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PUBLIC LAW 107-107—DEC. 28, 2001 115 STAT. 1387 (C) a discussion of the impacts of any property rights referred to in section 3179(a) on management of the refuge, and an identification of strategies for resolving and mitigating these impacts. SEC. 3179. PROPERTY RIGHTS. (a) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), nothing in this subtitle limits any valid, existing property right at Rocky Flats that is owned by any person or entity, including, but not limited to— (1) any mineral right; (2) any water right or related easement; and (3) any facility or right-of-way for a utility. (b) ACCESS. —Except as provided in subsection (c), nothing in this subtitle affects any right of an owner of a property right referred to in subsection (a) to access the owner's property. (c) REASONABLE CONDITIONS.— (1) IN GENERAL. — The Secretary or the Secretary of the Interior may impose such reasonable conditions on access to property rights referred to in subsection (a) as are appropriate for the cleanup and closure of Rocky Flats and for the management of the refuge. (2) No EFFECT ON OTHER LAW.— Nothing in this subtitle affects any Federal, State, or local law (including any regulation) relating to the use, development, and management of property rights referred to in subsection (a). (3) No EFFECT ON ACCESS RIGHTS. —Nothing in this subsection precludes the exercise of any access right, in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act, that is necessary to perfect or maintain a water right in existence on that date. (d) UTILITY EXTENSION. — (1) IN GENERAL. — The Secretary or the Secretary of the Interior may allow not more than one extension from an existing utility right-of-way on Rocky Flats, if necessary. (2) CONDITIONS. —An extension under paragraph (1) shall be subject to the conditions specified in subsection (c). (e) EASEMENT SURVEYS. —Subject to subsection (c), until the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, an entity that possesses a decreed water right or prescriptive easement relating to land at Rocky Flats may carry out such surveys at Rocky Flats as the entity determines are necessary to perfect the right or easement. SEC. 3180. LIABILITIES AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS, (a) IN GENERAL. —Nothing in this subtitle shall relieve, and no action may be taken under this subtitle to relieve, the Secretary, the Secretary of the Interior, or any other person from any liability or other obligation at Rocky Flats under CERCLA, RCRA, or any other Federal or State law. (b) COST RECOVERY, CONTRIBUTION, AND OTHER ACTION.— Nothing in this subtitle is intended to prevent the United States from bringing a cost recovery, contribution, or other action that would otherwise be available under Federal or State law. SEC 3181. ROCKY FLATS MUSEUM. (a) MUSEUM. — To commemorate the contribution that Rocky Flats and its worker force provided to winning the Cold War and