PUBLIC LAW 97-415—JAN. 4, 1983
96 STAT. 2079
adopt alternatives (including, where appropriate, site-specific alternatives) to the requirements adopted and enforced by the Commission for the same purpose if, after notice and opportunity for public hearing, the Commission determines that such alternatives will achieve a level of stabilization and containment of the sites concerned, and a level of protection for public health, safety, and the environment from radiological and nonradiological hazards associated with such sites, which is equivalent to, to the extent practicable, or more stringent than the level which would be achieved by standards and requirements adopted and enforced by the Commission for the same purpose and any final standards promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with section 275. Such alternative State requirements 42 USC 2022. may take into account local or regional conditions, including geology, topography, hydrology and meteorology.". (b) Section 204(h)(3) of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 is amended by inserting the following before the 42 USC 2021 period at the end thereof: ": Provided, however, That, in the case of a ^°State which has exercised any authority under State law pursuant to an agreement entered into under section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, the State authority over such byproduct 42 USC 2021. material may be terminated, and the Commission authority over such material may be exercised, only after compliance by the Commission with the same procedures as are applicable in the case of termination of agreements under section 274 j. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.". AMENDMENT TO SECTION 84
SEC. 20. Section 84 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: "c. In the case of sites at which ores are processed primarily for their source material content or which are used for the disposal of byproduct material as defined in section l i e. (2), a licensee may propose alternatives to specific requirements adopted and enforced by the Commission under this Act. Such alternative proposals may take into account local or regional conditions, including geology, topography, hydrology and meteorology. The Commission may treat such alternatives as satisfying Commission requirements if the Commission determines that such alternatives will achieve a level of stabilization and containment of the sites concerned, and a level of protection for public health, safety, and the environment from radiological and nonradiological hazards associated with such sites, which is equivalent to, to the extent practicable, or more stringent than the level which would be achieved by standards and requirements adopted and enforced by the Commission for the same purpose and any final standards promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in accordance with section 275.".
Alternative f S s l S ^^ 42 USC 2114. 42 USC 2014.
42 USC 2022.
EDGEMONT
SEC. 21. Section 102(e) of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: "(3) The Secretary shall designate as a processing site within the meaning of section 101(6) any real property, or improvements thereon, in Edgemont, South Dakota, that—
42 USC 7912. 42 USC 7911.
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