§ 7912. Processing site designations

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1978

   Pub. L. 95–604 title I § 102 · 92 Stat. 3021

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 7912

   Pub. L. 95–604, title I, § 102, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3023

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 95–604, title I, § 102, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3023

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 102. designation of processing sites (a) (1) As soon as practicable, but no later than one year 42 USC 7912. after enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall designate processing sites at or near the following locations: Salt Lake City, Utah Green River, Utah Mexican Hat, Utah Durango, Colorado Grand Junction, Colorado Rifle, Colorado (two sites) Gunnison, Colorado Naturita, Colorado Maybell, Colorado Slick Rock, Colorado (two sites) Shiprock, New Mexico Ambrosia Lake, New Mexico Riverton, Wyoming Converse County, Wyoming Lakeview, Oregon Falls City, Texas Tuba City, Arizona Monument Valley, Arizona Lowman, Idaho Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania Remedial action. Subject to the provisions of this title, the Secretary shall complete remedial action at the above listed sites before his authority terminates under this title. The Secretary shall within one year of the date of enactment of this Act also designate all other processing sites within the United States which he determines requires remedial action to carry out the purposes of this title. In making such designation, the Secretary shall consult with the Administrator, the Commission, and the affected States, and in the case of Indian lands, the appropriate Indian tribe and the Secretary of the Interior. (2) As part of his designation under this subsection, the Secretary, in consultation with the Commission, shall determine the boundaries of each such site. (3) No site or structure with respect to which remedial action is 86 Stat. 222. authorized under Public Law 92–314 in Grand Junction, Colorado, may be designated by the Secretary as a processing site under this section. (b) Health hazard assessment. Within one year from the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall assess the potential health hazard to the public from the residual radioactive materials at designated processing sites. Based upon such assessment, the Secretary shall, within such one year period, establish priorities for carrying out remedial action at each such site. In establishing such priorities, the Secretary shall rely primarily on the advice of the Administrator. (c) Notification. Within thirty days after making designations of processing sites and establishing the priorities for such sites under this section, the Secretary shall notify the Governor of each affected State, and, where appropriate, the Indian tribes and the Secretary of the Interior. (d) The designations made, and priorities established, by the Secretary under this section shall be final and not be subject to judicial review. (e) (1) The designation of processing sites within one year after enactment under this section shall include, to the maximum extent practicable, the areas referred to in section 101 (6) (B). (2) Notwithstanding the one year limitation contained in this section, the Secretary may, after such one year period, include any area described in section 101(6) (B) as part of a processing site designated under this section if he determines such inclusion to be appropriate to carry out the purposes of this title.

2. 1983

   Pub. L. 97–415 § 21 · 96 Stat. 2067

   Added · 42 U.S.C. § 7912(e)(3)

   Pub. L. 97–415 added par. (3)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 97–415 added par. (3).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 21. edgemont Section 102(e) of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 is amended by adding the following at the end 42 USC 7912. thereof: “(3) The Secretary shall designate as a processing site within the meaning of section 101(6) any real property, or improvements 42 USC 7911. thereon, in Edgemont, South Dakota, that— “(A) is in the vicinity of the Tennessee Valley Authority uranium mill site at Edgemont (but not including such site), and “(B) is determined by the Secretary to be contaminated with residual radioactive materials. In making the designation under this paragraph, the Secretary shall consult with the Administrator, the Commission and the State of South Dakota. The provisions of this title shall apply to the site so designated in the same manner and to the same extent as to the sites designated under subsection (a) except that, in applying such provisions to such site, any reference in this title to the date of the enactment of this Act shall be treated as a reference to the date of the enactment of this paragraph and in determining the State share 42 USC 7917. under section 107 of the costs of remedial action, there shall be credited to the State, expenditures made by the State prior to the date of the enactment of this paragraph which the Secretary determines would have been made by the State or the United States in carrying out the requirements of this title.”.

3. 2000

   Pub. L. 106–398 § 1(dC)(tXXXIV)(s3403)(b) · 114 Stat. 1654

   Added · 42 U.S.C. § 7912(f)

   Pub. L. 106–398 added subsec. (f)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 106–398 added subsec. (f).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SECTION 1. ENACTMENT OF FISCAL YEAR 2001 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT. The provisions of H.R. 5408 of the 106th Congress, as introduced on October 6, 2000, are hereby enacted into law.

4. 2018

   John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

   Pub. L. 115–232 div. A title VIII § 809(n)(4) · 132 Stat. 1636

   Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 7912(f)(3)

   Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “(10 U.S.C. 8720 note; Public Law 105–261)” for “(10 U.S.C. 7420 note; Public Law 105–261)” in introductory provisions

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (f)(3). Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “(10 U.S.C. 8720 note; Public Law 105–261)” for “(10 U.S.C. 7420 note; Public Law 105–261)” in introductory provisions.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (4) Section 102(f)(3) of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 7912(f)(3)) is amended by striking “(10 U.S.C. 7420 note; Public Law 105–261)” in the matter before subparagraph (A) and inserting “(10 U.S.C. 8720 note; Public Law 105–261)”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

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