3.0.0 81 2023-01-11T20:04:10Z 2023-01-11T20:04:10Z Senate S S 2007-01-04 110 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-04T20:15:06Z West Valley Remediation Act of 2007 110 2476 HR 2007-05-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials. Related bill CRS 2007-01-04 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2007-01-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2007-01-04 True Environmental Protection Administrative procedure Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Energy Environmental assessment Federal-state relations Freedom of information Government Operations and Politics Government liability Government paperwork Hazardous wastes Impact aid Independent regulatory commissions Land transfers Law Liability for environmental damages Licenses New York State Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear facilities Payments in lieu of taxes Planning Public Lands and Natural Resources Public meetings Radioactive wastes Science, Technology, Communications Storage Taxation Technological innovations Transportation and Public Works Transportation of hazardous substances Environmental Protection 00 2007-01-04 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-29T20:22:11Z West Valley Remediation Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Energy to remediate the Western New York Nuclear Service Center in West Valley, New York.

Requires the Secretary to decontaminate and decommission: (1) Center facilities in which certain solidified high level radioactive waste was stored; (2) facilities used in waste solidification; and (3) material and hardware used in connection with the West Valley Demonstration Project.

Makes the Secretary responsible for all remediation costs.

Instructs the Secretary to: (1) transport high level radioactive waste at the Center to a federal repository for permanent disposal; (2) safeguard and ensure safe storage of such waste; and (3) dispose of low level radioactive waste and transuranic waste located at the Center, including future radioactive waste generated as a result of remediation.

Directs the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to regulate the remediation of radioactive waste and nuclear materials at the Center.

Requires the Secretary to develop and submit a specified decommissioning plan for NRC approval.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) enter into a consultation agreement with New York State regarding remediation of the Center; (2) prepare an environmental impact statement for decommissioning or long-term stewardship of the Center; and (3) assume exclusive use and possession of the Center after execution of a Cooperative Agreement with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.

Requires the Secretary to take title to any land or facilities at the Center that have not been approved by the NRC for release for unrestricted use, and title to all radioactive and nonradioactive wastes and materials located at the Center.

Repeals the West Valley Demonstration Project Act upon assumption of exclusive use and possession of the Center by the Secretary.

]]> West Valley Remediation Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the United States Department of Energy to remediate the Western New York Nuclear Service Center in the Town of Ashford, New York, and to dispose of nuclear waste. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title West Valley Remediation Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced West Valley Remediation Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s81is/xml/BILLS-110s81is.xml 2007-01-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.