PUBLIC LAW 105-261—OCT. 17, 1998 112 STAT. 2209 SEC. 2823. PAYMENT OF STIPULATED PENALT1[ES ASSESSED UNDER CERCLA IN CONNECTION WITH MCCLELLAN AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA. (a) SOURCE OF PAYMENT.— Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 2906 of the Defense Base Closure and ReaUgnment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note), the Secretary of Defense may use amounts in the Department of Defense Base Closure Account 1990 established under subsection (a) of such section to paj' stipulated penalties assessed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) against McClellan Air Force Base, California. (b) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT. — The amount expended under the authority of subsection (a) may not exceed $15,,000. Subtitle D—Land Conveyances PART I—ARMY CONVEYANCES SEC. 2831. MODIFICATION OF LAND CONVEYiilNCE, ARMY RESERVE CENTER, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. Section 2861(b) of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (division B of Public Laiw 104^106; 110 Stat. 573) is amended by striking out "retain" and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting in lieu thereof "develop the parcel for educational purposes". SEC. 2832. RELEASE OF INTERESTS IN REAL PROPERTY, FORMER KEN- NEBEC ARSENAL, AUGUSTA, MAINIS. (a) AUTHORITY TO RELEASE. —The Secretary of the Army may release, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the real property described in subsection (b). (b) COVERED PROPERTY.—The real property referred to in subsection (a) is the parcel of real property consisting of approximately 40 acres located in Augusta, Maine, and formerly known as the Kennebec Arsenal, which parcel was conveyed by the Secretary of War to the State of Maine under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to convey the Kennebec Arsenal property, situated in Augusta, Maine, to the State of Maine for public purposes", approved March 3, 1905 (33 Stat. 1270), as amended by section 771 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1981 (Public Law 96-527; 94 Stat. 3093). (c) INSTRUMENT OF RELEASE.—The Secretary of the Army shall execute and file in the appropriate office a deed of release, amended deed, or other appropriate instrument effectuating the release of interests authorized by this section. SEC. 2833. RELEASE, WAIVER, OR CONVEYANCE OF INTERESTS IN REAL PROPERTY, FORMER REDSTONE ARMY ARSENAL PROP- ERTY, ALABAMA. (a) RELEASE AUTHORIZED.— The Secretary of the Army may release, without consideration and to such extent as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States, the reversionary interests of the United States in the real property described in subsection (b), which were retained by the United States when the property was conveyed to the Alabama Space
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