Specifically, Veolia states that the statute allows an agency to convey a utility system to a ??municipal, private, regional, district, or cooperative utility company or other entity,?? see 10 U.S.C. sect. 2688(a), and that ??[i]f more than one utility or entity referred to in subsection (a) notifies the Secretary concerned of an interest in a conveyance under such subsection, the Secretary shall