S. 1321
Moab UMTRA Project Transition Act of 2025
Sponsor: John R. Curtis
1 cosponsor
Official summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service.
Moab UMTRA Project Transition Act of 2025
This bill allows the Department of Energy (DOE) to convey the Moab site to Grand County, Utah, at no cost when it finishes cleaning up uranium mill tailings (i.e., radioactive waste) at the site. (The Moab site is a uranium milling site located approximately three miles northwest of Moab, Utah.)
DOE must retain certain water rights that are necessary to carry out its responsibilities, such as maintaining access to wells and the associated surface footprint of the wells if the remediation of groundwater is ongoing at the time of the conveyance.
The conveyance of the site must include a provision that prohibits Grand County from reconveying to a private entity or nonprofit organization any portion of the land conveyed to the county.
Text of the bill
Where this section came from
Not in the first version (Introduced in Senate, Apr 8, 2025).
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Sep 17, 2026 · Reported to Senate Marked up by Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Feb 4 Reported by Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Sep 17 Committee members' individual votes aren't in our records.
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(a) Conveyance. On achieving remedial action completion status as described in section 3405(i)(6)(A) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (10 U.S.C. 8720 note; Public Law 105–261) (as amended by section 2(3)), the Secretary of Energy shall convey, at no cost, to the Grand County Water Conservancy District all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the following infrastructure associated with the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action project:
(1) The water pipeline extending from the Green River extraction site to the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Crescent Junction site.
(2) All associated pump stations and diesel-powered pumps and related easements or rights-of-way.
(3) The holding pond located at the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action Crescent Junction site.
(b) Water rights
(1) In general. On achieving the remedial action completion status described in subsection (a), the Secretary of Energy shall transfer to the Grand County Water Conservancy District the Crescent Junction water right associated with the Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action.
(2) Requirement. Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary of Energy may retain such water rights at the site described in that paragraph as are strictly necessary to complete remaining groundwater remediation or other responsibilities under the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.).
(c) Conditions of transfer. The Secretary of Energy shall include as a condition of the conveyances under this section—
(1) a requirement that the Grand County Water Conservancy District use the infrastructure and rights conveyed pursuant to the conveyances to address the water deficit in communities serviced by the Grand County Water Conservancy District; and
(2) a prohibition on conveying the infrastructure and rights conveyed pursuant to the conveyances to a private entity or nonprofit organization.