Uranium Mill Tailings Control Act of 1978: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session ... June 19, 20, and August 2, 1978 |
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... Federal Government . In letters to the Department of Energy , the Environmental Pro- tection Agency , the Nuclear Regulatory Commission , and the Gen- eral Accounting Office , our subcommittee has raised a number of questions about the ...
... Federal Government . In letters to the Department of Energy , the Environmental Pro- tection Agency , the Nuclear Regulatory Commission , and the Gen- eral Accounting Office , our subcommittee has raised a number of questions about the ...
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... Federal financial responsibility ; whether or not the States or Federal Government should be the primary agent in developing and executing the appropriate remedial action ; and who should have final control over the tailings and ...
... Federal financial responsibility ; whether or not the States or Federal Government should be the primary agent in developing and executing the appropriate remedial action ; and who should have final control over the tailings and ...
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... Federal Government . It might be argued that the Federal Govern- ment's failure to include tailings disposal costs in the price it paid for the product resulted in the Government purchasing the product at a lesser price . Thus , the ...
... Federal Government . It might be argued that the Federal Govern- ment's failure to include tailings disposal costs in the price it paid for the product resulted in the Government purchasing the product at a lesser price . Thus , the ...
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... Federal financial responsibility to resolve the situation created by the presence of the tailings in inappropriate locations . Although the Federal Government should bear the full financial responsibili- ty , the States , with the ...
... Federal financial responsibility to resolve the situation created by the presence of the tailings in inappropriate locations . Although the Federal Government should bear the full financial responsibili- ty , the States , with the ...
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... Federal Government ? I feel very strongly that the Federal Government must bear the responsibility to pay for the cleanup of these sites . After all , this problem is due to the past neglect of the Federal Government . These tailings ...
... Federal Government ? I feel very strongly that the Federal Government must bear the responsibility to pay for the cleanup of these sites . After all , this problem is due to the past neglect of the Federal Government . These tailings ...
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Page 135 - Commission may determine to be inimical to the common defense and security, and (3) to govern any activity authorized pursuant to this Act, including standards and restrictions governing the design, location, and operation of facilities used in the conduct of such activity, in order to protect health and to minimize danger to life or property; j.
Page 74 - Commission issues regulations setting forth the scope, procedure, and limitations of the authority of each such board; b. establish by rule, regulation, or order, such standards and instructions to govern the possession and use of special nuclear material, source material, and byproduct material as the Commission may deem necessary or desirable to promote the common defense and security or to protect health or to minimize danger to life or property; c.
Page 172 - source material' means (1) uranium, thorium, or any other material which is determined by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of section 61 to be source material; or (2) ores containing one or more of the foregoing materials, in such concentration as the Commission may by regulation determine from time to time. "aa. The term 'special nuclear material...
Page 316 - Commission on legislation, policies, administration, research, and other matters; (2) establish by regulation or order such standards and instructions to govern the possession and use of fissionable and byproduct materials as the Commission may deem necessary or desirable to protect health or to minimize danger from explosions and other hazards to life or property...
Page 173 - byproduct material' means (1) any radioactive material (except special nuclear material) yielded in or made radioactive by exposure to the radiation incident to the process of producing or utilizing special nuclear material...
Page 316 - Commission has been adequately informed of such defect or failure to comply. (b) Any person who knowingly and consciously fails to provide the notice required by subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount equal to the amount provided by section 234 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
Page 241 - As used in this chapter and sections 1346 (b) and 2401 (b) of this title, the term 'Federal agency' includes the executive departments, the military departments, independent establishments of the United States, and corporations primarily acting as instrumentalities or agencies of the United States, but does not include any contractor with the United States. " 'Employee of the government...
Page 173 - ... (3) to promote an orderly regulatory pattern between the Commission and State governments with respect to nuclear development and use and regulation of byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials; "(4) to establish procedures and criteria for discontinuance of certain of the Commission's regulatory responsibilities with respect to byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials, and the assumption thereof by the States...
Page 213 - Chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power, House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, we analyzed the Administration's National Energy Plan.
Page 174 - a. Unless authorized by a general or specific license issued by the Commission, which the Commission is authorized to issue pursuant to section 53, no person may transfer or receive in interstate commerce, transfer, deliver, acquire, own, possess, receive possession of or title to, or import into or export from the United States any special nuclear material.