For purposes of this subchapter—
((1)) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Energy.
((2)) The term “Commission” means the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
((3)) The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
((4)) The term “Indian tribe” means any tribe, band, clan, group, pueblo, or community of Indians recognized as eligible for services provided by the Secretary of the Interior to Indians.
((5)) The term “person” means any individual, association, partnership, corporation, firm, joint venture, trust, government entity, and any other entity, except that such term does not include any Indian or Indian tribe.
((6)) The term “processing site” means—
((A)) any site, including the mill, containing residual radioactive materials at which all or substantially all of the uranium was produced for sale to any Federal agency prior to under a contract with any Federal agency, except in the case of a site at or near Slick Rock, Colorado, unless—
((i)) such site was owned or controlled as of , or is thereafter owned or controlled, by any Federal agency, or
((ii)) a license (issued by the Commission or its predecessor agency under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 [ et seq.] or by a State as permitted under section 274 of such Act []) for the production at such site of any uranium or thorium product derived from ores is in effect on , or is issued or renewed after such date; and
((B)) any other real property or improvement thereon which—
((i)) is in the vicinity of such site, and
((ii)) is determined by the Secretary, in consultation with the Commission, to be contaminated with residual radioactive materials derived from such site.
((7)) The term “residual radioactive material” means—
((A)) waste (which the Secretary determines to be radioactive) in the form of tailings resulting from the processing of ores for the extraction of uranium and other valuable constituents of the ores; and
((B)) other waste (which the Secretary determines to be radioactive) at a processing site which relate to such processing, including any residual stock of unprocessed ores or low-grade materials.
((8)) The term “tailings” means the remaining portion of a metal-bearing ore after some or all of such metal, such as uranium, has been extracted.
((9)) The term “Federal agency” includes any executive agency as defined in .
((10)) The term “United States” means the 48 contiguous States and Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the United States.