Notice2026-09985
Crescent Junction Uranium Mill Tailings Repository: Trespassing on Department of Energy Property
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Published
May 19, 2026
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
The Department of Energy (DOE) hereby defines the legal description of the Crescent Junction Uranium Mill Tailings Repository property, located in Grand County, Utah, as an off-limits area, making it a Federal crime for unauthorized persons to enter into or upon the property.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 29121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09985]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Crescent Junction Uranium Mill Tailings Repository: Trespassing
on Department of Energy Property
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of designation of Crescent Junction Uranium Mill
Tailings Repository property as off-limits area.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) hereby defines the legal
description of the Crescent Junction Uranium Mill Tailings Repository
property, located in Grand County, Utah, as an off-limits area, making
it a Federal crime for unauthorized persons to enter into or upon the
property.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryan Johnson, Lead Security
Specialist, DOE Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center
at (513) 446-1162 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b3c1cad2dd9dd9dcdbddc0dcddf3d6ded0d1d09dd7dcd69dd4dcc5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e19398808fcf8b8e898f928e8fa1848c828382cf858e84cf868e97">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 229 of the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2278a), as implemented by 10 CFR part 860;
section 104 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5814);
and section 301 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C.
7151), DOE hereby gives notice that the Crescent Junction Uranium Mill
Tailings Repository property is designated as an Off-Limits Area and
prohibits the unauthorized entry and the unauthorized introduction of
weapons or dangerous materials, as provided in 10 CFR 860.3 and 860.4,
into or upon the Crescent Junction Uranium Mill Tailings Repository
property.
In accordance with 10 CFR part 860, it is a federal crime under 42
U.S.C. 2278a for unauthorized persons to enter into or upon the
Crescent Junction Uranium Mill Tailings Repository. If unauthorized
entry into or upon these properties is into an area enclosed by a
fence, wall, floor, roof or other such structural barrier, conviction
for such unauthorized entry may result in a fine not to exceed $100,000
or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. If unauthorized
entry into or upon the properties is into an area not enclosed by a
fence, wall, floor, roof, or other such structural barrier, conviction
for such unauthorized entry may result in a fine of not more than
$5,000.
Description of the site being designated as an off-limits area is
as follows:
T. 21 S., R. 19 E.,
Sec. 22, S\1/2\, excluding SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 23, S\1/2\, excluding S\1/2\S\1/2\N\1/2\SW\1/4\, S\1/
2\SW\1/4\, and W\1/2\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\; Sec. 26, the land lying
North of the railroad right-of-way, excluding W\1/2\W\1/2\NW\1/
4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\, N\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/
4\NW\1/4\, and NW\1/4\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 27, the land lying North of the railroad right-of-way,
excluding N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
The area described contains approximately 936 acres in Grand
County, Utah. The area is located north of Interstate 70
approximately 3 miles west of the town of Thompson Springs, Utah.
Notices stating the pertinent prohibitions of 10 CFR 860.3 and
860.4 and penalties of 10 CFR 860.5 will be posted at all entrances of
said area and at intervals along its perimeter as provided in 10 CFR
860.6.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on May 14,
2026, by Timothy J. Walsh, Assistant Secretary for Environmental
Management, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of
Energy. That document with the original signature and date is
maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance
with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the
undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to
sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as
an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative
process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on May 15, 2026.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2026-09985 Filed 5-18-26; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
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