42 USC 2297h-5 - Leasing of gaseous diffusion facilities

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 2297h–5.

Leasing of gaseous diffusion facilities

(a)

Transfer of lease

(b)

Renewal

(c)

Exclusion of facilities for production of highly enriched uranium

(d)

DOE responsibility for preexisting conditions

(e)

Environmental audit

(f)

Treatment under Price-Anderson provisions

(g)

Waiver of EIS requirement

(h)

Maintenance of security

(1)

In general

(2)

Funding

(A)

The costs of arming and providing arrest authority to the security police officers required under paragraph (1) shall be paid as follows:

(i)

the Department of Energy (the “Department”) shall pay the percentage of the costs equal to the percentage of the total number of employees at the gaseous diffusion plant who are: (I) employees of the Department or the contractor or subcontractors of the Department; or (II) employees of the private entity leasing the gaseous diffusion plant who perform work on behalf of the Department (including employees of a contractor or subcontractor of the private entity); and

(ii)

the private entity leasing the gaseous diffusion plant shall pay the percentage of the costs equal to the percentage of the total number of employees at the gaseous diffusion plant who are employees of the private entity (including employees of a contractor or subcontractor) other than those employees who perform work for the Department.

(B)

Neither the private entity leasing the gaseous diffusion plant nor the Department shall reduce its payments under any contract or lease or take other action to offset its share of the costs referred to in subparagraph (A), and the Department shall not reimburse the private entity for the entity’s share of these costs.

(C)

Nothing in this subsection shall alter the Department’s responsibilities to pay the safety, safeguards and security costs associated with the Department’s highly enriched uranium activities.

(Pub. L. 104–134, title III, § 3107, Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321–338; Pub. L. 105–62, title V, § 511, Oct. 13, 1997, 111 Stat. 1341; Pub. L. 105–245, title III, § 310, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1853.)

cite as: 42 USC 2297h-5