Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/2173

 120 STAT. 2142

PUBLIC LAW 109–364—OCT. 17, 2006

(1) the United States assumes no liability, legal or otherwise, of Sequoyah Fuels Corporation by transporting the uranium; and (2) the Sequoyah Fuels Corporation waives any and all claims it may have against the United States related to the transported uranium. (d) COMPLETION OF TRANSPORT.—The Secretary shall complete the transport of uranium under subsection (a) not later than March 31, 2007.

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SEC. 317. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO GRANT EXEMPTIONS TO CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.

Federal Register, publication. 15 USC 2605 note.

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(a) AMENDMENT TO TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT.—Section 6(e)(3) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2605(e)(3)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘subparagraphs (B) and (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D)’’; (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘but not more than one year from the date it is granted’’ and inserting ‘‘but not more than 1 year from the date it is granted, except as provided in subparagraph (D)’’; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ‘‘(D) The Administrator may extend an exemption granted pursuant to subparagraph (B) that has not yet expired for a period not to exceed 60 days for the purpose of authorizing the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments to provide for the transportation into the customs territory of the United States of polychlorinated biphenyls generated by or under the control of the Department of Defense for purposes of their disposal, treatment, or storage in the customs territory of the United States if those polychlorinated biphenyls are already in transit from their storage locations but the Administrator determines, in the sole discretion of the Administrator, they would not otherwise arrive in the customs territory of the United States within the period of the original exemption. The Administrator shall promptly publish notice of such extension in the Federal Register.’’. (b) SUNSET DATE.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall cease to have effect on September 30, 2012. The termination of the authority to grant exemptions pursuant to such amendments shall not effect the validity of any exemption granted prior to such date. (c) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2011, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on the status of foreign-manufactured polychlorinated biphenyls under the control of the Department of Defense outside the United States. The report shall address, at a minimum— (1) the remaining volume of such foreign-manufactured polychlorinated biphenyls that may require transportation into the customs territory of the United States for disposal, treatment, or storage; and (2) the efforts that have been made by the Department of Defense and other Federal agencies to reduce such volume by—

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