PUBLIC LAW 102-486—OCT. 24, 1992 106 STAT'. 2947 (C) To THORIUM LICENSEES. — Payments made under paragraph (1) to the licensee of the active thorium site shall not exceed $40,000,000, and may only be made for ofiT-site disposal. (D) INFLATION ESCALATION INDEX.—The amounts in subptiragraphs (A), (B), and (C) of this paragraph shall be increased annually based upon an inflation index. The Secretary shall determine the appropriate index to apply. (E) ADDITIONAL REIMBURSEMENT. — (i) DETERMINATION OF EXCESS. — The Secretary shall determine as of July 31, 2005, whether the amount authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 1003, when considered with the $5.50 per dry short ton limit on reimbursement, exceeds the amount reimbursable to the licensees under subsection (b)(2). (ii) IN THE EVENT OF EXCESS.— I f the Secretary determines under clause (i) that there is an excess, the Secretary may allow reimbursement in excess of $5.50 per diy short ton on a prorated basis at such sites where the costs reimbursable under subsection (b)(l) exceed the $5.50 per dry short ton limitation described in paragraph (2) of such subsection. (3) BYPRODUCT LOCATION. —Notwithstanding the requirement of paragraph (2)(A) that byproduct material be located at the site on the date of the enactment of this Act, byproduct material moved from the site of the Edgemont Mill to a oisposal site as the result of the decontamination, decommissioning, reclamation, and other remedial action of such mill shall be eligible for reimbursement to the extent eligible under paragraph (1). SEC. 1002. REGULATIONS. 42 USC 2296a-l. Within 180 days of the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue regulations governing reimbursement under section 1001. An active uranium or thorium processing site owner shall apply for reimbursement hereimder by submitting a request for the amount of reimbursement, together with reasonaole documentation in support thereof, to the Secretary. Any such request for reimbursement, supported by reasonable documentation, shall be approved by the Secretary and reimbursement therefor shall be made in a timely manner subject only to the limitations of section 1001. SEC. 1008. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 42 USC 2296a-2. (a) IN GENERAL.— There is authorized to be appropriated $310,Ok)0,000 to carry out this subtitle. The aggregate amount authorized in the preceding sentence shall be increased annually as provided in section 1001, based upon an inflation index to be determined by the Secretary. (b) SOURCE.— Funds described in subsection (a) shall be provided from the Fund established under section 1801 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. SEC. 1004. DEFINITIONS. 42 USC 2296a-3. For purposes of this subtitle: (1) The term "active uranium or thorium processing site" means—
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