[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2552 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 2552

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 26, 1995

   Mr. Taylor of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. 
   Abercrombie, Mr. Baker of Louisiana, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Bishop, Mr. 
   Borski, Mr. Browder, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Clement, Mr. Coleman, Mr. 
 Condit, Mr. Costello, Mr. Coyne, Mr. Davis, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. 
 Dellums, Mr. de la Garza, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Everett, Mr. Faleomavaega, 
Mr. Foglietta, Mr. Frost, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. Hayes of 
 Louisiana, Mr. Hefner, Mr. Lewis of California, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, 
 Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Matsui, Mr. McDade, Ms. McKinney, Mr. McNulty, Mrs. 
    Meek of Florida, Mr. Miller of California, Mr. Montgomery, Mrs. 
 Morella, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Myers of Indiana, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, 
 Ms. Norton, Mr. Parker, Mr. Payne of Virginia, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Rose, 
   Mr. Sisisky, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Stump, Mr. Tanner, Mr. 
Thompson, Mr. Thornton, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Underwood, Mr. 
Vento, Mrs. Vucanovich, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. 
Wilson, Mr. Evans, and Mr. Hoyer) introduced the following bill; which 
               was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


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

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF TATUM SALT DOME PROPERTY TO STATE OF 
              MISSISSIPPI.

    (a) Transfer.--The Secretary of Energy shall transfer, without 
compensation, to the State of Mississippi the property known as the 
Tatum Dome Test Site, as generally depicted on the map numbered 
301913.104.02 and dated 6/25/93.
    (b) Remediation.--The transfer under this Act shall be made upon 
receipt of a certification from the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency and the State of Mississippi that any contamination 
of such property has been remedied in accordance with applicable 
Federal and State laws and regulations.
    (c) Retained Rights.--The transfer under this Act shall be subject 
to each of the following rights to be retained by the United States:
            (1) Retention by the United States of the subsurface estate 
        below a specified depth. The specified depth shall be 2700 feet 
        below sea level unless a lesser depth is agreed upon by the 
        Secretary of Energy and the State of Mississippi.
            (2) Retention by the United States of rights of access, by 
        easement or otherwise, for purposes of monitoring wells for 
        sampling.
            (3) Retention by the United States of the right to install 
        wells additional to those identified in the remediation plan to 
        the extent such additional wells are deemed necessary by the 
        Secretary of Energy to monitor potential pathways of 
        contaminant migration. Such wells shall be in such locations as 
        specified by the Secretary of Energy.
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