§7942 Designation by Secretary as Processing Sites for Subchapter I Purposes

Summary

If the Commission says, after its study, that the sites cannot be controlled by the State or the Commission, the Secretary has 90 days after getting that report to decide whether to call one or both sites "processing sites" under subchapter I. If the Secretary does so, he can make cooperative agreements with New Mexico to clean up only the leftover radioactive material that came from uranium made for sale to a federal agency before January 1, 1971, under contract. The Secretary must send the designation and his cost estimate to the House Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs and on Energy and Commerce, and to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The designation does not take effect until 120 calendar days after those committees receive it, not counting any day when either House is not in session because it adjourned for more than three calendar days without setting a return date or has ended its session. Any cleanup at sites designated this way must follow the rules of subchapter I, including the funding rules in section 7922(b).