§ 7901. Congressional findings and purposes
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(a)The Congress finds that uranium mill tailings located at active and inactive mill operations may pose a potential and significant radiation health hazard to the public, and that the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare and the regulation of interstate commerce require that every reasonable effort be made to provide for the stabilization, disposal, and control in a safe and environmentally sound manner of such tailings in order to prevent or minimize radon diffusion into the environment and to prevent or minimize other environmental hazards from such tailings.
(b)The purposes of this chapter are to provide—
(1)in cooperation with the interested States, Indian tribes, and the persons who own or control inactive mill tailings sites, a program of assessment and remedial action at such sites, including, where appropriate, the reprocessing of tailings to extract residual uranium and other mineral values where practicable, in order to stabilize and control such tailings in a safe and environmentally sound manner and to minimize or eliminate radiation health hazards to the public, and
(2)a program to regulate mill tailings during uranium or thorium ore processing at active mill operations and after termination of such operations in order to stabilize and control such tailings in a safe and environmentally sound manner and to minimize or eliminate radiation health hazards to the public.
(Pub. L. 95–604, § 2, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3021.)
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U.S. Code
- § 6905Application of chapter and integration with other Acts
- § 1240aCertification
- § 2022Health and environmental standards for uranium mill tailings
- § 7914Acquisition and disposition of lands and materials
- § 7916Acquisition 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
- § 7941Study 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
- § 7913State cooperative agreements
- § 7915Indian tribe cooperative agreements
- § 7924Reports to Congress
- § 7920Enforcement
- § 7919Rules
- § 2296a–3Definitions
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- Public Law 100–616Entitled “Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Amendments Act or 1988”
- Public Law 101–508To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 4 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1991
- Public Law 96–295To authorize appropriations to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in accordance with section 261 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and section 305 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, and for other purposes
- Public Law 98–616To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize appropriations for the fiscal years 1985 through 1988, and for other purposes
- Public Law 102–486To provide for improved energy efficiency
- Public Law 95–604To authorize the Secretary of Energy to enter into cooperative agreements with certain States respecting residual radioactive material at existing sites, to provide for the regulation of uranium mill tailings under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and for other purposes
- Public Law 111–8Making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes
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- Pub. L. 95–604, § 2
- 92 Stat. 3021
- Pub. L. 95–604
- Pub. L. 100–616, § 1
- 102 Stat. 3192
- Pub. L. 95–604, § 1
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§ 7901
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 95–604, § 2
Stat.92 Stat. 3021
Pub. L.Pub. L. 95–604
Pub. L.Pub. L. 100–616, § 1
Stat.102 Stat. 3192
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