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HR 2552 104th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Environmental Protection Hazardous waste site remediation Land transfers Mississippi Radioactive pollution of water Radioactive wastes Wilderness areas

To transfer the Tatum Salt Dome property to the State of Mississippi to be designated by the State as the Jamie Whitten Wilderness Area.

Introduced: October 26, 1995 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 2, 1996
Favorable Executive Comment Received from DOE.
Dec 1, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities.
Dec 1, 1995
Executive Comment Requested from DOE.
Nov 15, 1995
Rereferred to the House Committee on National Security.
Nov 15, 1995
Mr. Stump asked unanimous consent to rerefer H.R. 2552 to the Committee on National Security. Agreed to without objection.
Nov 1, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands.
Oct 26, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on Resources. (Referral Suspended).
Oct 26, 1995
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires the Secretary of Energy to transfer, without compensation, the Tatum Dome Test Site to the State of Mississippi after certification from the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the State that any contamination of such property has been remedied in accordance with applicable Federal and State laws and regulations.

Subjects such transfer to retention by the United States of the following: (1) the subsurface estate below the depth of 2700 feet below sea level unless a lesser depth is agreed upon by the Secretary; (2) rights of access for monitoring wells for sampling; and (3) the right to install wells additional to those identified in the remediation plan to the extent deemed necessary by the Secretary to monitor potential pathways of contaminant migration.

What's happening now May 2, 1996

Favorable Executive Comment Received from DOE.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 5 Republican 1