[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 24]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR192.10]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 192_HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR URANIUM AND 

THORIUM MILL TAILINGS--Table of Contents

 

Subpart B_Standards for Cleanup of Land and Buildings Contaminated with 

  Residual Radioactive Materials from Inactive Uranium Processing Sites

 

Sec.  192.10  Applicability.





    This subpart applies to land and buildings that are part of any 

processing site designated by the Secretary of Energy under section 102 

of the Act. section 101 of the Act, states, in part, that ``processing 

site'' means--

    (a) Any site, 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, except in the case of a site at or 

near Slick Rock, Colorado, unless--

    (1) Such site was owned or controlled as of Januray 1, 1978, or is 

thereafter owned or controlled, by any Federal agency, or

    (2) A license (issued by the (Nuclear Regulatory) Commission or its 

predecessor agency under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 or by a State as 

permitted under section 274 of such Act) for the production at site of 

any uranium or thorium product derived from ores is in effect on January 

1, 1978, or is issued or renewed after such date; and

    (b) Any other real property or improvement thereon which--

    (1) Is in the vicinity of such site, and

    (2) Is determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the 

Commission, to be contaminated with residual radioactive materials 

derived from such site.