Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
The bill amends a 1999 law to require the Secretary of Energy to convey the Moab UMTRA site, at no cost, to Grand County, Utah once remediation reaches a land-conveyance-ready status. The conveyance is subject to regulatory or use restrictions to protect health and safety, allows DOE to retain necessary water rights (including access to remediation wells), prohibits Grand County from reconveying conveyed land to private entities or nonprofits, and permits the Secretary to add other protective terms and conditions.
Left emphasizes environmental safeguards and federal remediation responsibility
Relative to its intended legislative type (a substantive policy change effecting a site transfer), this bill clearly establishes the authority to convey the Moab UMTRA site to Grand County upon a Secretary of Energy determination of remedial completion and includes several protective provisions (retention of water rights, reconveyance prohibition, cross-reference to UMTRCA and 40 C.F.R. part 192).
The bill amends a 1999 law to require the Secretary of Energy to convey the Moab UMTRA site, at no cost, to Grand County, Utah once remediation reaches a land-conveyance-ready status.
The conveyance is subject to regulatory or use restrictions to protect health and safety, allows DOE to retain necessary water rights (including access to remediation wells), prohibits Grand County from reconveying conveyed land to private entities or nonprofits, and permits the Secretary to add other protective terms and conditions.
Narrow, administratively focused bill with limited fiscal impact that could pass as a riders/package, but faces procedural hurdles and stakeholder review.
Relative to its intended legislative type (a substantive policy change effecting a site transfer), this bill clearly establishes the authority to convey the Moab UMTRA site to Grand County upon a Secretary of Energy determination of remedial completion and includes several protective provisions (retention of water rights, reconveyance prohibition, cross-reference to UMTRCA and 40 C.F.R. part 192).
Left emphasizes environmental safeguards and federal remediation responsibility
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Left emphasizes environmental safeguards and federal remediation responsibility
Generally supportive if the transfer preserves environmental safeguards and federal cleanup obligations.
Views local ownership positively when remediation standards and access for ongoing groundwater work are explicitly protected.
Cautiously favorable if safeguards are concrete and costs/ liability are clarified.
Appreciates local control balanced with federal oversight, but expects precise terms on remediation, water rights, and funding.
Skeptical of a federal land transfer with retained regulatory strings and restrictions.
Supports local control in principle but dislikes federal giveaways, retained water rights, and limits on local flexibility to sell land.
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Narrow, administratively focused bill with limited fiscal impact that could pass as a riders/package, but faces procedural hurdles and stakeholder review.
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Left emphasizes environmental safeguards and federal remediation responsibility
Narrow, administratively focused bill with limited fiscal impact that could pass as a riders/package, but faces procedural hurdles and stak…
Relative to its intended legislative type (a substantive policy change effecting a site transfer), this bill clearly establishes the authority to convey the Moab UMTRA site to Grand County upon a Secretary of Energy det…
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