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[CITE: 42USC7942]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
           CHAPTER 88--URANIUM MILL TAILINGS RADIATION CONTROL
 
 SUBCHAPTER II--STUDY AND DESIGNATION OF TWO MILL TAILING SITES IN NEW 
                                 MEXICO
 
Sec. 7942. Designation by Secretary as processing sites for 
        subchapter I purposes
        

(a) New Mexico cooperative agreement respecting certain residual 
        radioactive materials; submission to Congressional committees

    Within ninety days from the date of his receipt of the report and 
recommendations submitted by the Commission under section 7941 of this 
title, notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 7911(6)(A) 
and in section 7925(a) of this title, if the Commission determines, 
based on such study, that such sites cannot be regulated and controlled 
by the State or the Commission in the manner described in section 7941 
of this title, the Secretary may designate either or both of the sites 
referred to in section 7941 of this title as a processing site for 
purposes of subchapter I of this chapter. Following such designation, 
the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with New Mexico to 
perform remedial action pursuant to such subchapter I concerning only 
the residual radioactive materials at such site resulting from uranium 
produced for sale to a Federal agency prior to January 1, 1971, under 
contract with such agency. Any such designation shall be submitted by 
the Secretary, together with his estimate of the cost of carrying out 
such remedial action at the designated site, to the Committee on 
Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate.

(b) Effective date

    (1) \1\ No designation under subsection (a) of this section shall 
take effect before the expiration of one hundred and twenty calendar 
days (not including any day in which either House of Congress is not in 
session because of an adjournment of more than three calendar days to a 
day certain or an adjournment sine die) after receipt by such Committees 
of such designation.
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    \1\ So in original. Subsec. (b) enacted without a par. (2).
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(c) Subchapter I provisions applicable

    Except as otherwise specifically provided in subsection (a) of this 
section, any remedial action under subchapter I of this chapter with 
respect to any sites designated under this subchapter shall be subject 
to the provisions of subchapter I of this chapter (including the 
authorization of appropriations referred to in section 7922(b) of this 
title).

(Pub. L. 95-604, title III, Sec. 302, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3042; H. 
Res. 549, Mar. 25, 1980.)

                         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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 9601 of this title.
