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URANIUM MILL TAILINGS CONTROL

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H.R. 13382

TO AMEND THE ATOMIC ENERGY ACT OF 1954, AS AMENDED,
TO PROVIDE FOR REGULATION OF URANIUM MILL TAILINGS,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

H.R. 12938..

TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO STATES FOR THE RESTORATION OF
ABANDONED URANIUM MILL SITES AND TO REQUIRE THE
SECRETARY OF ENERGY TO RESTORE SUCH SITES IF THE
STATES FAIL TO DO SO

H.R. 12535 AND H.R. 13049

TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY TO ENTER INTO
COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE STATES TO CON-
TAIN AND TO REDUCE POTENTIAL RADIATION EXPOSURE
FROM RESIDUAL RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, AND FOR OTHER

PURPOSES

HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
JUNE 26, 27, AND JULY 10, 17, 1978

Serial No. 95-30

STANFORD

GOV'T

DEC 1978

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Printed for the use of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs,

UNIVERSITY

URANIUM MILL TAILINGS CONTROL

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H.R. 13382

TO AMEND THE ATOMIC ENERGY ACT OF 1954, AS AMENDED,
TO PROVIDE FOR REGULATION OF URANIUM MILL TAILINGS,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

H.R. 12938

TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO STATES FOR THE RESTORATION OF
ABANDONED URANIUM MILL SITES AND TO REQUIRE THE
SECRETARY OF ENERGY TO RESTORE SUCH SITES IF THE
STATES FAIL TO DO SO

H.R. 12535 AND H.R. 13049

TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY TO ENTER INTO
COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE STATES TO CON-
TAIN AND TO REDUCE POTENTIAL RADIATION EXPOSURE
FROM RESIDUAL RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, AND FOR OTHER

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PURPOSES

HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
JUNE 26, 27, AND JULY 10, 17, 1978

Serial No. 95-30

Printed for the use of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1978

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C. 20402

COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MORRIS K. UDALL, Arizona, Chairman

PHILLIP BURTON, California
ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin
LLOYD MEEDS, Washington
ABRAHAM KAZEN, JR., Texas
TENO RONCALIO, Wyoming
JONATHAN B. BINGHAM, New York
JOHN F. SEIBERLING, Ohio
HAROLD RUNNELS, New Mexico
ANTONIO BORJA WON PAT, Guam
RON DE LUGO, Virgin Islands
BOB ECKHARDT, Texas
GOODLOE E. BYRON, Maryland
JIM SANTINI, Nevada

PAUL E. TSONGAS, Massachusetts
JAMES WEAVER, Oregon

BOB CARR, Michigan

GEORGE MILLER, California
THEODORE M. (TED) RISENHOOVER,

Oklahoma

JAMES J. FLORIO, New Jersey
DAWSON MATHIS, Georgia
PHILIP R. SHARP, Indiana
JOHN KREBS, California

EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts
PETER H. KOSTMAYER, Pennsylvania
BALTASAR CORRADA, Puerto Rico
AUSTIN J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania
NICK JOE RAHALL II, West Virginia
BRUCE F. VENTO, Minnesota
JERRY HUCKABY, Louisiana
LAMAR GUDGER, North Carolina
JAMES J. HOWARD, New Jersey

CHARLES CONKLIN, Staff Director
ROBERT A. REVELES, Associate Staff Director
LEE MCELVAIN, General Counsel
STANLEY SCOVILLE, Special Counsel

HENRY MYERS, Special Consultant on Nuclear Energy Matters
GARY G. ELLSWORTH, Minority Counsel

JONATHAN B. BINGHAM, New York
BOB ECKHARDT, Texas

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

MORRIS K. UDALL, Arizona, Chairman

PAUL E. TSONGAS, Massachusetts
JAMES WEAVER, Oregon

BOB CARR, Michigan

JOE SKUBITZ, Kansas,

Ranking Minority Member
DON H. CLAUSEN, California
PHILIP E. RUPPE, Michigan
MANUEL LUJAN, JR., New Mexico
KEITH G. SEBELIUS, Kansas
DON YOUNG, Alaska

ROBERT E. BAUMAN, Maryland
STEVEN D. SYMMS, Idaho

GEORGE MILLER, California
PHILIP R. SHARP, Indiana

JAMES P. (JIM) JOHNSON, Colorado
ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO, California
DAN MARRIOTT, Utah

RON MARLENEE, Montana
ELDON RUDD, Arizona

MICKEY EDWARDS, Oklahoma

EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts
NICK JOE RAHALL II, West Virginia
BRUCE F. VENTO, Minnesota
JERRY HUCKABY, Louisiana
ABRAHAM KAZEN, JR., Texas
TENO RONCALIO, Wyoming
JOHN F. SEIBERLING, Ohio
RON DE LUGO, Virgin Islands
JAMES J. HOWARD, New Jersey

ROBERT E. BAUMAN, Maryland
JOE SKUBITZ, Kansas
PHILIP E. RUPPE, Michigan
MANUEL LUJAN, JR., New Mexico
STEVEN D. SYMMS, Idaho
DAN MARRIOTT, Utah
RON MARLENEE, Montana
MICKEY EDWARDS, Oklahoma

ANDREA DRAVO, Staff Consultant

ROBERT L. TERRELL, Minority Consultant on Energy and the Environment NOTE.-The first listed minority member is counterpart to the subcommittee chairman.

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