[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 17, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8057-S8058]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       THE NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACT OF 1982 AMENDMENT ACT OF 1996

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                  MURKOWSKI AMENDMENTS NOS. 4853-4882

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. MURKOWSKI submitted 30 amendments intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill, S. 1936, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 4853

       On page 2, strike ``TITLE II--INTEGRATED SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL 
     MANAGEMENT SYSTEM'' and insert ``TITLE II--INTEGRATED 
     MANAGEMENT SYSTEM''
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                           Amendment No. 4854

       On page 18, line 17, strike ``plan'' and insert 
     ``agreement''.
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                           Amendment No. 4855

       On page 20, line 3, strike ``date'' and insert ``dated''.
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                           Amendment No. 4856

       On page 20, beginning on line 16, after ``descriptions'' 
     insert ``of''.
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                           Amendment No. 4857

       On page 22, line 5, strike ``nuclear waste;'' and insert 
     ``high level radioactive waste,''.
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                           Amendment No. 4858

       On page 22, line 22, after ``waste for'' insert ``training 
     for''.
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                           Amendment No. 4859

       Beginning on page 24, line 20, strike ``(g) Training 
     Standard.--'' and all that follows through line 23 on page 
     25, and insert--
       ``(g) Training Standard.--(1) No later than 12 months after 
     the date of enactment of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 
     1996, the Secretary of Transportation, pursuant to authority 
     under other provisions of law, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Labor and the Commission, shall promulgate a 
     regulation establishing training standards applicable to 
     workers directly involved in the removal and transportation 
     of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. The 
     regulation shall specify minimum training standards 
     applicable to workers, including managerial personnel. the 
     regulation shall require that evidence of satisfaction of the 
     applicable training standard, through certification or other 
     means, be provided to an employer before any individual may 
     be employed in the removal and transportation of spent 
     nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.
       ``(2) If the Secretary of Transportation determines, in 
     promulgating the regulation required by subparagraph (1), 
     that regulations promulgated by the Commission establish 
     adequate training standards for workers, then the Secretary 
     of Transportation can refrain from promulgating additional 
     regulations with respect to worker training in such 
     activities. The Secretary of Transportation and the 
     Commission shall work through their Memorandum of 
     Understanding to ensure coordination of worker training 
     standards and to avoid duplicative regulation.''.
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                           Amendment No. 4860

       On page 38, line 12, strike ``(d)(3)(A)'' and insert 
     ``(e)(3)(A)''.
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                           Amendment No. 4861

       On page 39, line 20, strike ``. No'' and insert ``, no''.
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                           Amendment No. 4862

       Beginning on page 24, line 20, strike ``(g) Training 
     Standard.--'' and all that follows through line 23 on page 
     25, and insert--
       ``(g) Training Standard.--(1) No later than 12 months after 
     the date of enactment of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 
     1996, the Secretary of Transportation, pursuant to authority 
     under other provisions of law, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Labor and the Commission, shall promulgate a 
     regulation establishing training standards applicable to 
     workers directly involved in the removal and transportation 
     of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. The 
     regulation shall specify minimum training standards 
     applicable to workers, including managerial personnel. The 
     regulation shall require that evidence of satisfaction of the 
     applicable training standard, through certification or other 
     means, be provided to an employer before any individual may 
     be employed in the removal and transportation of spent 
     nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.
       ``(2) If the Secretary of Transportation determines, in 
     promulgating the regulation required by subparagraph (1), 
     that regulations promulgated by the Commission establish 
     adequate training standards for workers, then the Secretary 
     of Transportation can refrain from promulgating additional 
     regulations with respect to worker training in such 
     activities. The Secretary of Transportation and the 
     Commission shall work through their Memorandum of 
     Understanding to ensure coordination of worker training 
     standards and to avoid duplicative regulation.''
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                           Amendment No. 4863

       At page 27, line 8, strike ``by January 31, 1999'' and 
     insert ``in accordance with subsection (b)''.
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                           Amendment No. 4864

       On page 27, line 11, strike ``accepting'' and insert 
     ``storing''.
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                           Amendment No. 4865

       On page 28, line 1, strike ``size,'' and insert ``size''.
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                           Amendment No. 4866

       On page 29, line 21, strike ``accepting'' and insert 
     ``storing''.
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                           Amendment No. 4867

       On page 32, line 21, strike ``subsection (a)'' and insert 
     ``this section''.
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                           Amendment No. 4868

       On page 34, line 1, after ``1996,'' insert ``as set forth 
     in the Secretary's annual capacity report dated March, 1995 
     (DOE/RW-0457),''.
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                           Amendment No. 4869

       On page 55, line after ``system'' insert ``on''.
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                           Amendment No. 4780

       On page 57, beginning on line 24, strike 
     ``representatives'' and insert ``representatives''.
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                           Amendment No. 4871

       On page 58, line 5 strike ``denied'' and insert 
     ``implied''.
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                           Amendment No. 4872

       On page 60, line 22, strike ``special conveyances referred 
     to in paragraph (2)'' and insert ``of special conveyances 
     referred to in subsection (b)''.
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                           Amendment No. 4873

       On page 72, beginning on line 1, strike ``costs of the 
     management'' and all that follows through line 16, and insert 
     the following--

     ``costs of the management of spent nuclear fuel and high-
     level radioactive waste from atomic energy defense activities 
     and spent nuclear fuel from foreign research reactors as 
     established under subsection (a).
       ``(c) Report.--In conjunction with the annual report 
     submitted to Congress under section 702, the Secretary shall 
     advise the Congress annually of the amount of spent nuclear 
     fuel and high-level radioactive waste from atomic energy 
     defense activities and spent nuclear fuel from foreign 
     research reactors requiring management in the integrated 
     management system.
       ``(d) Authorization.--There is authorized to be 
     appropriated to the Secretary, from general revenues, for 
     carrying out the purposes of this Act, such sums as may be 
     necessary to pay the costs of the management of spent nuclear 
     fuel and high-level radioactive waste from atomic energy 
     defense activities and spent nuclear fuel from foreign 
     research reactors as established under subsection (a).''.
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                           Amendment No. 4874

       On page 73, beginning on line 2, strike ``from the Nuclear 
     Waste Fund'' and insert ``for the integrated management 
     system''.
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                           Amendment No. 4875

       On page 73, beginning on line 9, strike ``205 and'' and all 
     that follows through ``priority.'' on line 13, and insert--

     ``204 and any associated storage and/or transport systems to 
     be used in the integrated management system shall be accorded 
     the highest priority, and
       ``(2) the licensing of the repository under section 205 
     shall be accorded the next highest priority.''.
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                           Amendment No. 4876

       On page 84, beginning on line 21, strike ``(b) If the 
     Secretary'' and all that follows through ``paragraph (a),'' 
     on line 25 and insert--
       ``(b) If the Secretary is unable to begin emplacement by 
     November 30, 1999 at the rates specified in subsection (a), 
     or if the cumulative amount emplaced in any year thereafter 
     is less than that which would have been accepted under the 
     emplacement rate specified in subsection (a)''.

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                           Amendment No. 4877

       On page 86, line 3, strike ``DOE'' and all that follows 
     through ``site.'' on line 4, and insert ``the Secretary 
     removes the spent nuclear fuel from the La Crosse Reactor 
     site.''.
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                           Amendment No. 4878

       On page 86, line 4, strike the quotation mark following 
     ``site.''.
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                           Amendment No. 4881

       Beginning on page 100, line 4, strike ``(1) an analysis'' 
     and all that follows through line 19, and insert--
       ``(1) an analysis of the Secretary's progress in meeting 
     its statutory and contractual obligation to accept title to, 
     possession of, and delivery of spent nuclear fuel and high-
     level radioactive waste beginning no later than November 30, 
     1999, and in accordance with the emplacement schedule;
       ``(2) a detailed schedule and timeline showing each action 
     that the Secretary intends to take to meet the Secretary's 
     obligations under this Act and the contracts;
       ``(3) a detailed description of the Secretary's contingency 
     plans in the event that the Secretary is unable to meet the 
     planned schedule and timeline; and
       ``(4) an analysis by the Secretary of its funding needs for 
     fiscal years 1997 through 2001.''.
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                           Amendment No. 4882

       On page 101, line 8, strike ``ensuring'' and insert 
     ``ensuing''.

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