Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Amendments of 1988
PL 100-616 (S.1991), enacted 11/05/1988

102 STAT. 3192 
PUBLIC LAW 100-616—NOV. 5, 1988 
Public Law 100-616 
100th Congress 
An Act 
Nov. 5, 1988 
[S. 1991] 
Uranium Mill 
Tailings 
Remedial Action 
Amendments 
Act of 1988. 
42 u s e 7901 
note. 
Public lands. 
State listing. 
Entitled "Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Amendments Act of 1988". 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
be cited as the "Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Amend-
ments Act of 1988". 
SEC. 2. Section 106 of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Con-
trol Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 7916) ("UMTRCA") is amended by strik-
ing paragraph (2) and all that follows and inserting in their place: 
"(2) the Secretary of the Interior may transfer permanently to 
the Secretary to carry out the purposes of this Act, public lands 
under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in 
the vicinity of processing sites in the following counties: 
"(A) Apache County in the State of Arizona; 
"(B) Mesa, Gunnison, Moffat, Montrose, Garfield, and 
San Miguel Counties in the State of Colorado; 
"(C) Boise County in the State of Idaho; 
"(D) Billings and Bowman Counties in the State of North 
Dakota; 
"(E) Grand and San Juan Counties in the State of Utah; 
"(F) Converse and Fremont Counties in the State of 
Wyoming; and 
"(G) Any other county in the vicinity of a processing site, 
if no site in the county in which a processing site is located 
is suitable. 
Any permanent transfer of lands under the jurisdiction of the 
Bureau of Land Management by the Secretary of the Interior to the 
Secretary shall not take place until the Secretary complies with the 
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.) with respect to the selection of a site for the permanent 
disposition and stabilization of residual radioactive materials. Sec-
tion 204 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 
1714) shall not apply to this transfer of jurisdiction. Prior to acquisi-
tion of land under paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection in any 
State, the Secretary shall consult with the Governor of such State. 
No lands may be acquired under such paragraph (1) or (2) in any 
State in which there is no (1) processing site designated under this 
title or (2) active uranium mill operation, unless the Secretary has 
obtained the consent of the Governor of such State. No lands 
controlled by any Federal agency may be transferred to the Sec-
retary to carry out the purposes of this Act without the concurrence 
of the chief administrative officer of such agency.". 
PUBLIC LAW 100-616—NOV. 5, 1988 
102 STAT. 3193 
SEC. 3. Section 112(a) of UMTRCA (42 U.S.C. 7922(a)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
"(a) The authority of the Secretary to perform remedial action Water. 
under this title shall terminate on September 30, 1994, except that 
the authority of the Secretary to perform groundwater restoration 
activities under this title is without limitation.". 
Approved November 5, 1988. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1991: 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 100-543 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 134 (1988): 
Oct. 12, considered and passed Senate. 
Oct. 19, considered and passed House.