§2602. Reports in connection with permanent closures of Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities
(a) Training and job placement services plan
Not later than 120 days before a Department of Energy defense nuclear facility permanently ceases all production and processing operations, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report containing a discussion of the training and job placement services needed to enable the employees at such facility to obtain employment in the defense environmental cleanup activities at such facility. The discussion shall include the actions that should be taken by the contractor operating and managing such facility to provide retraining and job placement services to employees of such contractor.
(b) Closure report
Upon the permanent cessation of production operations at a Department of Energy defense nuclear facility, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to Congress a report containing-
(1) a complete survey of environmental problems at the facility;
(2) budget quality data indicating the cost of defense environmental cleanup activities at the facility; and
(3) a discussion of the proposed cleanup schedule.
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Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 7274b of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to renumbering by
Prior Provisions
A prior section 2611,
Amendments
2013-Subsec. (a).
Subsec. (b)(2).
2003-
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Defense Site Acceleration Completion
"(a)
"(1) does not require permanent isolation in a deep geologic repository for spent fuel or high-level radioactive waste;
"(2) has had highly radioactive radionuclides removed to the maximum extent practical; and
"(3)(A) does not exceed concentration limits for Class C low-level waste as set out in section 61.55 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, and will be disposed of-
"(i) in compliance with the performance objectives set out in subpart C of part 61 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations; and
"(ii) pursuant to a State-approved closure plan or State-issued permit, authority for the approval or issuance of which is conferred on the State outside of this section; or
"(B) exceeds concentration limits for Class C low-level waste as set out in section 61.55 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, but will be disposed of-
"(i) in compliance with the performance objectives set out in subpart C of part 61 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations;
"(ii) pursuant to a State-approved closure plan or State-issued permit, authority for the approval or issuance of which is conferred on the State outside of this section; and
"(iii) pursuant to plans developed by the Secretary in consultation with the Commission.
"(b)
"(2) If the Commission considers any disposal actions taken by the Department of Energy pursuant to those subparagraphs to be not in compliance with those performance objectives, the Commission shall, as soon as practicable after discovery of the noncompliant conditions, inform the Department of Energy, the covered State, and the following congressional committees:
"(A) The Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
"(B) The Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the Committee on Environment and Public Works, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
"(3) For fiscal year 2005, the Secretary shall, from amounts available for defense site acceleration completion, reimburse the Commission for all expenses, including salaries, that the Commission incurs as a result of performance under subsection (a) and this subsection for fiscal year 2005. The Department of Energy and the Commission may enter into an interagency agreement that specifies the method of reimbursement. Amounts received by the Commission for performance under subsection (a) and this subsection may be retained and used for salaries and expenses associated with those activities, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, and shall remain available until expended.
"(4) For fiscal years after 2005, the Commission shall include in the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Commission budget for that fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) the amounts required, not offset by revenues, for performance under subsection (a) and this subsection.
"(c)
"(d)
"(1) The State of South Carolina.
"(2) The State of Idaho.
"(e)
"(2) Nothing in this section establishes any precedent or is binding on the State of Washington, the State of Oregon, or any other State not covered by subsection (d) for the management, storage, treatment, and disposition of radioactive and hazardous materials.
"(3) Nothing in this section amends the definition of 'transuranic waste' or regulations for repository disposal of transuranic waste pursuant to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act [
"(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect in any way the obligations of the Department of Energy to comply with section 4306A of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2567).
"(5) Nothing in this section amends the West Valley Demonstration Act [
"(f)
"(1) Any determination made by the Secretary or any other agency action taken by the Secretary pursuant to this section.
"(2) Any failure of the Commission to carry out its responsibilities under subsection (b)."
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