PUBLIC LAW 104-259—OCT. 9, 1996 110 STAT. 3173 Public Law 104-259 104th Congress An Act To extend the authorization of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act Oct 9, 1996 of 1978, and for other purposes. [H R. 29671 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. REFERENCE. Whenever in this Act (other than in section 3) an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Uranium Mill Taihngs Radiation Control Act of 1978. SEC. 2. TERMD^ATION; AUTHORIZATION. Section 112(a) (42 U.S.C. 7922(a)) is amended to read as follows: "(a)(1) The authority of the Secretary to perform remedial action under this title shall terminate on September 30, 1998, except that>- "(A) the authority of the Secretary to perform groundwater restoration activities under this title 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 bjTproduct 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 lle.(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014(e)(2)).. SEC. 3. REMEDIAL ACTION AT ACTIVE PROCESSING SITES. (a) SECTION 1001.—Section 1001 of the Energy PoHcy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 2296a) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking "$5.50" and inserting "$6.25"; (2) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking "$270,000,000" and inserting "$350,000,000 "; (3) in subsection (b)(2)(C), by striking "$40,000,000 " and inserting "$65,000,000 ";
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