PUBLIC LAW 96-540—DEC. 17, 1980
94 STAT. 3203
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS TO PAY PENALTIES UNDER CLEAN AIR ACT
SEC. 211. None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this or 42 USC 7273. any other Act may be used to pay any penalty, fine, forfeiture, or settlement resulting from a failure to comply with the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) with respect to any defense activity of the Department of Energy if (1) the Secretary finds that compliance is physically impossible within the time prescribed for compliance, or (2) the President has specifically requested appropriations for compliance and the Congress has failed to appropriate funds for such purpose. E N H A N C E D RADIATION WARHEADS
SEC. 212. The Secretary of Energy shall produce and stockpile the nuclear materials and the warhead components necessary to enable the rapid conversion of the W70-3 and W79-1 warheads to an enhanced radiation capability. URANIUM MILL TAIUNGS PLAN
SEC. 213. The Secretary of Energy shall develop a plan for a cooperative program to provide assistance in the stabilization and management of uranium mill tailings which have resulted from ore processing to extract uranium under contract with the United States for use primarily in defense programs and which are now commingled with other tailings. In developing the plan, the Secretary shall establish the amount and condition of the tailings resulting from such Federal contracts at each currently operating or currently licensed extraction site in order to permit calculation of the federally contracted share of the total tailings which must be stabilized and managed over time. The plan shall include a methodology for establishing the extent of Federal assistance appropriate to meet the costs for stabilizing and managing such tailings at each such site in order to comply with a requirement of Federal law or regulation imposed after termination of such Federal contracts. The Secretary Submittal to shall consult with the owners and operators of each such site and congressional shall submit the plan and his recommendations to the Armed ^°^^^ ®^ Services Committees of the Congress not later than October 1, 1981. Approved December 17, 1980.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 96-947 accompanying H.R. 7265 (Comm. on Armed Services). SENATE REPORT No. 96-920 (Comm. on Armed Services). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 126 (1980): Sept. 30, considered and passed Senate. Nov. 20, H.R. 7265 considered and passed House; passage vacated and S. 3074, amended, passed in lieu. Nov. 25, Senate agreed to House amendment with an amendment. Dec. 1, House concurred in Senate amendment.
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