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[CITE: 42USC7924]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
           CHAPTER 88--URANIUM MILL TAILINGS RADIATION CONTROL
 
                  SUBCHAPTER I--REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM
 
Sec. 7924. Reports to Congress


(a) Information; consultations; separate official views; partial report 
        concerning uranium mill tailings provisions

    Beginning on January 1, 1980, and each year thereafter until January 
1, 1986, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress with 
respect to the status of the actions required to be taken by the 
Secretary, the Commission, the Secretary of the Interior, the 
Administrator, and the States and Indian tribes under this chapter and 
any amendments to other laws made by this Act. Each report shall--
        (1) include data on the actual and estimated costs of the 
    program authorized by this subchapter;
        (2) describe the extent of participation by the States and 
    Indian tribes in this program;
        (3) evaluate the effectiveness of remedial actions, and describe 
    any problems associated with the performance of such actions; and
        (4) contain such other information as may be appropriate.

Such report shall be prepared in consultation with the Commission, the 
Secretary of the Interior, and the Administrator and shall contain their 
separate views, comments, and recommendations, if any. The Commission 
shall submit to the Secretary and Congress such portion of the report 
under this subsection as relates to the authorities of the Commission 
under title II of this Act.

(b) Identification of sites; Federal agency jurisdiction; contents; 
        duplication prohibition; use and cooperation respecting other 
        Federal agency information

    Not later than July 1, 1979, the Secretary shall provide a report to 
the Congress which identifies all sites located on public or acquired 
lands of the United States containing residual radioactive materials and 
other raidoactive \1\ waste (other than waste resulting from the 
production of electric energy) and specifies which Federal agency has 
jurisdiction over such sites. The report shall include the identity of 
property and other structures in the vicinity of such site that are 
contaminated or may be contaminated by such materials and the actions 
planned or taken to remove such materials. The report shall describe in 
what manner such sites are adequately stabilized and otherwise 
controlled to prevent radon diffusion from such sites into the 
environment and other environmental harm. If any site is not so 
stabilized or controlled, the report shall describe the remedial actions 
planned for such site and the time frame for performing such actions. In 
preparing the reports under this section, the Secretary shall avoid 
duplication of previous or ongoing studies and shall utilize all 
information available from other departments and agencies of the United 
States respecting the subject matter of such report. Such agencies shall 
cooperate with the Secretary in the preparation of such report and 
furnish such information as available to them and necessary for such 
report.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``radioactive''.
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(c) Uranium mine wastes hazards elimination program

    Not later than January 1, 1980, the Administrator, in consultation 
with the Commission, shall provide a report to the Congress which 
identifies the location and potential health, safety, and environmental 
hazards of uranium mine wastes together with recommendations, if any, 
for a program to eliminate these hazards.

(d) Reports to Congressional committees

    Copies of the reports required by this section to be submitted to 
the Congress shall be separately submitted to the Committees on Interior 
and Insular Affairs and on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
Senate.

(e) Documentation of information; public availability; trade secrets and 
        other disclosure exempt information

    The Commission, in cooperation with the Secretary, shall ensure that 
any relevant information, other than trade secrets and other proprietary 
information otherwise exempted from mandatory disclosure under any other 
provision of law, obtained from the conduct of each of the remedial 
actions authorized by this subchapter and the subsequent perpetual care 
of those residual radioactive materials is documented systematically, 
and made publicly available conveniently for use.

(Pub. L. 95-604, title I, Sec. 114, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3032; H. Res. 
549, Mar. 25, 1980.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter and this Act, referred to in subsec. (a), mean Pub. L. 
95-604, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3021, as amended, known as the Uranium 
Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978. For complete classification 
of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 7901 
of this title and Tables.
    Title II of this Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is title II 
(Secs. 201-209) of Pub. L. 95-604, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3033, as 
amended, which enacted sections 2022, 2113, and 2114 of this title, 
amended sections 2014, 2021, 2111, and 2201 of this title, and enacted 
provisions set out as notes under sections 2014, 2021, and 2113 of this 
title. For complete classification of title II to the Code, see Tables.

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of 
Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One 
Hundred Third Congress. Committee on Natural Resources of House of 
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Resources of House 
of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note 
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
    Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of 
Representatives changed to Committee on Energy and Commerce immediately 
prior to noon on Jan. 3, 1981, by House Resolution No. 549, Ninety-sixth 
Congress, Mar. 25, 1980. Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of 
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Commerce of House 
of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note 
preceding section 21 of Title 2.
