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§ 510-4.1. Uranium tailings (Adm. Code § 1904-A.1)

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 71 P.S. State Government

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 71 P.S. State Government
Part I. The Administrative Codes and Related Provisions
Chapter 2. The Administrative Code of 1929 (Refs & Annos)
Article XIX-a. Powers and Duties of the Department of Environmental Resources, Its Officers and Departmental and Advisory Boards and Commissions (Refs & Annos)
71 P.S. § 510-4.1
§ 510-4.1. Uranium tailings (Adm. Code § 1904-A.1)
(a) The Department of Environmental Resources shall have the power and its duty shall be:
(1) To enter into such cooperative agreements with the United States Department of Energy as are described in section 103 of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978, Public Law 95-604, 42 U.S.C. § 7901 et seq. to perform remedial actions at each processing site in Pennsylvania designated by the Secretary of the United States Department of Energy under the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978.
(2) To acquire, in consultation with the United States Government, by purchase or by eminent domain, such property or interest therein as is necessary for performance of remedial action.
(3) To pay, in cooperation with the United States Government, to both tenants and owners in fee of such property as is acquired by purchase, in addition to the purchase price, those moving and removal expenses and other damages as are provided for in Article VI of the act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess., P.L. 84, No. 6), known as the “Eminent Domain Code.”1
(4) To dispose of any property or interest therein acquired under the provisions of this section in accordance with the terms and conditions of cooperative agreements entered into pursuant to clause (1).
(5) To perform, in cooperation with the United States Government, such other remedial action as may be necessary.
(b) For the purposes of this section “processing site” means:
(1) Any site in the Commonwealth, including the mill, containing residual radioactive materials at which all or substantially all of the uranium was produced for sale to any Federal agency prior to January 1, 1971, under a contract with any Federal Agency; or
(2) Any other real property or improvement which is in the vicinity of such site and is determined by the Secretary of the United States Department of Energy to be contaminated with residual radioactive materials derived from such site.

Credits

1929, April 9, P.L. 177, art. XIX-A, § 1904-A.1, added 1980, July 2, P.L. 345, No. 87, § 2, imd. effective.

Footnotes

26 P.S. § 1-101 et seq. (repealed); see now, 26 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
71 P.S. § 510-4.1, PA ST 71 P.S. § 510-4.1
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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