Sec. 1. If:
(1) a landowner in Indiana has had a pond or lake built on the landowner's real estate by the federal Works Progress Administration; and
(2) as a requisite to the building of the pond or lake, the landowner has given a lease in writing to the state relative to the building, upkeep, and use of the pond or lake;
the department of natural resources may, upon application in writing to the department of natural resources, release any easement the state may have to the real estate.