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[CITE: 42USC7922]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
           CHAPTER 88--URANIUM MILL TAILINGS RADIATION CONTROL
 
                  SUBCHAPTER I--REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM
 
Sec. 7922. Termination of authority of Secretary


(a) Exceptions; ``byproduct material'' defined

    (1) The authority of the Secretary to perform remedial action under 
this subchapter shall terminate on September 30, 1998, except that--
        (A) the authority of the Secretary to perform groundwater 
    restoration activities under this subchapter 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 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, 2023, whichever comes first.

    (2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ``byproduct material'' 
has the meaning given that term in section 2014(e)(2) of this title.

(b) Authorization of appropriations

    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.

(Pub. L. 95-604, title I, Sec. 112, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3031; Pub. L. 
100-616, Sec. 3, Nov. 5, 1988, 102 Stat. 3193; Pub. L. 102-486, title X, 
Sec. 1031, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2951; Pub. L. 104-259, Sec. 2, Oct. 
9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3173.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-259 amended subsec. (a) generally. 
Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: ``The authority of the 
Secretary to perform remedial action under this subchapter shall 
terminate on September 30, 1996, except that the authority of the 
Secretary to perform groundwater restoration activities under this 
subchapter is without limitation.''
    1992--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-486 substituted ``1996'' for 
``1994''.
    1988--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-616 amended subsec. (a) generally. 
Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: ``The authority of the 
Secretary to perform remedial action under this subchapter shall 
terminate on the date seven years after the date of promulgation by the 
Administrator of general standards applicable to such remedial action 
unless such termination date is specifically extended by an Act of 
Congress enacted after November 8, 1978.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 7942 of this title.
