HR 2637 · 102th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Withdrawal Act
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EnactedLatest: Laid on the table. See S. 1671 for further action.(1992-07-21)
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Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act - Withdraws specified lands in New Mexico for a maximum ten-year period from all forms of entry, appropriation, and disposal under the general land laws (including mineral leasing, geothermal, material sale, and mining laws). Reserves the withdrawn lands for use by the Secretary of Energy (the Secretary) for conducting test phase activities. Revokes specified administrative land withdrawal orders issued by the Secretary of the Interior. Confers management responsibility upon the Secretary of the Interior for such lands' withdrawal, and directs him to: (1) consult with the Secretary and the State of New Mexico in discharging such responsibilities; and (2) develop and submit to the State of New Mexico and certain congressional committees a management plan for the use of the Withdrawal until the end of the decommissioning phase. States that uses related to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal (WIPP) take priority over other non-WIPP related uses. Prescribes grazing, hunting and trapping guidelines. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to dispose of salt tailings extracted from the Withdrawal that the Secretary determines are …
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