[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2052 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2052

    To provide the State of Oregon with a role in decisions made on 
  environmental restoration and waste management at the Department of 
                     Energy's Hanford Reservation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 8, 1999

   Mr. DeFazio (for himself and Mr. Walden of Oregon) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in 
    addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide the State of Oregon with a role in decisions made on 
  environmental restoration and waste management at the Department of 
                     Energy's Hanford Reservation.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hanford Environmental Cleanup Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The hazardous and radioactive wastes at the Department 
        of Energy's Hanford Reservation threaten the health and well-
        being of the citizens of the States of Oregon and Washington.
            (2) Thousands of citizens of the State of Oregon live 
        within the emergency planning radius of the Hanford 
        Reservation.
            (3) The Columbia River is vital to commerce, irrigation, 
        recreation, and fisheries in the States of Oregon and 
        Washington.
            (4) Virtually every shipment of radioactive material to and 
        from the Hanford Reservation travels through the State of 
        Oregon for more than 200 miles.
            (5) The State of Oregon has no right under current law to 
        participate in decisions on management or cleanup of the 
        hazardous and radioactive wastes at the Hanford Reservation 
        except in an advisory way.

SEC. 3. STATE OF OREGON PARTICIPATION AT HANFORD.

    The State of Oregon shall have the same rights as the State of 
Washington under Federal law to participate in decisions regarding the 
management, cleanup, and disposal of hazardous and radioactive wastes 
at the Hanford Reservation, including the right to participate as a 
party in negotiations, dispute resolution, and enforcement actions of 
the existing Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order (also 
known as the Hanford Tri-Party Agreement). The existing parties to the 
Hanford Facility Agreement and Consent Order shall, at the first 
reasonable opportunity, provide to the State of Oregon the right to 
fully participate in negotiations, dispute resolution, and enforcement 
of that Agreement and Consent Order.
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