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House Bill 4427
116th Congress(2019-2020)
To require the Secretary of Energy to identify and convey to the State of Colorado land for use as a storage site for residual radioactive material, and for other purposes.
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H. R. 4427 (Introduced-in-House)


116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4427


To require the Secretary of Energy to identify and convey to the State of Colorado land for use as a storage site for residual radioactive material, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 19, 2019

Mr. Tipton (for himself and Ms. DeGette) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To require the Secretary of Energy to identify and convey to the State of Colorado land for use as a storage site for residual radioactive material, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Durango disposal site.

(a) Identification.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall—

(A) identify, in accordance with paragraph (2), a portion of Federal land within the Durango disposal site that is suitable for conveyance to the State of Colorado for use as a storage site for residual radioactive materials as part of remediation activities carried out by such State relating to properties in the vicinity of the Durango processing site; and

(B) offer to convey such land to the State of Colorado for such purpose.

(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall ensure that the identified land—

(A) consists of approximately .25 acres;

(B) is located in the southwestern corner of the Durango disposal site; and

(C) is south of, and bounded by, County Road 212.

(b) Conveyance.—Subject to the terms and conditions described in subsection (c), if, not later than 1 year after the date on which the Secretary offers under subsection (a) to convey land identified under such subsection to the State of Colorado, the State accepts such offer, the Secretary shall convey all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to such land to the State, without consideration.

(c) Terms and conditions.—As a condition of the conveyance under subsection (b), the Secretary—

(1) shall impose a requirement that the State of Colorado manage the conveyed land in a manner that is consistent with the requirements of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 relating to the Durango disposal site, including after the use described in subsection (a) has ceased; and

(2) may impose such additional requirements as the Secretary determines necessary to protect the interests of the United States.

(d) Boundary revision.—The Secretary shall revise the legal description of the Durango disposal site included in the Long-Term Surveillance Plan for such site pursuant to section 40.27 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, to reflect the conveyance under subsection (b) and shall notify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of such revision, and the Commission shall accept such revised Long-Term Surveillance Plan for purposes of the general license issued for such site by the Commission.

(e) Effect on existing requirements.—The Secretary shall carry out this section in a manner that is consistent with the requirements of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 relating to the Durango disposal site.

(f) Notice.—A notice described under the heading “Sale of Land” in the report accompanying the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2002, is not required for the conveyance under subsection (b).

(g) Definitions.—In this section:

(1) DURANGO DISPOSAL SITE.—The term “Durango disposal site” means the site in Durango, Colorado, for the permanent disposition and stabilization of residual radioactive materials pursuant to the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.).

(2) DURANGO PROCESSING SITE.—The term “Durango processing site” means the processing site in Durango, Colorado, designated under section 102(a)(1) of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 7912(a)(1)).

(3) RESIDUAL RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL.—The term “residual radioactive material” has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 7911).

(4) SECRETARY.—The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Energy.