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EMD-79-29 1 (1979-02-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaayps0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ~o~rS~i R~EPORT BY THE Comptroller General OF THE UNITED STATES Cleaning Up Commingled Uranium Mill Tailings: Is Federal Assistance Necessary? On October 19, 1978, Senator Clifford P. Hansen, as ranking minority member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Re- sources, asked GAO to determine whether Federal assistance should be given to oper- ating mill owners that have processed uranium for sale to both Government and industry and, thus, generated residual radioactive wastes. The wastes generated for both Gov- ernment and commercial use are called com- mingled uranium mill tailings. GAO recommends that the Congress provide assistance to active mill owners to share in the cost of cleaning up that portion of the tailings which were produced under Federal contract. Further, GAO believes that the Congress should also consider having the Federal Gov- ernment assist those mills who acted in good faith in meeting all legal requirements per- taining to controlling the mill tailings that were generated for commercial purposes and for which the Federal Government is now re- quiring retroactive remedial action. At the same time, the Congress should make sure that this action establishes no precedent for the Federal Government assuming the finan- cial responsibility of cleaning up other non- Federal nuclear facilities and wastes, including those mill tailings generated after the date when the Federal Government notified indus- try that the tailings should be controlled. 0 08 U02 108575 /^V, EMD-79-29 ' EBRUARY 5, 1979 . a . Afe&.*

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