42 USC 10193 - Identification of sites

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§ 10193.

Identification of sites

(a)

Guidelines

(b)

Site identification by Secretary

(1)

Not later than 1 year after January 7, 1983, and following promulgation of guidelines under subsection (a), the Secretary is authorized to identify 3 or more sites, at least 2 of which shall be in different geologic media in the continental United States, and at least 1 of which shall be in media other than salt. Subject to Commission requirements, the Secretary shall give preference to sites for the test and evaluation facility in media possessing geochemical characteristics that retard aqueous transport of radionuclides. In order to provide a greater possible protection of public health and safety as operating experience is gained at the test and evaluation facility, and with the exception

(A)

an evaluation by the Secretary as to whether such site is suitable for siting research under the guidelines established under subsection (a);

(B)

an evaluation by the Secretary of the effects of the siting research activities at such site on the public health and safety and the environment;

(C)

a reasonable comparative evaluation by the Secretary of such site with other sites and locations that have been considered;

(D)

a description of the decision process by which such site was recommended; and

(E)

an assessment of the regional and local impacts of locating the proposed test and evaluation facility at such site.

(2)

When the Secretary identifies a site, the Secretary shall as soon as possible notify the Governor of the State in which such site is located, or the governing body of the affected Indian tribe where such site is located, of such identification and the basis of such identification. Additional sites for the location of the test and evaluation facility authorized in section 10222(d) of this title may be identified after such 1 year period, following the same procedure as if such sites had been identified within such period.

(Pub. L. 97–425, title II, § 213, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat. 2245; Pub. L. 102–154, title I, Nov. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1000.)

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