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This bill amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to facilitate the transfer of the Moab site, a uranium mill tailings remediation location, from the United States government to Grand County, Utah. Specifically, the bill directs the Secretary of Energy to convey all available rights, title, and interest in the Moab site to Grand County at no cost, once remediation efforts have reached a completion status sufficient for land conveyance and after consulting with relevant regulatory authorities. The transfer is subject to several important conditions: the United States will retain necessary water rights to continue groundwater remediation and maintain well access, Grand County is explicitly prohibited from reconveying the land to private entities or nonprofit organizations, and the Secretary of Energy can impose additional terms to protect U.S. government interests. The bill is part of the ongoing efforts to manage and clean up uranium mill tailings sites under the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act, ensuring that land contaminated by historic uranium mining and processing is properly remediated and can be responsibly transferred to local jurisdictions.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

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