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123STA T . 2 964PUBLIC LA W 111 –8 8 —O CT. 3 0, 2009 (3)thepo te n t ial i m pa c to f e x pecte dw a s te seepa g ef r om the site on near by s u rface water resources , including R ye P atch Reser v oir and the H umboldt River

( 4 )thesi z e and elevation of the a q uifers; and ( 5 ) any impact that the waste seepage from the site would have on the municipal water resources of W innemucca, N evada .BUYO U TANDREL O C AT I ON S EC. 43 0 . (a) A s soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the E nvironmental Protection Agency (referred to in this section as the ‘ ‘Administrator ’ ’) is encour - aged to consider all appropriate criteria relating to the buyout and relocation of residents of properties in T reece, K ansas, that are sub j ect to ris k relating to, and that may endanger the health of occupants as a result of risks posed by, chat (as defined in section 278 . 1 (b) of title 40, C ode of F ederal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act)). (b) For the purpose of the remedial action under the Com- prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and L iability Actof1 9 80 (42 U .S.C. 9 6 01 et seq.) that includes permanent reloca- tion of residents of Treece, Kansas, any such relocation shall not be subject to the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.). (c) Nothing in this section shall in any way affect, impede, or change the relocation or remediation activities pursuant to the Record of D ecision O perable Unit 4, Chat Piles, Other M ine and Mill Waste, and Smelter Waste, Tar Creek Superfund Site, Ottawa County, Oklahoma (OKD980629844) issued by the Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 on February 20, 2008, or any other previous Record of Decision at the Tar Creek, Oklahoma, National Priority List Site, by any Federal agency or through any funding by any Federal agency. A G RICULTURAL RE S EARC H AUTHORI Z ATION SEC. 431. Section 404(c) of the Agricultural Research, Exten- sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7624(c)) is amended — (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Agricultural Research Service’’ and inserting ‘‘Agricultural Research Service and the Forest Service’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following

‘‘(3) AUTHORITY O F SECRETARY.—To carry out a cooperative agreement with a private entity under paragraph (1), the Sec- retary may rent to the private entity equipment, the title of which is held by the Federal G overnment.’’. NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION SEC. 432. Section 403(a) of the National Forest Foundation Act (16 U.S.C. 583j – 1(a)) is amended, in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘fifteen Directors’’ and inserting ‘‘not more than 30 Direc- tors’’. Kans as .