HR 2881 · 97th Congress · Environmental Protection
Nuclear Waste Management Policy Act
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Introduced2
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House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.(1982-06-10)
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Nuclear Waste Management Policy Act - Title I: Disposal of Transuranic Waste, High-Level Radioactive Waste, and Spent Nuclear Fuel - Directs the Secretary of Energy to issue guidelines for the recommendation of sites for repositories for the permanent disposal of transuranic waste, high-level radioactive waste, and spent nuclear fuel. Requires the Secretary to identify and recommend to the President at least two sites suitable for site characterization activities to determine their suitability for repositories. Directs the Secretary to notify the State Review Board of any State in which a site is located or the Indian tribe on whose reservation a site is located of such recommendation and to hold public hearings in the vicinity of any recommended site. Requires the President to: (1) review each site recommended; (2) either approve or disapprove the recommendation within 60 days; and (3) transmit such decision to the Secretary and the appropriate State Review Board. Provides that Presidential failure to approve or disapprove a site within the 60-day period or to invoke authority to delay the determination shall be considered an approval. Requires that, prior to the commencement of s…
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7 Democrats3 Republicans