Title: 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.
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]
[S. 2526 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2526

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 19, 2019

Mr. Bennet (for himself and Mr. Gardner) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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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 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 for 
                use as a storage site for residual radioactive 
                materials as part of remediation activities carried out 
                by the State relating to properties in the vicinity of 
                the Durango processing site; and
                    (B) offer to convey such land to the State for such 
                purpose.
            (2) Requirements.--In carrying out paragraph (1)(A), the 
        Secretary shall ensure that the identified land--
                    (A) consists of approximately 0.25 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, 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 manage the 
        conveyed land in a manner that is consistent with the 
        requirements of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act 
        of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) 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 (as in effect on the date of enactment of 
this Act), to reflect the conveyance under subsection (b) and shall 
notify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (referred to in this 
subsection as the ``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 (42 U.S.C. 7901 
et seq.) relating to the Durango disposal site.
    (f) Notice.--A notice described under the heading ``Sale of Land'' 
in the report of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives accompanying H.R. 2311 of the 107th Congress (H. Rept. 
107-112), 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.
            (5) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Colorado.
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