S.Amdt. 3358

1. Rewrites section 3116

   Replaces

   In S. 2400 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   Struck: SEC. 3116. DEFENSE SITE ACCELERATION COMPLETION.

   Inserted: SEC. 3116. ON-SITE TREATMENT AND STORAGE OF WASTES FROM REPROCESSING ACTIVITIES AND RELATED WASTE.

   (a) [struck: In General.--]Notwithstanding any other provision of law[struck: , with respect ][inserted: the Department of Energy shall continue all activities related ]to [struck: material stored at a Department ][inserted: the storage, retrieval, treatment, separation and on-site disposition ]of [struck: Energy site at which activities are regulated by the State pursuant to approved][inserted: tank wastes currently managed as high-level radioactive waste in accordance with treatment and] closure plans [struck: or permits issued by ][inserted: approved by the state in which ]the [struck: State, high-level radioactive waste does not include radioactive material resulting from the reprocessing ][inserted: activities are taking place as part of a program to clean up and dispose ]of [inserted: waste from reprocessing ]spent nuclear fuel [struck: that][inserted: at] the [struck: Secretary of Energy determines--][inserted: sites referred to in subsection (c).]

   Struck: (1) does not require permanent isolation in a deep geologic repository for spent fuel or highly radioactive waste pursuant to criteria promulgated by the Department of Energy by rule in consultation with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;

   Struck: (2) has had highly radioactive radionuclides removed to the maximum extent practical in accordance with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission-reviewed criteria; and

   Struck: (3) in the case of material derived from the storage tanks, is disposed of in a facility (including a tank) within the State pursuant to a State-approved closure plan or a State- issued permit, authority for the approval or issuance of which is conferred on the State outside of this Act.

   Struck: (b) Inapplicability to Certain Materials.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to any material otherwise covered by that subsection that is transported from the State.

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   Struck: (c) Scope of Authority To Carry Out Actions.--The Department of Energy may implement any action authorized--

   Struck: (1) by a State-approved closure plan or State-issued permit in existence on the date of enactment of this section; or

   Struck: (2) by a closure plan approved by the State or a permit issued by the State during the pendency of the rulemaking provided for in subsection (a). Any such action may be completed pursuant to the terms of the closure plan or the State-issued permit notwithstanding the final criteria adopted by the rulemaking pursuant to subsection (a).

   Struck: (d) State Defined.--In this section, the term "State" means the State of South Carolina.

   Inserted: (b) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 3102(a)(1) for defense site acceleration completion, $350,000,000 shall be available for the activities to be undertaken pursuant to subsection (a).

   Inserted: (c) Sites.--The sites referred to in this subsection are as follows:

   Inserted: (1) The Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho

   Inserted: (2) The Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina

   Inserted: (3) The Hanford Site, Richland, Washington.

   Inserted: (d) Section 3119 of this Act shall have no effect.

   Original wording

   Strike section 3116 and insert the following:

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As printed