1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments
Act of 2008
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings; purposes.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
TITLE I—Licensing
Sec. 101. Applications.
Sec. 102. Application procedures; infrastructure
activities.
Sec. 103. Connected actions.
Sec. 104. Waste confidence.
Sec. 105. Definition of high-level radioactive
waste.
TITLE II—Administration
Sec. 201. Air quality permits.
Sec. 202. Expedited authorizations.
Sec. 203. Applicability of law to certain
materials.
Sec. 204. Authority for new standard contracts.
2.
(a)Congress finds that—
(1)progress toward
the safe disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste will
help ensure that the expanded use of nuclear energy will contribute to meeting
the growing need of the United States for reliable, cost-effective
energy;
(2)the Federal
Government has the responsibility to provide for permanent disposal of spent
nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, and waste generated from United
States atomic energy defense activities;
(3)the obligation of
the Federal Government to develop a repository provides sufficient grounds for
findings by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that spent nuclear fuel and
high-level radioactive waste will be disposed of safely and in a timely
manner;
(4)the electricity
consumers and nuclear power plant operators of the United States have paid in
excess of $27,000,000,000 in fees and interest to fund disposal of spent
nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste;
(5)the National
Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences—
(A)since 1957, has
endorsed the concept of deep geologic disposal of high-level radioactive waste
as a long-term solution based on scientific and technical analysis; and
(B)maintains that
deep geologic disposal remains as the only long-term solution available for the
disposal of high-level radioactive waste;
(6)in 2002, the
Yucca Mountain site was recommended by the President and approved by Congress
for development as a deep geologic repository;
(7)operation of a
repository in accordance with the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C.
10101 et seq.) is nearly 20 years behind schedule;
(8)the delay
has—
(A)resulted in
judicial findings of a partial breach of contract on the part of the Federal
Government; and
(B)subjected
taxpayers to billions of dollars in liability;
(9)the Commission
should allow the upgrade of non-nuclear infrastructure at the repository site
prior to construction in an effort to accelerate progress and reduce taxpayer
liability;
(10)the repository
should be licensed to safely use the maximum potential capacity of the
repository, based on scientific and technical considerations; and
(11)the development
of the repository should incorporate technological advances to improve
protection of public health and safety and the environment on a regular basis
while retaining the option of retrieval.
(b)The purposes of this Act are—
(1)to encourage the expanded contribution of
nuclear energy to meet the growing need of the United States for safe,
reliable, and cost-effective energy;
(2)to provide a process for the expeditious
and safe development and operation of a repository at the Yucca Mountain
site;
(3)to require periodic system improvements
based on advances in technology and understanding to enhance the protection of
public health and safety and the environment;
(4)to clarify the authority of the Secretary
to carry out infrastructure activities without prejudicing the consideration of
the Commission with respect to repository applications; and
(5)to provide guidance to the Commission with
respect to the consideration by the Commission of spent nuclear fuel and
high-level waste disposal during new reactor licensing proceedings.
3.In this Act:
(1)The
term Commission means the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
(2)The
term repository has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101).
(3)The
term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy.
<enum>I</enum><header>Licensing</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB413C9BDA29A41349D4364922FF801C6"><enum>101.</enum><header>Applications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 114(b) of the Nuclear Waste Policy
Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10134(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H158F23705FB942AE88FB007DFA86D449"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">application</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">applications</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7E68CDFC821F479F84100D9EBD3B356C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>If the President</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9770C4CD5249480BBE95452F8F8289E7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HBBE4F36240234EC50067C87DA71FCBFF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the President</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7F0DBB23B1D14C5CA0E335037DCA7AD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H48414D24EC434DB2B6FA0169000085B5" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3D32D9CB73E64928B37CC2DCFCC467A1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application
processes</header>
<subparagraph id="idB98A9078723448828E7F79C1545DB6C6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall submit, and the Commission shall
review, each application described in this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF579BB7DC3F642C3B080C14BF7E57D4F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Application for
a construction authorization</header>
<clause id="id780D7621211844D68B8C88FC8FAF75B2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Required
information</header><text>An application for a construction authorization for a
repository at a site shall contain provisions—</text>
<subclause id="H510BD77F61604633BEAEDE78C3DA10B7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>for the
establishment of, and preliminary information relating to, a continuing
program, including underground repository surveillance, measurement, and
testing and research and development of technologies that may improve the
safety or operation of the repository—</text>
<item id="id3E0FE6FF23E14853895226596A8A3395"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>to
be carried out during the operation of the repository; and</text>
</item><item id="id363C2F79C0A7456F899C681283FC4484"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>to
monitor, evaluate, and confirm repository performance; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="H727B220165324B33ABD49705D1602849"><enum>(II)</enum><text>for the
development of a strategy to ensure the ability of the repository to retrieve,
for a period of not less than 300 years beginning on the date on which the
repository first commences operation, each quantity of spent nuclear fuel and
high-level radioactive waste stored at the repository.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H6F909AAA947F4FCF9FB04CCEF671F105"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Authorized
information</header><text>An application for a construction authorization shall
not be required to contain any information—</text>
<subclause id="HD2FA30537F4B4A5B85E56598CB7F8278"><enum>(I)</enum><text>relating to any
surface facility other than any surface facility determined by the Secretary to
be necessary for the initial operation of the repository; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC61B6340AE3C4CA1BCE584C6856EE1B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>that is required
under subparagraph (D) for an application relating to the permanent closure of
the repository.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H05BA19CEC1FE4E1A93A40261BBF31714"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Application to
amend a construction authorization to receive and possess spent nuclear fuel
and high-level radioactive waste</header>
<clause id="idCA39D7377E4542EC9EBF87BF37F27EB3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Required
information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An application to
amend a construction authorization to receive and possess spent nuclear fuel
and high-level radioactive waste at a repository shall contain provisions for
the establishment of, and final information relating to—</text>
<subclause id="H36BECC3D94FF42F6BFA2805375280642"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a continuing
program, including underground repository surveillance, measurement, and
testing, and research and development of technologies that may improve the
safety or operation of the repository—</text>
<item id="idAE514651524143359B6F9244B13FB36B"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>to
be carried out during the operation of the repository; and</text>
</item><item id="id809FC9E02C5742D18E9C9E12A0530605"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>to
monitor, evaluate, and confirm repository performance;</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="HA977EF45B2B04C1FA3A372091FF355C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a procedure to
provide for periodic revisions of the license of the repository that shall be
conducted—</text>
<item id="id1151B50EBE2C41268A3FD4FAFA28CBC8"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>to
modify the license based on the results of the program described in subclause
(I); and</text>
</item><item id="idD7757D5BAF2F4958B1493592B3D3CF70"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>at
intervals of not more than 50 years; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="idB461D2D15D544B1C8259C730DCEBA4C1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a program to
ensure the ability of the repository to retrieve, for a period of not less than
300 years beginning on the date on which the repository first commences
operation, each quantity of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste
stored at the repository.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="ID31ab1ecd6b304d62b0277259e289caf0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Authorized
information</header><text>An application to amend a construction authorization
for permission to receive and possess spent nuclear fuel and high-level
radioactive waste shall not be required to contain—</text>
<subclause id="ID274c535dfecf439a82bf234f1ba774ac"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any information
that was included in an application or considered by the Commission in
connection with the issuance of a construction authorization for the repository
for which authorization to receive and possess the spent nuclear fuel and
high-level radioactive waste is sought; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID097140ff425c42a7a3af4ca819383dcf"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any information
that is required under subparagraph (D) for an application relating to the
permanent closure of the repository.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idA325E51DB0914A64BBAEC50A03B82739"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Requirements
relating to authorization</header><text>If the Commission approves an
application to amend a construction authorization to receive and possess spent
nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, the Commission shall impose such
requirements relating to the program, periodic amendment, and retrievability as
the Commission determines to be appropriate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB0072AC730B4443AD9F000893BB94B8"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Application to
permanently close repository</header>
<clause id="id2C43B487B2D24BCE968E8A8537800E6B"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authority of
Secretary</header><text>The Secretary may submit to the Commission an
application to permanently close the repository.</text>
</clause><clause id="id4510CD7725CC45FC994ADCAF7B02DB06"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>An
application to permanently close the repository shall contain information that
is sufficient to demonstrate to the Commission that there is a reasonable
expectation that the health and safety of the public will be adequately
protected from any release generated by any radioactive material disposed of in
the repository in accordance with each standard promulgated pursuant to section
801 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 10141 note; Public Law
102–486).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H08191597927B4BEAA6B6E08C0599F9A5"><enum>102.</enum><header>Application
procedures; infrastructure activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 114 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act
of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10134) is amended by striking subsection (d) and inserting
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5F0DE4BF42D44499E69B6FE9D26EB5E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H686E041654E540DEA5D490A00F800DC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Commission
action</header>
<paragraph id="H0D280F3814514EDC00E39D3E65EB4FC4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Review of
regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission
shall review and modify each applicable regulation promulgated by the
Commission as determined to be necessary by the Commission to ensure that each
application described in subsection (b)(2) contains sufficient information for
the Commission to determine whether the repository could be operated for a
period of not less than 300 years beginning on the date on which the repository
first commences operation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB182B2D3FF74B67BC6D64B86802235"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Approval process
relating to application for construction authorization</header>
<subparagraph id="id716369CC6AD3452E95AB893E08CFE9D1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Application
deadline</header><text>Not later than June 30, 2008, the Secretary shall submit
to the Commission an application for a construction authorization for a
repository site.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA70F9349E85948FAB5C794705B1B75B3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>The
Commission shall consider the application for a construction authorization in
accordance with the informal hearing process described in subpart L of part 2
of chapter 1 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on January
1, 2006).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE608DAD47A574DD18F3DD38C639B26D8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Authorization
of construction</header><text>Upon review and consideration of an application
for a construction authorization, the Commission shall approve the application
if the Commission determines that there is a reasonable expectation that the
health and safety of the public will be adequately protected for a period of
not less than 300 years beginning on the date on which the repository first
commences operation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA856860D8DF840BEBE78C048C7F8E99E"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Final decision
deadline</header>
<clause id="IDd942a63ed963489bb1a724faee858480"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), not later than 3 years
after the date on which the Secretary submits to the Commission an application
for a construction authorization under subparagraph (A), the Commission shall
carry out all activities relating to the consideration of an application for
all or part of a repository, including—</text>
<subclause id="idABFD981B3AC840F78A358C71933B7604"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a sufficiency
review and docketing of the application;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idF59CD0BDA5B2432AA52779EF447FCB93"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the completion
of safety and environmental reviews;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id2E734F6A47E941159642E49A0FBFE16E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the conduct of
hearings; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idCCDEFDE2030540A0A2E5AC252BE091BD"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the issuance of
a final decision approving or disapproving the issuance of a construction
authorization.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="idAC64A370B8BC4D37BBC3C9D145126304"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may extend the deadline
described in clause (i) by a period of not more than 1 year if, not less than
30 days before the date on which the deadline occurs, the Commission complies
with each reporting requirement described in subsection (e)(2).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id05AED3EA25404AC7A90744F66605E32D"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the actions required by
this section, the Commission shall—</text>
<clause id="idF369323803384188BF9A5549A12F2759"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issue such partial initial decisions as the
Commission determines to be appropriate to expedite the review of applications
described in subparagraph (A); and</text>
</clause><clause id="idB73DBEA4044C409ABC1872D53453A5EB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>consider each
application, in whole or in part, in accordance with law applicable to the
application.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD8D16BB6900646129618E345E7DA4E55"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Approval process
relating to application to amend a construction authorization to receive and
possess spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste</header>
<subparagraph id="H2172D8FF37154543AF0358237F417BCA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Submission of
application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Commission
approves an application for a construction authorization under paragraph (2),
not later than 90 days after the effective date of the construction
authorization, the Secretary shall submit to the Commission an application to
amend the construction authorization to receive and possess spent nuclear fuel
and high-level radioactive waste.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4D9A06CBB40B422A99C5E715CAF4810E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Consideration</header>
<clause id="idD25ACB72126844C88607F77CCE538A06"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall consider an application to amend a
construction authorization to receive and possess spent nuclear fuel and
high-level radioactive waste in accordance with—</text>
<subclause id="id251EC1A047EF4EDCA53C3C57AB186C57"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the informal
hearing process described in subpart L of part 2 of chapter 1 of title 10, Code
of Federal Regulations (as in effect on January 1, 2006); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id5255B3BD163649E5BF8DB13F7AEA68D3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>discovery
procedures to minimize the burden of each party of submitting to the Commission
documents that the Commission determines are not necessary for the Commission
to approve the application for an authorization to receive and possess spent
nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="id3353D37C22154C2CB98134858867CA14"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Matters
resolved during approval of construction authorization</header><text>In
considering an application to amend a construction authorization to receive and
possess spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste under clause (i),
the Commission shall consider to be resolved each matter resolved during the
consideration by the Commission of the construction authorization that is the
subject of the application.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFD69A7D1BF9A46E8BA55D3B06A17C336"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Permission to
receive and possess spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive
waste</header><text>Upon review and consideration of an application to amend a
construction authorization to receive and possess spent nuclear fuel and
high-level radioactive waste, the Commission shall approve the application if
the Commission determines that there is a reasonable expectation that the
health and safety of the public will be adequately protected for a period of
not less than 300 years beginning on the date on which the repository first
commences operation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id851AC886D7504BA49530D49B83DCB941"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Final decision
deadline</header>
<clause id="idE7CE7E571CED464DB7D3FA6048670B9D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
clause (ii), not later than 540 days after the date on which the Secretary
submits to the Commission an application to amend a construction authorization
to receive and possess spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste
under subparagraph (A), the Commission shall issue a final decision approving
or disapproving the issuance of a license to receive and possess spent nuclear
fuel and high-level radioactive waste.</text>
</clause><clause id="id971A21866F444ABD9EAA7DED2438836C"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may extend the deadline
described in clause (i) by a period of not more than 180 days if, not less than
30 days before the date on which the deadline occurs, the Commission complies
with each reporting requirement described in subsection (e)(2).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id033DFE5DEBCA4E2AA6BD3D714ABD8DD8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Review of
regulations relating to applications for permanent closure</header><text>To
conform the application process for the permanent closure of the repository
with the requirements of this Act, the Commission shall review and modify each
regulation promulgated by the Commission relating to the application process
for the permanent closure of a repository.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA0D82CDDF504173AE518263D2C6D16"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Infrastructure
activities</header>
<subparagraph id="H045996C38C51403DABE4237CAB15B993"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authority of
Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At any time before
or after the Commission issues a final decision on an application for a
construction authorization under paragraph (2), the Secretary may carry out
infrastructure activities that the Secretary determines to be necessary or
appropriate to support the construction of a repository at the Yucca Mountain
site or transportation to the Yucca Mountain site of spent nuclear fuel and
high-level radioactive waste, including—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H4C6822314BB145ECAAC291CFC890002E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>safety
upgrades;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HF9F353A9743441CB81A67B3DC372D885"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>site preparation
activities;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H2DFAA5E2A1CA4AB3A169E937E8001B64"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the construction
of—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="idA7D02F0C38D6483E9D576EDD42DF950F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a rail line to
connect the Yucca Mountain site with the national rail network; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id573175B3EEEB4B59B6301FF8BD160BD8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any facility
necessary for the operation of the rail line described in subclause (I);
and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H30A581A0C0CA40AF82FA0444756E004C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the construction,
upgrade, acquisition, or operation of—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="idFA29DF2B568347C886E9B127B4B115F7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>electrical grids
or facilities;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id2BD7978C4EFC45348E8B7F6007DC7CDD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>related
utilities;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id3C493DAA7F7D4DD2B5739001A622DCE4"><enum>(III)</enum><text>communication
facilities;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idE070CA68680442B59F76F97BBD98FA2E"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>access
roads;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id4E36AA850667404483BCDB796F644A9B"><enum>(V)</enum><text>rail lines;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="idE800E4F2206944909606F3419FE67B2E"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>nonnuclear
support facilities.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB616A18644242DBA1BB6C4D4B565D8B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Compliance</header>
<clause id="H6E579FED22D148958751189989255060"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii), in carrying out any
infrastructure activity under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall comply with
each applicable requirement under the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text>
</clause><clause id="HD1B756BF3DB5441698000019C2B42FE7"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Authority of
Secretary</header><text>If the Secretary determines that an environmental
impact statement, environmental assessment, or other environmental analysis
required under the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) is required in carrying
out an infrastructure activity under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall not
be required to consider in that statement, assessment, or analysis—</text>
<subclause id="id7F48793369B64D09B7451BDE227E4C66"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the need for the
action;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id75CF16A13E2442ED994767E367BF61E7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any alternative
action; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id4460FD0EB9BB4BE58CCD7CB5DA720F6F"><enum>(III)</enum><text>any no-action
alternative.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HAA8FE3A783414A2896E6D5009D67F055"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Other Federal
agencies</header>
<subclause id="H53B7A34D90234BD384F0E041C000889"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If a Federal agency is required to consider the potential
environmental impact of an infrastructure activity carried out under
subparagraph (A), the Federal agency shall, without further action, adopt, to
the maximum extent practicable, any environmental impact statement,
environmental assessment, or other environmental analysis prepared by the
Secretary.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H29E71184873A44C5BF01C953923C2489"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Effect of
adoption of statement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
adoption by a Federal agency of an environmental impact statement,
environmental assessment, or other environmental analysis under subclause (I)
shall satisfy each applicable responsibility of the Federal agency relating to
the applicable infrastructure activity of the Federal agency under the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H73D7CE896919478790F7755D19789FA2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Consideration by
Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission
shall not consider the fact that the Secretary has undertaken an infrastructure
activity under this paragraph as a factor in determining whether to approve,
deny, or condition an application—</text>
<clause id="idE7FF06B8CA254485A35561EF4781D5C2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a construction authorization;</text>
</clause><clause id="id41CE1BF95A1243C08BF6106BBB3A7217"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to amend a construction authorization to
receive and possess spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste;
or</text>
</clause><clause id="id13161A5A337D4139BFA27D294481F3F1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for any other action relating to the
repository.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id079B52D3AE0E455F874FB7DD5C500A9F"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In reviewing applications under this
subsection, the Commission shall use procedures that ensure the transparent
review and resolution of key scientific and technical issues in a timely
manner.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H16D8ADD2576E4C2C916D67671D0127E6"><enum>103.</enum><header>Connected
actions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 114(f)(6) of
the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10134(f)(6)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H07D7CCF8C1C841C1BB0043D7205670C4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>site, or</quote> and inserting <quote>site,</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0BC9056141B84B799E3206A7008B2B53"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
before the period at the end the following: <quote>, or any action related to
construction or operation of a rail transport system for transporting spent
nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste to the repository</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC828406DEE264ADDAC892EE29470C392" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header>Waste
confidence</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of a
determination by the Commission on whether to grant, amend, or renew any
license to construct or operate any civilian nuclear power reactor or
high-level radioactive waste or spent fuel storage or treatment facility under
the <act-name parsable-cite="AEA54">Atomic Energy Act of 1954</act-name> (42
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.)—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0D89E7B275654FB7B72547557CF62F7C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the obligation of the Secretary to develop
a repository in accordance with the <act-name parsable-cite="NWPA">Nuclear
Waste Policy Act of 1982</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) shall provide
sufficient and independent grounds for any further findings by the Commission
of reasonable assurances that spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive
waste would be disposed of safely and in a timely manner; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0530803067f347f4b512070d3b4b720b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>no consideration
of the environmental impact of the storage of spent nuclear fuel or high-level
radioactive waste on the site of the civilian nuclear power reactor or
high-level radioactive waste or spent fuel storage or treatment facility under
the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), for the period
following the term of the license for the facility, shall be required in any
environmental impact statement, environmental assessment, environmental
analysis, or other analysis prepared in connection with the issuance, amendment
or renewal of a license to construct or operate the facility.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1882FD3E86A440D3A0802DC3DD03C66F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header>Definition of
high-level radioactive waste</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of
1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101) is amended by striking paragraph (12) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22D95A22A2714624A47F8CBF3F555D29" style="OLC">
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8CD15BD2656E490CAE983306EF9EB388"><enum>(12)</enum><header>High-level
radioactive waste</header><text>The term <term>high-level radioactive
waste</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A997914D9314521A24FDC5965FBA331"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the highly
radioactive material resulting from the reprocessing in the United States of
spent nuclear fuel, including liquid waste produced directly in reprocessing
and any solid material derived from such liquid waste that contains fission
products in sufficient concentrations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDab086f71fa9c49a79b4e67fbf1a3b921"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the highly
radioactive material described in section 3(b)(1)(D) of the Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 2021c(b)(1)(D) resulting from the
operation of facilities licensed under section 103 or 104 of the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2133, 2134); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf31d6bc3c7ee4d3eb4efd70d48ce6cea"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other highly
radioactive material that the Commission, consistent with law, may determine by
rule requires permanent
isolation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Administration</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H60AD3B2E3F354B51887E5093C8449B00"><enum>201.</enum><header>Air quality
permits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 114 of the
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10134) is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA9CE09B312F4DF297E74A38B839223A" style="OLC">
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92B383629F06473681A3754F0B92174C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Air
quality</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9986A6516AD34390A995A4AF2F8074D9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Administrator shall issue, administer, and enforce
any air quality permit or requirement applicable to any facility under the
jurisdiction of, or any activity carried out by, a Federal agency that is
subject to the requirements of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0A60AE074D494A5DA1BA5A8879451F6E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Preemption of
State laws</header><text>No State or political subdivision of a State may
issue, administer, or enforce any air quality permit or requirement applicable
to any facility under the jurisdiction of, or any activity carried out by, a
Federal agency that is subject to the requirements of this
Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="IDc8a0eb74f8a94f55aa306cd4b38edc17"><enum>202.</enum><header>Expedited
authorizations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 120 of
the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10140) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf62f59ae27b04cf0a624f8f8f374f20e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id42344E3BC00E414783F2361BD4F3D7EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first
sentence, by inserting <quote>, or the conduct of an infrastructure
activity,</quote> after <quote>repository</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD05BD84DF9B1464FA406C70BC68A2FAF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, State, local, or tribal</quote> after <quote>Federal</quote> each
place it appears; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0BBE850D284648179C0EE04E9408152A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the second
sentence, by striking <quote>repositories</quote> and inserting <quote>a
repository or infrastructure activity</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID63a8855ee03647aab206c1d352fbf051"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b), by striking <quote>, and may include terms and conditions permitted by
law</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6c1912c355c3431ab60d876616e645ab"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B42B18F9CE64FDDA1696009144241A6" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idD4D46E58A48E4E1BB147BD066B1CE092"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Failure To
grant authorization</header><text>An agency or officer that fails to grant
authorization by the date that is 1 year after the date of receipt of an
application or request from the Secretary subject to subsection (a) shall
submit to Congress a written report that explains the reason for the failure to
grant the authorization (or to reject the application or request) by that
date.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID81afe19e028e447c9f46094054d7116a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Treatment of
actions</header><text>For the purpose of applying any Federal, State, local, or
tribal law or requirement, the taking of an action relating to a repository or
an infrastructure activity shall be considered to be—</text>
<paragraph id="id827FAA6CE12041DBAA7901886A12905C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>beneficial, and
not detrimental, to the public interest and interstate commerce; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0532792C71264B098920B057777FF979"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consistent with
the public convenience and
necessity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H1E8AC598A4ED41C8A87100A1F4471FB2"><enum>203.</enum><header>Applicability
of law to certain materials</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle A of title I of the
<act-name parsable-cite="NWPA">Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C.
10131 et seq.)</act-name> is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57ABE6CC9D4248338DD1242284ACD48A" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" id="id2529CBCC6A924C018F1EC1A5451CB66E"><enum>126.</enum><header>Applicability
of law to certain materials</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6001(a) of the Solid Waste Disposal
Act (42 U.S.C. 6961(a)) shall not apply to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4FA42013FE254351B0E39787AF989792"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any material, the title of which is in the
possession of the Secretary, if the material is transported or stored in a
package, cask, or other container that the Commission has certified for
transportation or storage of that type of material; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6210BF22AC6542119EC172508DD14F88"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any material located at the Yucca Mountain
site for disposal if the management and disposal of the material is managed or
disposed of in accordance with a license issued by the
Commission.</text>
</paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="idB3A52DDCE77040FB8CB0D7343B94B53D"><enum>204.</enum><header>Authority for
new standard contracts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
302(a)(5) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10222(a)(5)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id94EA8A173830402B8E78293E89493F11"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting
appropriately;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD13C6D9C585A4FE3A0D84CEFC7DEEAE1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(5) Contracts</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8030C3BE2EC94852967144EFB6C09DA2" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idC388F403E2084E4B82CA6C2CA5D551FF"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Requirements
relating to contracts</header>
<subparagraph id="idA1219126CED5413FA6B5CC72D2279600"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), a
contract</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA9C528981294CDBB9D5E1E49DAA6719"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF96C2DF16E5F47AD88A9833479CADD55" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id8EB25D4BEECB48CE8FAB63D9B40825CC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Civilian
nuclear power reactors</header><text>After the date of enactment of the
<short-title>Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of
2008</short-title>, for any civilian nuclear power reactor for which a license
application is filed with the Commission in accordance with section 103 or 104
of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2133, 2134), a contract under this
section shall—</text>
<clause id="ID1ee6ba9010c943afa867c716cc8be3df"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not later than 60
days after the date on which the Commission dockets the license application, be
entered into by the Secretary;</text>
</clause><clause id="id05C8C6EF30B745AE99F0448990DCB4C8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>be consistent
with the standard contract for disposal of spent nuclear fuel and/or high-level
radioactive waste described in section 961.11 of title 10, Code of Federal
Regulations (as in effect on January 1, 2006);</text>
</clause><clause id="idE0341255406A43F3A6DB0BEB2F620E0C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>require that
not later than 35 years after the date on which the civilian nuclear power
reactor first commences commercial operation, the Secretary take title to,
transport, and dispose of the spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive
waste of the civilian nuclear power reactor; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id1310FDB80BD447D08E432C7B1368775C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>not contain any
provision that provides for the adjustment of the 1.0 mil per kilowatt-hour fee
established by paragraph
(2).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section>