississippi, research office shall be available for a grant to Mississippi State University as the Federal share in the construction of a new University facility: Provided, That comparable space shall be provided to the Forest Service without charge for a reasonable period. SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS, FOREST SERVICE The Forest Service is hereby authorized and directed to negotiate, compromise, and reach a determination on certain claims against the United States resulting from the Mink Fire (Bridger-Teton National Forest and Yellowstone National Park), Clover-Mist Fire (Yellowstone National Park and Shoshone National Forest), Storm Creek Fire (Yellowstone National Park and Gallatin-Custer National Forests), and Canyon Creek Fire (Lolo, Helena, Lewis and
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