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42 U.S.C. § 7917 — Acquisition 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

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42 U.S.C. § 7917 — Acquisition 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

Where necessary or appropriate in order to consolidate in a safe and environmentally sound manner the location of residual radioactive materials which are removed from processing sites under cooperative agreements under this subchapter, or where otherwise necessary for the permanent disposition and stabilization of such materials in such manner— (1) the Secretary may acquire land and interests in land for such purposes by purchase, donation, or under any other authority of law or (2) the Secretary of the Interior may transfer permanently to the Secretary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in the vicinity of processing sites in the following counties: (A) Apache County in the State of Arizona; (B) Mesa, Gunnison, Moffat, Montrose, Garfield, and San Miguel Counties in the State of Colorado; (C) Boise County in the State of Idaho; (D) Billings and Bowman Counties in the State of North Dakota; (E) Grand and San Juan Counties in the State of Utah; (F) Converse and Fremont Counties in the State of Wyoming; and (G) Any other county in the vicinity of a processing site, if no site in the county in which a processing site is located is suitable. Any permanent transfer of lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management by the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary shall not take place until the Secretary complies with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act ([42 U.S.C. 4321](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4321&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) with respect to the selection of a site for the permanent disposition and stabilization of residual radioactive materials. [Section 1714 of title 43](https://uscode

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Where necessary or appropriate in order to consolidate in a safe and environmentally sound manner the location of residual radioactive materials which are removed from processing sites under cooperative agreements under this subchapter, or where otherwise necessary for the permanent disposition and stabilization of such materials in such manner— (1) the Secretary may acquire land and interests in land for such purposes by purchase, donation, or under any other authority of law or (2) the Secretary of the Interior may transfer permanently to the Secretary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in the vicinity of processing sites in the following counties: (A) Apache County in the State of Arizona; (B) Mesa, Gunnison, Moffat, Montrose, Garfield, and San Miguel Counties in the State of Colorado; (C) Boise County in the State of Idaho; (D) Billings and Bowman Counties in the State of North Dakota; (E) Grand and San Juan Counties in the State of Utah; (F) Converse and Fremont Counties in the State of Wyoming; and (G) Any other county in the vicinity of a processing site, if no site in the county in which a processing site is located is suitable. Any permanent transfer of lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management by the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary shall not take place until the Secretary complies with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act ([42 U.S.C. 4321](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4321&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) with respect to the selection of a site for the permanent disposition and stabilization of residual radioactive materials. [Section 1714 of title 43](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1714&num=0&edition=prelim) shall not apply to this transfer of jurisdiction. Prior to acquisition of land under paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection 11 So in original. Probably should be “section”. in any State, the Secretary shall consult with the Governor of such State. No lands may be acquired under such paragraph (1) or (2) in any State in which there is no (1) processing site designated under this subchapter or (2) active uranium mill operation, unless the Secretary has obtained the consent of the Governor of such State. No lands controlled by any Federal agency may be transferred to the Secretary to carry out the purposes of this chapter without the concurrence of the chief administrative officer of such agency.

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42 U.S.C. § 7901 — Designation by Secretary as processing sites for subchapter I purposes

**(a) New Mexico cooperative agreement respecting certain residual radioactive materials; submission to Congressional committees** Within ninety days from the date of his receipt of the report and recommendations submitted by the Commission under [section 7941 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7941&num=0&edition=prelim), notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 7911(6)(A) and in [section 7925(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7925/a&num=0&edition=prelim), if the Commission determines, based on such study, that such sites cannot be regulated and controlled by the State or the Commission in the manner described in [section 7941 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7941&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary may designate either or both of the sites referred to in [section 7941 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7941&num=0&edition=prelim) as a processing site for purposes of subchapter I. Following such designation, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with New Mexico to perform remedial action pursuant to such subchapter I concerning only the residual radioactive materials at such site resulting from uranium produced for sale to a Federal agency prior to January 1, 1971, under contract with such agency. Any such designation shall be submitted by the Secretary, together with his estimate of the cost of carrying out such remedial action at the designated site, to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Energy and Natural Reso

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42 U.S.C. § 4321 — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–58, div. G, title VIII, § 70801(h), Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1294

### Statutory Notes Section, Pub. L. 114–94, div. D, title XLI, § 41013, Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1761, provided that this subchapter shall terminate 7 years after Dec. 4, 2015.

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43 U.S.C. § 1714 — Withdrawals of lands

**(a) Authorization and limitation; delegation of authority** On and after the effective date of this Act the Secretary is authorized to make, modify, extend, or revoke withdrawals but only in accordance with the provisions and limitations of this section. The Secretary may delegate this withdrawal authority only to individuals in the Office of the Secretary who have been appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. **(b) Application and procedures applicable subsequent to submission of application** (1) Within thirty days of receipt of an application for withdrawal, and whenever he proposes a withdrawal on his own motion, the Secretary shall publish a notice in the Federal Register stating that the application has been submitted for filing or the proposal has been made and the extent to which the land is to be segregated while the application is being considered by the Secretary. Upon publication of such notice the land shall be segregated from the operation of the public land laws to the extent specified in the notice. The segregative effect of the application shall terminate upon (a) rejection of the application by the Secretary, (b) withdrawal of lands by the Secretary, or (c) the expiration of two years from the date of the notice. (2) The publication provisions of this subsection are not applicable to withdrawals under subsection (e) hereof. **(c) Congressional approval procedures applicable to withdrawals aggregating five thousand acres or more** (1) On and after October 21, 1976, a withdrawal aggregating five thousand acres or more may be made (or such a withdrawal or any other withdrawal involving in the aggregate five thousand acres or more which terminates after such date of approval may be extended) only for a period of

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42 U.S.C. § 7913 — Processing site designations

**(a) Specific and other site locations; remedial action; consultations; boundaries; Grand Junction, Colorado, site restriction** (1) As soon as practicable, but no later than one year after November 8, 1978, 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 Subject to the provisions of this subchapter, the Secretary shall complete remedial action at the above listed sites before his authority terminates under this subchapter. The Secretary shall within one year of November 8, 1978, also designate all other processing sites within the United States which he determines requires remedial action to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. 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 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; priorities for remedial action** Within one year from November 8, 1978, the Secr

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42 U.S.C. § 4321 — Congressional declaration of purpose

Page 6095 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 4321 Sec. 4368a. Utilization of talents of older Americans in projects of pollution prevention, abate- ment, and control. 4368b. General assistance program. 4369. Miscellaneous reports. 4369a. Reports on environmental research and devel- opment activities of Agency. 4370. Reimbursement for use of facilities. 4370a. Assistant Administrators of Environmental Protection Agency; appointment; duties. 4370b. Availability of fees and charges to carry out Agency programs. 4370c. Environmental Protection Agency fees. 4370d. Percentage of Federal funding for organiza- tions owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. 4370e. Working capital fund in Treasury. 4370f. Availability of funds after expiration of pe- riod for liquidating obligations. 4370g. Availability of funds for uniforms and certain services. 4370h. Availability of funds for facilities. 4370i. Regional liaisons for minority, tribal, and low-income communities. 4370j. Municipal Ombudsman. SUBCHAPTER IV—FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT 4370m. Definitions. 4370m–1. Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council. 4370m–2. Permitting process improvement. 4370m–3. Interstate compacts. 4370m–4. Coordination of required reviews. 4370m–5. Delegated State permitting programs. 4370m–6. Litigation, judicial review, and savings provi- sion. 4370m–7. Reports. 4370m–8. Funding for governance, oversight, and proc- essing of environmental reviews and per- mits. 4370m–9. Application. 4370m–10. GAO report. 4370m–11. Savings provision. 4370m–12. Repealed. § 4321. Congressional declaration of purpose The purposes of this chapter are: To declare a national policy which will encourage productive and enjoyable harmony

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42 U.S.C. § 7917 — Financial assistance

Page 7499 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 7917 1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘section’’. (b) Disposition and stabilization sites for resid- ual radioactive materials; transfer to Sec- retary of the Interior When the Secretary with the concurrence of the Commission determines removal of residual radioactive materials from a processing site on lands described in subsection (a) to be appro- priate, he shall provide, consistent with other applicable provisions of law, a site or sites for the permanent disposition and stabilization in a safe and environmentally sound manner of such residual radioactive materials. Such materials shall be transferred to the Secretary (without payment therefor by the Secretary) and perma- nently retained and maintained by the Sec- retary under the conditions established in a li- cense issued by the Commission, subject to sec- tion 7914(f)(2) and (h) of this title. (Pub. L. 95–604, title I, § 105, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3028.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L. 95–604, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3021, known as the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978. For complete classifica- tion of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note under section 7901 of this title and Tables. § 7916. Acquisition 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 Where necessary or appropriate in order to consolidate in a safe and environmentally sound manner the location of residual radioactive ma- terials which are removed from processing sites under cooperative agreements under this sub- chap

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