Title: 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.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to identify a portion of federal land within the Durango disposal site that is suitable for conveyance to Colorado to be used as a storage site for residual radioactive materials as part of remediation activities carried out by the state related to properties in the vicinity of the Durango processing site.
DOE must ensure that the identified land is (1) approximately 0.25 acres, (2) located in the southwestern corner of the Durango disposal site, and (3) south of and bounded by County Road 212.
After DOE offers to convey the identified land to the state, and the state accepts the offer, DOE shall convey to the state all interest of the United States in and to such land.
As a condition of such conveyance, DOE must require the state to manage the conveyed land consistent with the requirements of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 relating to the Durango disposal site, including after the use of it has ceased.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4427 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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

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                                 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.

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

SECTION 1. DURANGO DISPOSAL SITE.

    (a) Identification.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall--
                    (A) identify, in accordance with paragraph (2), a 
                portion of Federal land within the Durango disposal 
                site that is suitable for conveyance to the State of 
                Colorado for use as a storage site for residual 
                radioactive materials as part of remediation activities 
                carried out by such State relating to properties in the 
                vicinity of the Durango processing site; and
                    (B) offer to convey such land to the State of 
                Colorado for such purpose.
            (2) Requirements.--In carrying out paragraph (1)(A), the 
        Secretary shall ensure that the identified land--
                    (A) consists of approximately .25 acres;
                    (B) is located in the southwestern corner of the 
                Durango disposal site; and
                    (C) is south of, and bounded by, County Road 212.
    (b) Conveyance.--Subject to the terms and conditions described in 
subsection (c), if, not later than 1 year after the date on which the 
Secretary offers under subsection (a) to convey land identified under 
such subsection to the State of Colorado, the State accepts such offer, 
the Secretary shall convey all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to such land to the State, without consideration.
    (c) Terms and Conditions.--As a condition of the conveyance under 
subsection (b), the Secretary--
            (1) shall impose a requirement that the State of Colorado 
        manage the conveyed land in a manner that is consistent with 
        the requirements of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control 
        Act of 1978 relating to the Durango disposal site, including 
        after the use described in subsection (a) has ceased; and
            (2) may impose such additional requirements as the 
        Secretary determines necessary to protect the interests of the 
        United States.
    (d) Boundary Revision.--The Secretary shall revise the legal 
description of the Durango disposal site included in the Long-Term 
Surveillance Plan for such site pursuant to section 40.27 of title 10, 
Code of Federal Regulations, to reflect the conveyance under subsection 
(b) and shall notify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of such 
revision, and the Commission shall accept such revised Long-Term 
Surveillance Plan for purposes of the general license issued for such 
site by the Commission.
    (e) Effect on Existing Requirements.--The Secretary shall carry out 
this section in a manner that is consistent with the requirements of 
the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 relating to the 
Durango disposal site.
    (f) Notice.--A notice described under the heading ``Sale of Land'' 
in the report accompanying the Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Act, 2002, is not required for the conveyance under 
subsection (b).
    (g) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Durango disposal site.--The term ``Durango disposal 
        site'' means the site in Durango, Colorado, for the permanent 
        disposition and stabilization of residual radioactive materials 
        pursuant to the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 
        1978 (42 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.).
            (2) Durango processing site.--The term ``Durango processing 
        site'' means the processing site in Durango, Colorado, 
        designated under section 102(a)(1) of the Uranium Mill Tailings 
        Radiation Control Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 7912(a)(1)).
            (3) Residual radioactive material.--The term ``residual 
        radioactive material'' has the meaning given that term in 
        section 101 of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act 
        of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 7911).
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Energy.
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