Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Chapter 154 of the acts of 1992 is hereby repealed.

SECTION 2. The commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance may, subject to sections 40E to 40J, inclusive, of chapter 7 of the General Laws, sell and convey by deed approved as to form by the attorney general, certain permanent sewer easements, or any interest therein, located in the towns of Groton and Pepperell, to the town of Groton subject to such terms and conditions as the commissioner may prescribe in consultation with the department of environmental management, said property being 2 easements, described as Easement I and Easement II currently used for recreational purposes, shall be located within the boundaries of 2 sections of an abandoned railroad right of way, formerly known as the Hollis Branch of the Boston and Maine Railroad.

EASEMENT I is shown on a plan entitled: "Proposed Sewer Easement I in Groton, Mass. on land owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Department of Environmental Management," dated June 29, 1998, prepared for the Town of Groton by Whitman and Bingham Associates, Leominster, MA.

EASEMENT II is shown on a plan entitled: "Proposed Sewer Easement II in Groton & Pepperell, Mass. on land owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Department of Environmental Management," dated June 30, 1998; prepared for the Town of Groton by Whitman and Bingham Associates, Leominster, MA. Said plans are on file in the office of the town clerk of the Town of Groton.