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42 U.S.C. 2022: Health and environmental standards for uranium mill tailings

Created in 1978 by Public Law 95-604. Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

5 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 42 U.S.C. 2021, 42 U.S.C. 2114, 42 U.S.C. 7913, 42 U.S.C. 7914, 42 U.S.C. 7918.

2 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1), Environmental Protection Agency (1).

How it got hereLaws that created or changed it, newest first

1992Pub. L. 102-486

1983Pub. L. 97-415

1978Pub. L. 95-604added it

42 U.S.C. 2022Health and environmental standards for uranium mill tailings

(a)Promulgation and revision of rules for protection from hazards at inactive or depository sites

(b)Promulgation and revision of rules for protection from hazards at processing or disposal sites

(c)Publication in Federal Register; notice and hearing; consultations; judicial review; time for petition; venue; copy to Administrator; record; administrative jurisdiction; review by Supreme Court; effective date of rule

(d)Federal and State implementation and enforcement

(e)Other authorities of Administrator unaffected

(f)Implementation or enforcement of Uranium Mill Licensing Requirements

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No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

How it got here

1983

Pub. L. 97–415, §§18(a)(1), 22(b)(1), substituted "October 1, 1982" for "one year after November 8, 1978" inserted provisions relating to the application of the Administrator's proposed standards to actions by the Secretary of Energy in the event the Administrator fails to promulgate s… · (a)
Pub. L. 97–415, §§18(a)(2), (3), 22(b)(2), substituted "October 31, 1982, the Administrator shall, by rule, propose, and within 11 months thereafter promulgate in final form," for "eighteen months after November 8, 1978, the Administrator shall, by rule, promulgate" inserted provisi… · (b)
Pub. L. 97–415, §18(a)(4), added subsec. (f). · (f)

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