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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4427 

To require the Secretary of Energy to identify and convey to the State 

of Colorado land for use as a storage site for residual radioactive material, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 

Mr. TIPTON (for himself and Ms. DEGETTE) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Energy to identify and convey 

to the State of Colorado land for use as a storage site 

for residual radioactive material, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. DURANGO DISPOSAL SITE. 

4 (a) IDENTIFICATION.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 

6 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec7 retary of Energy shall— 

8 (A) identify, in accordance with paragraph 

9 (2), a portion of Federal land within the DuVerDate Sep 11 2014 20:33 Sep 23, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4427.IH H4427

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1 rango disposal site that is suitable for convey2 ance to the State of Colorado for use as a stor3 age site for residual radioactive materials as 

4 part of remediation activities carried out by 

5 such State relating to properties in the vicinity 

6 of the Durango processing site; and 

7 (B) offer to convey such land to the State 

8 of Colorado for such purpose. 

9 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out para10 graph (1)(A), the Secretary shall ensure that the 

11 identified land— 

12 (A) consists of approximately .25 acres; 

13 (B) is located in the southwestern corner 

14 of the Durango disposal site; and 

15 (C) is south of, and bounded by, County 

16 Road 212. 

17 (b) CONVEYANCE.—Subject to the terms and condi18 tions described in subsection (c), if, not later than 1 year 

19 after the date on which the Secretary offers under sub20 section (a) to convey land identified under such subsection 

21 to the State of Colorado, the State accepts such offer, the 

22 Secretary shall convey all right, title, and interest of the 

23 United States in and to such land to the State, without 

24 consideration. 


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1 (c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—As a condition of the 

2 conveyance under subsection (b), the Secretary— 

3 (1) shall impose a requirement that the State of 

4 Colorado manage the conveyed land in a manner 

5 that is consistent with the requirements of the Ura6 nium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 

7 relating to the Durango disposal site, including after 

8 the use described in subsection (a) has ceased; and 

9 (2) may impose such additional requirements as 

10 the Secretary determines necessary to protect the in11 terests of the United States. 

12 (d) BOUNDARY REVISION.—The Secretary shall re13 vise the legal description of the Durango disposal site in14 cluded in the Long-Term Surveillance Plan for such site 

15 pursuant to section 40.27 of title 10, Code of Federal Reg16 ulations, to reflect the conveyance under subsection (b) 

17 and shall notify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of 

18 such revision, and the Commission shall accept such re19 vised Long-Term Surveillance Plan for purposes of the 

20 general license issued for such site by the Commission. 

21 (e) EFFECT ON EXISTING REQUIREMENTS.—The 

22 Secretary shall carry out this section in a manner that 

23 is consistent with the requirements of the Uranium Mill 

24 Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 relating to the Du25 rango disposal site. 


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1 (f) NOTICE.—A notice described under the heading 

2 ‘‘Sale of Land’’ in the report accompanying the Energy 

3 and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2002, is not 

4 required for the conveyance under subsection (b). 

5 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) DURANGO DISPOSAL SITE.—The term ‘‘Du7 rango disposal site’’ means the site in Durango, Col8 orado, for the permanent disposition and stabiliza9 tion of residual radioactive materials pursuant to the 

10 Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 

11 1978 (42 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.). 

12 (2) DURANGO PROCESSING SITE.—The term 

13 ‘‘Durango processing site’’ means the processing site 

14 in Durango, Colorado, designated under section 

15 102(a)(1) of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation 

16 Control Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 7912(a)(1)). 

17 (3) RESIDUAL RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL.—The 

18 term ‘‘residual radioactive material’’ has the mean19 ing given that term in section 101 of the Uranium 

20 Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (42 

21 U.S.C. 7911). 

22 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

23 the Secretary of Energy. 

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