### Question
How does the law define project area?


### Answer
Under *42 U.S.C. § 2304*, **project area** is defined as:

> that area which on August 4, 1955, constitutes the Federal area at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, or Hanford, Washington, or that area which, on the date Los Alamos is included within this chapter, constitutes the County of Los Alamos, New Mexico, excluding therefrom, however, that land which is, on said date, under the administrative control of the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 2304*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 24-DISPOSAL OF ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITIES > SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS**

