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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2552

To transfer the Tatum Salt Dome property to the State of Mississippi

to be designated by the State as the Jamie Whitten Wilderness Area.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 26, 1995

Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. BAKER of Louisiana, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. BROWDER, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr.

CONDIT, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. COYNE, Mr. DAVIS, Mr. DEAL of Georgia,

Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. DE LA GARZA, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. EVERETT, Mr.

FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. FOGLIETTA, Mr. FROST, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. HALL

of Texas, Mr. HAYES of Louisiana, Mr. HEFNER, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. MCDADE,

Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. MCNULTY, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. MILLER of

California, Mr. MONTGOMERY, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. MYERS

of Indiana, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PARKER, Mr.

PAYNE of Virginia, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. ROSE, Mr. SISISKY, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. STUMP, Mr. TANNER, Mr. THOMPSON, Mr.

THORNTON, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr.

VENTO, Mrs. VUCANOVICH, Mr. WICKER, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. ROMEROBARCELO ́, Mr. WILSON, Mr. EVANS, and Mr. HOYER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

NOVEMBER 15, 1995

Rereferred to the Committee on National Security

A BILL

To transfer the Tatum Salt Dome property to the State

of Mississippi to be designated by the State as the Jamie

Whitten Wilderness Area.
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF TATUM SALT DOME PROPERTY

4 TO STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.

5 (a) TRANSFER.—The Secretary of Energy shall

6 transfer, without compensation, to the State of Mississippi

7 the property known as the Tatum Dome Test Site, as gen8 erally depicted on the map numbered 301913.104.02 and

9 dated 6/25/93.

10 (b) REMEDIATION.—The transfer under this Act

11 shall be made upon receipt of a certification from the Ad12 ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and

13 the State of Mississippi that any contamination of such

14 property has been remedied in accordance with applicable

15 Federal and State laws and regulations.

16 (c) RETAINED RIGHTS.—The transfer under this Act

17 shall be subject to each of the following rights to be re18 tained by the United States:

19 (1) Retention by the United States of the sub20 surface estate below a specified depth. The specified

21 depth shall be 2700 feet below sea level unless a

22 lesser depth is agreed upon by the Secretary of En23 ergy and the State of Mississippi.
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1 (2) Retention by the United States of rights of

2 access, by easement or otherwise, for purposes of

3 monitoring wells for sampling.

4 (3) Retention by the United States of the right

5 to install wells additional to those identified in the

6 remediation plan to the extent such additional wells

7 are deemed necessary by the Secretary of Energy to

8 monitor potential pathways of contaminant migra9 tion. Such wells shall be in such locations as speci10 fied by the Secretary of Energy.

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