Section 1. The Department of General Services, with the approval of the Secretary of Environmental Resources, acting on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is hereby authorized to convey to Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with principal offices at Chester, Delaware County, its successors and assigns, for the expansion of its Chester facilities, fee simple title for such consideration as an independent appraisal paid for by the grantee and obtained through the Department of General Services shall determine and the Attorney General shall approve, three tracts of land within the bed of the Delaware River in the Borough of Eddystone and City of Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, lying southeast and riverward of the property line of lands presently owned by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company on the northwest; containing in the aggregate 11.22 acres, more or less, described as follows:
Tract No. 1
Beginning at a point, which is located on the approved pierhead and bulkhead line of September 10, 1940 (which pierhead and bulkhead line is the mean low water line of the Delaware River) and is 27.00 feet north 68 degrees, 00 minutes, 01.6 seconds east of Monument "K", said monument being shown on United States Engineering Drawing File No. 19492, Drawer 82, Folder D, dated May 25, 1940; thence along the approved pierhead and bulkhead line, north 68 degrees, 00 minutes, 01.6 seconds east, 400.19 feet to a point, thence south 86 degrees, 59 minutes, 58.4 seconds east, 229.99 feet to a point, thence south 64 degrees, 27 minutes, 46.7 seconds west, 422.82 feet to a point, thence north 78 degrees, 32 minutes, 57.5 seconds west, 223.66 feet to a point and place of beginning.
The above described tract of land is located in the Borough of Eddystone, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and contains 1.10 acres, more or less.
Tract No. 2
Beginning at a point, which is located on the approved pierhead and bulkhead line of September 10, 1940 (which pierhead and bulkhead line is the mean low water line of the Delaware River) and is 521.21 feet north 64 degrees, 27 minutes, 46.7 seconds east to a point, which is 1,235.53 feet north 68 degrees, 00 minutes, 01.6 seconds east of Monument "K", said monument being shown on United States Engineering Drawing File No. 19492, Drawer 82, Folder D, dated May 25, 1940; thence along the approved pierhead and bulkhead line, north 64 degrees, 27 minutes, 46.7 seconds east, 656.53 feet to a point, thence south 26 degrees, 05 minutes, 03 seconds east, 60.01 feet to a point, thence south 64 degrees, 27 minutes 46.7 seconds west 689.73 + or - feet to a point, thence north 03 degrees, 00 minutes, 01.6 seconds east 68.30 feet to a point and place of beginning.
The above described tract of land is located in the Borough of Eddystone, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and contains 0.92 acre, more or less.
Tract No. 3
Beginning at a point, which is located on the approved pierhead line of September 10, 1940 at Monument "J", said monument being shown on United States Engineering Drawing File No. 19492, Drawer 82, Folder D, dated May 25, 1940; thence along the approved pierhead line, south 66 degrees, 04 minutes, 48.5 seconds west, 165.19 feet to a point, thence along the approved pierhead line, south 51 degrees, 36 minutes, 32.4 seconds west, 2252.39 feet to a point, thence north 38 degrees, 19 minutes, 28.8 seconds west, 253.52 feet to a point, thence north 55 degrees, 50 minutes, 36.8 seconds east, 2443.73 feet along the approved bulkhead line (which bulkhead line is the mean low water line of the Delaware River) to a point, thence south 26 degrees, 03 minutes, 03 seconds east, 117.06 + or - feet to a point and place of beginning.
The above described tract of land is located in the City of Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and contains 9.20 acres, more or less.
All of Tract Nos. 1, 2 and 3 together with all of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's right, title and interest, if any, in and to all that land between the northwest boundary of Tract Nos. 1, 2 and 3 and the mean high water line of the Delaware River.
Compiler's Note: The Secretary of Environmental Resources,
referred to in this section, was abolished by Act 18 of
1995. The functions of the secretary were transferred to
the Secretary of Conservation and Natural Resources and
the Secretary of Environmental Protection.