42 U.S.C. § 7922 — Termination of authority of Secretary
submitted 48 years ago by Pub. L. 95-604 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 213 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary's general authority to run cleanups under this subchapter ended September 30, 1998, but groundwater restoration work continues without limit, and a specific Colorado disposal site can keep operating until it's full or until 2031. Money for this program comes only from annual appropriations laws.
(a) Exceptions; "byproduct material" defined. The Secretary's authority to carry out cleanups under this subchapter ended on September 30, 1998. Two exceptions apply: the Secretary's authority to do groundwater restoration work has no time limit, and the Secretary* may keep operating the Cheney disposal site in Mesa County, Colorado — for both leftover radioactive material from processing sites and certain byproduct material from the Monticello, Utah milling site — until that site fills to capacity or until September 30, 2031, whichever happens first. "Byproduct material" here has the meaning given in section 2014(e)(2).
(b) Authorization of appropriations. Money to carry out this subchapter, for the Secretary, the Administrator*, the Commission*, and the Secretary of the Interior, can't exceed the amounts set in the annual authorization laws for the Department of Energy, starting with fiscal year 1979. Once appropriated, that money stays available until it's spent.
The authority of the Secretary* to perform remedial action under this subchapter shall terminate on September 30, 1998, except that—
the authority of the Secretary to perform groundwater restoration activities under this subchapter is without limitation, and
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, 2031, whichever comes first.
For purposes of this subsection, the term “byproduct material” has the meaning given that term in section 2014(e)(2) of this title.
The 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.
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; Pub. L. 116–260, div. Z, title XI, § 11002, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2612.)
- 1978Enacted · Pub. L. 95-604 · 92 Stat. 3031
- 1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-616 · 102 Stat. 3193
- 1992Amended · Pub. L. 102-486 · 106 Stat. 2951
- 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-259 · 110 Stat. 3173
- 2020Amended · Pub. L. 116-260 · 134 Stat. 2612
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 95-604 on 1978-11-08.
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