---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch88/schII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter II"
heading: "Study and Designation of Two Mill Tailing Sites in New Mexico"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch88-schII"
sections_count: 2
---

# Subchapter II — Study and Designation of Two Mill Tailing Sites in New Mexico

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 88 — Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control

## Sections

- [§7941. Study of authority for regulation and control of residual radioactive materials at New Mexico sites for protection of public health, safety, and the environment; report to Congress and Secretary; basis for determination of inadequacy of authority; interim regulation pending completion of study](/usc/42/7941.md)
- [§7942. Designation by Secretary as processing sites for subchapter I purposes](/usc/42/7942.md)
