H. R. 2967
One Hundred Fourth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six
An Act
To extend the authorization of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act
of 1978, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REFERENCE.
Whenever in this Act (other than in section 3) an amendment
or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal
of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered
to be made to a section or other provision of the Uranium Mill
Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978.
SEC. 2. TERMINATION; AUTHORIZATION.
Section 112(a) (42 U.S.C. 7922(a)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a)(1) The authority of the Secretary to perform remedial action
under this title shall terminate on September 30, 1998, except
that—
‘‘(A) the authority of the Secretary to perform groundwater
restoration activities under this title is without limitation, and
‘‘(B) the Secretary may continue operation of the disposal
site in Mesa County, Colorado (known as the Cheney disposal
cell) for receiving and disposing of residual radioactive material
from processing sites and of byproduct material from property
in the vicinity of the uranium milling site located in Monticello,
Utah, until the Cheney disposal cell has been filled to the
capacity for which it was designed, or September 30, 2023,
whichever comes first.
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘byproduct mate-
rial’ has the meaning given that term in section 11e.(2) of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(e)(2)).’’.
SEC. 3. REMEDIAL ACTION AT ACTIVE PROCESSING SITES.
(a) SECTION 1001.—Section 1001 of the Energy Policy Act of
1992 (42 U.S.C. 2296a) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘$5.50’’ and inserting
‘‘$6.25’’;
(2) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘$270,000,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘$350,000,000’’;
(3) in subsection (b)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘$40,000,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘$65,000,000’’;
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(4) in subsection (b)(2)(E)(i), by striking ‘‘$5.50’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$6.25’’; and
(5) in subsection (b)(2)(E)(ii), by striking ‘‘$5.50’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$6.25’’.
(b) SECTION
1003.—Section 1003 of such Act (42 U.S.C.
2296a–2) is amended by striking ‘‘$310,000,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$415,000,000’’.
SEC. 4. REMEDIAL ACTION FOR THE DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE
MATERIALS.
(a) SECTION 104.—Section 104(d) (42 U.S.C. 4914(d)) is amended
by adding at the end the following: ‘‘For purposes of this subsection,
the term ‘site’ does not include any property described in section
101(6)(B) which is in a State which the Secretary has certified
has a program which would achieve the purposes of this
subsection.’’.
(b) SECTION 108.—Section 108(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 7918(a)(1)) is
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Residual radioactive
material from a processing site designated under this title may
be disposed of at a facility licensed under title II under the adminis-
trative and technical requirements of such title. Disposal of such
material at such a site in accordance with such requirements shall
be considered to have been done in accordance with the administra-
tive and technical requirements of this title.’’.
(c) SECTION 115.—Section 115(a) (42 U.S.C. 7925(a)) is amended
by adding at the end the following: ‘‘This subsection does not
prohibit the disposal of residual radioactive material from a process-
ing site under this title at a site licensed under title II or the
expenditure of funds under this title for such disposal.’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.