§10199 Payments to States and Indian Tribes

Summary

The Secretary must pay each State or affected Indian tribe that entered an agreement under section 10195 for the costs they spend on monitoring, testing, evaluation, or related consultation and cooperation work about a potential site identified under section 10193. The payments must cover 100 percent of those expenses but cannot be more than $3,000,000 per year for a given site. Payments stop when the facility’s cleanup and shutdown are finished under section 10197(h). A State will get payments only if it agrees to give at least one‑tenth (10%) of what it receives to each local government unit whose borders include the site. A State or tribe may use the rest of the money however it decides, including for work under its section 10195 agreement. Annual payments are prorated on a 365‑day basis to the listed dates.