[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 619 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 619

To provide for the transfer to the Secretary of Energy of title to, and 
 full responsibility for the possession, transportation, and disposal 
  of, radioactive waste associated with the West Valley Demonstration 
                    Project, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 13, 2003

  Mr. Schumer (for himself and Mrs. Clinton) 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 provide for the transfer to the Secretary of Energy of title to, and 
 full responsibility for the possession, transportation, and disposal 
  of, radioactive waste associated with the West Valley Demonstration 
                    Project, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE OF WEST VALLEY DEMONSTRATION 
              PROJECT.

     Not later than September 30, 2004, in exchange for payment to the 
United States of all amounts held by the New York State Energy Research 
and Development Authority for the maintenance of radioactive waste 
solidified under the West Valley Demonstration Project and referred to 
in section 3.05(b) of the cooperative agreement entered into under 
section 2(b)(4) of the West Valley Demonstration Project Act (42 U.S.C. 
2021a note; Public Law 96-368), the New York State Energy Research and 
Development Authority shall transfer to the Secretary of Energy title 
to, and full responsibility for the possession, transportation, 
disposal, stewardship, maintenance, and monitoring of all radioactive 
waste at the Western New York Service Center in West Valley, New York, 
other than the waste disposed of in the State-licensed disposal area.
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