Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 88 — Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control
§ 7925. Active operations; liability for remedial action
Statutory text
No amount may be expended under this subchapter with respect to any site licensed by the Commission under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 [42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.] or by a State as permitted under section 274 of such Act [42 U.S.C. 2021] at which production of any uranium product from ores (other than from residual radioactive materials) takes place. This subsection does not prohibit the disposal of residual radioactive material from a processing site under this subchapter at a site licensed under title II or the expenditure of funds under this subchapter for such disposal.
In the case of each processing site designated under this subchapter, the Attorney General shall conduct a study to determine the identity and legal responsibility which any person (other than the United States, a State, or Indian tribe) who owned or operated or controlled (as determined by the Attorney General) such site before , may have under any law or rule of law for reclamation or other remedial action with respect to such site. The Attorney General shall publish the results of such study, and provide copies thereof to the Congress, as promptly as practicable following . The Attorney General, based on such study, shall, to the extent he deems it appropriate and in the public interest, take such action under any provision of law in effect when uranium was produced at such site to require payment by such person of all or any part of the costs incurred by the United States for such remedial action for which he determines such person is liable.
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.
Pub. L. 95–604 title I § 115 · 92 Stat. 3021
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 7925
Pub. L. 95–604, title I, § 115, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3033
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 95–604, title I, § 115, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3033Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 115. active operations; liability for remedial action (a) No amount may be expended under this title with 42 USC 7925. respect to any site licensed by the Commission under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 or by a State as permitted under section 274 of 42 USC 2011 note. 42 USC 2021. such Act at which production of any uranium product from ores (other than from residual radioactive materials) takes place. (b) In the case of each processing site designated under this title, Study. the Attorney General shall conduct a study to determine the identity and legal responsibility which any person (other than the United States, a State, or Indian tribe) who owned or operated or controlled (as determined by the Attorney General) such site before the date of the enactment of this Act may have under any law or rule of law for reclamation or other remedial action with respect to such site. The Attorney General shall publish the results of such study, and provide copies thereof to the Congress, as promptly as practicable following the date of the enactment of tins Act. The Attorney General, based on such study, shall, to the extent he deems it appropriate and in the public interest, take such action under any provision of law in effect when uranium was produced at such site to require payment by such person of all or any part of the costs incurred by the United States for such remedial action for which he determines such person is liable.Pub. L. 104–259 § 4(c) · 110 Stat. 3173
Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 7925(a)
Pub. L. 104–259 inserted at end “This subsection does not prohibit the disposal of residual radioactive material from a processing site under this subchapter at a site licensed under title II or the expenditure of funds under this subchapter for such disposal.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–259 inserted at end “This subsection does not prohibit the disposal of residual radioactive material from a processing site under this subchapter at a site licensed under title II or the expenditure of funds under this subchapter for such disposal.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
(c) Section 115.— Section 115(a) (42 U.S.C. 7925(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “This subsection does not prohibit the disposal of residual radioactive material from a processing site under this title at a site licensed under title II or the expenditure of funds under this title for such disposal.”.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, as added by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 919, which is classified principally to chapter 23 (§ 2011 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2011 of this title and Tables.
Title II, referred to in subsec. (a), is title II (§§ 201–209) of Pub. L. 95–604, , 92 Stat. 3033, which enacted sections 2022, 2113, 2114 of this title, amended sections 2014, 2021, 2111, and 2201 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 2014, 2021, and 2113 of this title. For complete classification of title II to the Code, see Tables.
Amendments
1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–259 inserted at end “This subsection does not prohibit the disposal of residual radioactive material from a processing site under this subchapter at a site licensed under title II or the expenditure of funds under this subchapter for such disposal.”
Credits
1978–1996 · 2 acts
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(Pub. L. 95–604, title I, § 115, , 92 Stat. 3033; Pub. L. 104–259, § 4(c), , 110 Stat. 3174.)