[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2469 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2469

 To amend title XI of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to provide for the 
     economic and environmentally acceptable disposal of low-level 
   radioactive waste and mixed waste resulting from the operation of 
 gaseous diffusion plants at Paducah, Kentucky, and Piketon, Ohio, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 27 (legislative day, September 12), 1994

   Mr. Ford introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XI of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to provide for the 
     economic and environmentally acceptable disposal of low-level 
   radioactive waste and mixed waste resulting from the operation of 
 gaseous diffusion plants at Paducah, Kentucky, and Piketon, Ohio, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That title XI of the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992 is amended by adding after section 1103 the 
following new section:

``SEC. 1104. LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE AND MIXED WASTE.

    ``Title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as added by title IX 
of this Act, is further amended as follows:
            ``(a) In section 1201 by inserting the following new 
        paragraphs and renumbering existing paragraphs accordingly:
            ```(10) The term ``low-level radioactive waste'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 102(9) of the Low-Level 
        Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 (42 U.S.C. 
        2021b(9)).
            ```(11) The term ``mixed waste'' has the meaning given such 
        term in section 1004(41) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 
        U.S.C. 6903(41)).'
            ``(b) In section 1403 by adding at the end thereof the 
        following new subsection:
    ```(h) DOE Responsibility To Accept Low-Level Radioactive Waste and 
Mixed Waste.--At the request of the Corporation, the Department shall 
accept for treatment and disposal the low-level radioactive waste and 
mixed waste generated as a result of the operation of the facilities 
and related property leased by the Corporation pursuant to subsection 
(a). The increase in costs of treatment and disposal actually incurred 
by the Department which are solely attributable to and result from the 
treatment and disposal of such wastes received from the Corporation 
shall be reimbursed to the Department by the Corporation. At its sole 
discretion, the Corporation may, but is not required to, arrange for 
the treatment or disposal of such wastes or any portion thereof at any 
other facility otherwise authorized by applicable laws and regulations 
to treat or dispose of such wastes. The costs of treatment and disposal 
of such wastes at any other facility shall be borne solely by the 
Corporation.'.''.
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