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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-604—NOV. 8, 1978

92 STAT. 3025

to, a limitation on the use of Federal assistance to those costs which are directly required to complete the remedial action selected pursuant to section 108. (c)(1) Except where the State is required to acquire the processing Written consent, site as provided in subsection (a) of section 104, each cooperative agreement with a State under section 103 shall provide that the State shall obtain, in a form prescribed by the Secretary, written consent from any person holding any record interest in the designated processing site for the Secretary or any person designated by him to perform remedial action at such site. (2) Such written consent shall include a waiver by each such person Waiver, on behalf of himself, his heirs, successors, and assigns— (A) releasing the United States of any liability or claim thereof by such person, his heirs, successors, and assigns concerning such remedial action, and (B) holding the United States harmless against any claim by such person on behalf of himself, his heirs, successors, or assigns arising out of the performance of any such remedial action. (d) Each cooperative agreement under this section shall require the State to assure that the Secretary, the Commission, and the Administrator and their authorized representatives have a permanent right of entry at any time to inspect the processing site and the site provided pursuant to section 104(b)(1) in furtherance of the provisions of this title and to carry out such agreement and enforce this Act and any rules prescribed under this Act. Such right of entry under this section or section 106 into an area described in section 101(6)(B) shall terminate on completion of the remedial action, as determined by the Secretary. (e) Each agreement under this section shall take effect only upon the concurrence of the Commission with the terms and conditions thereof. (f) The Secretary may, in any cooperative agreement entered into under this section or section 105, provide for reimbursement of the actual costs, as determined by the Secretary, of any remedial action performed with respect to so much of a designated processing site as IS described in section 101(6)(B). Such reimbursement shall be made only to a property owner of record at the time such remedial action was undertaken and only with respect to costs incurred by such property owner. No such reimbursement may be made unless— (1) such remedial action was completed prior to enactment of this Act, and unless the application for such reimbursement was filed by such owner within one year after an agreement under this section or section 105 is approved by the Secretary and the Commission, and (2) the Secretary is satisfied that such action adequately achieves the purposes of this Act with respect to the site concerned and is consistent with the standards established by the Administrator pursuant to section 275(a) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Post, p. 3039. ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION OF LANDS AND MATERIALS

SEC. 104, (a) Each cooperative agreement under section 103 shall 42 USC 7914. require the State, where determined appropriate by the Secretary with the concurrence of the Commission, to acquire any designated process-