42 USC Ch. 88: Front Matter
From Title 42-THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARECHAPTER 88-URANIUM MILL TAILINGS RADIATION CONTROL
CHAPTER 88-URANIUM MILL TAILINGS RADIATION CONTROL
Sec.
7901.
Congressional findings and purposes.
SUBCHAPTER I-REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM
7911.
Definitions.
7912.
Processing site designations.
(a)
Specific and other site locations; remedial action; consultations; boundaries; Grand Junction, Colorado, site restriction.
(b)
Health hazard assessment; priorities for remedial action.
(c)
Notification.
(d)
Finality of determinations.
(e)
Certain real property or improved areas.
7913.
State cooperative agreements.
(a)
Authority of Secretary; prompt commencement of preparations.
(b)
Terms and conditions; limitation of Federal assistance.
(c)
Written consent of record interest holder; waiver.
(d)
Inspection entries; termination of right of entry.
(e)
Effective date.
(f)
Reimbursement.
7914.
Acquisition and disposition of lands and materials.
(a)
State acquisition; windfall profits prevention.
(b)
Disposition and stabilization site for residual radioactive materials; Federal site available.
(c)
Boundary limitations.
(d)
Purchasers of sites; notification; rules and regulations.
(e)
State disposition; terms and conditions; fair market value; offer of sale to prior owner.
(f)
Transfer of title to Secretary; payment from funds for administrative and legal costs; custody of property; compliance with health and environmental standards for uranium mill tailings; transfer of title restriction.
(g)
Reimbursement; fair market value; deposits in Treasury.
(h)
Subsurface mineral rights; sale, lease, or other disposition; restoration costs for disturbance of residual radioactive materials.
7915.
Indian tribe cooperative agreements.
(a)
Authority of Secretary; priorities for remedial action; use of Indian personnel; terms and conditions.
(b)
Disposition and stabilization sites for residual radioactive materials; transfer to Secretary of the Interior.
7916.
Acquisition of land by Secretary; transfer of public lands by Secretary of the Interior to Secretary; consultations with Governor; consent of Governor; transfer from Federal agency to Secretary.
7917.
Financial assistance.
(a)
Federal and non-Federal funds; administrative costs.
(b)
Indian land processing sites.
7918.
Remedial action and mineral recovery activities.
(a)
General standards for remedial action; Federal performance and State participation; use of technology; promulgation of standards.
(b)
Mineral concentration evaluation; terms and conditions for mineral recovery; payment of Federal and State share of net profits recovery costs; licenses.
7919.
Rules.
7920.
Enforcement.
(a)
Civil penalty; appellate review; action to recover civil penalty; sovereign immunity; equitable remedies.
(b)
Atomic energy licensing requirements.
7921.
Public participation; public hearings.
7922.
Termination of authority of Secretary.
(a)
Exceptions; "byproduct material" defined.
(b)
Authorization of appropriations.
7923.
Limitation of contractual authority.
7924.
Reports to Congress.
(a)
Information; consultations; separate official views; partial report concerning uranium mill tailings provisions.
(b)
Identification of sites; Federal agency jurisdiction; contents; duplication prohibition; use and cooperation respecting other Federal agency information.
(c)
Uranium mine wastes hazards elimination program.
(d)
Reports to Congressional committees.
(e)
Documentation of information; public availability; trade secrets and other disclosure exempt information.
7925.
Active operations; liability for remedial action.
SUBCHAPTER II-STUDY AND DESIGNATION OF TWO MILL TAILING SITES IN NEW MEXICO
7941.
Study of authority for regulation and control of residual radioactive materials at New Mexico sites for protection of public health, safety, and the environment; report to Congress and Secretary; basis for determination of inadequacy of authority; interim regulation pending completion of study.
7942.
Designation by Secretary as processing sites for subchapter I purposes.
(a)
New Mexico cooperative agreement respecting certain residual radioactive materials; submission to Congressional committees.
(b)
Effective date.
(c)
Subchapter I provisions applicable.
Chapter Referred to in Other Sections
This chapter is referred to in section 2296a–3 of this title; title 30 section 1240a.