2013 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 88 - URANIUM MILL TAILINGS RADIATION CONTROL (§§ 7901 - 7942)
Subchapter I - REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM (§§ 7911 - 7925)
Section 7922 - Termination of authority of Secretary
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 88 - URANIUM MILL TAILINGS RADIATION CONTROL SUBCHAPTER I - REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM Sec. 7922 - Termination of authority of Secretary |
| Contains | section 7922 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 95-604, title I, §112, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3031; Pub. L. 100-616, §3, Nov. 5, 1988, 102 Stat. 3193; Pub. L. 102-486, title X, §1031, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2951; Pub. L. 104-259, §2, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3173. |
| Statutes at Large References | 92 Stat. 3031 102 Stat. 3193 106 Stat. 2951 110 Stat. 3173 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 95-604, Public Law 100-616, Public Law 102-486, Public Law 104-259 |
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(1) The authority of the Secretary to perform remedial action under this subchapter shall terminate on September 30, 1998, except that—
(A) the authority of the Secretary to perform groundwater restoration activities under this subchapter is without limitation, and
(B) the Secretary may continue operation of the disposal site in Mesa County, Colorado (known as the Cheney disposal cell) for receiving and disposing of residual radioactive material from processing sites and of byproduct material from property in the vicinity of the uranium milling site located in Monticello, Utah, until the Cheney disposal cell has been filled to the capacity for which it was designed, or September 30, 2023, whichever comes first.
(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term "byproduct material" has the meaning given that term in section 2014(e)(2) of this title.
(b) Authorization of appropriationsThe amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this subchapter by the Secretary, the Administrator, the Commission, and the Secretary of the Interior shall not exceed such amounts as are established in annual authorization Acts for fiscal year 1979 and each fiscal year thereafter applicable to the Department of Energy. Any sums appropriated for the purposes of this subchapter shall be available until expended.
(Pub. L. 95–604, title I, §112, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3031; Pub. L. 100–616, §3, Nov. 5, 1988, 102 Stat. 3193; Pub. L. 102–486, title X, §1031, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2951; Pub. L. 104–259, §2, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3173.)
AMENDMENTS1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–259 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: "The authority of the Secretary to perform remedial action under this subchapter shall terminate on September 30, 1996, except that the authority of the Secretary to perform groundwater restoration activities under this subchapter is without limitation."
1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–486 substituted "1996" for "1994".
1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–616 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: "The authority of the Secretary to perform remedial action under this subchapter shall terminate on the date seven years after the date of promulgation by the Administrator of general standards applicable to such remedial action unless such termination date is specifically extended by an Act of Congress enacted after November 8, 1978."
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