104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2967
AN ACT
To extend the authorization of the Uranium Mill
Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978, and for
other purposes.
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2967
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 Representa-
tives 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 amend-
ment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the ref-
erence 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 re-
medial action under this title shall terminate on Septem-
ber 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 dispos-
ing of residual radioactive material from processing
sites and of byproduct material from property in the
vicinity of the uranium milling site located in Monti-
cello, 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 ‘by-
product material’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 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 Pol-
icy 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’’;
(4) in subsection (b)(2)(E)(i), by striking
‘‘$5.50’’ and inserting ‘‘$6.25’’; and
(5) in subsection (b)(2)(E)(ii), by striking
‘‘$5.50’’ and inserting ‘‘$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 RADIO-
ACTIVE 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 pro-
gram which would achieve the purposes of this sub-
section.’’.
(b) SECTION 108.—Section 108(a)(1) (42 U.S.C.
7918(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing: ‘‘Residual radioactive material from a processing site
designated under this title may be disposed of at a facility
licensed under title II under the administrative and tech-
nical 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
administrative 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 processing site under this title
at a site licensed under title II or the expenditure of funds
under this title for such disposal.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives May 14, 1996.
Attest:
Clerk.