Sec. 202. Application procedures and infrastructure activities
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Section 114(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 ( 42 U.S.C. 10134(c) ) is amended by striking the date on which such authorization is granted and inserting the date on which the Commission issues a final decision approving or disapproving such application . Section 114(d) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 ( 42 U.S.C. 10134(d) ) is amended— by striking The Commission shall consider and inserting the following: The Commission shall consider ; by striking the expiration of 3 years after the date of the submission of such application and inserting 30 months after the date of enactment of the ;
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2019 by striking 70,000 metric tons each place it appears and inserting 110,000 metric tons ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: If the Commission issues a construction authorization for a repository pursuant to paragraph
(1)and the Secretary submits an application to amend such authorization, the Commission shall consider the application to amend using expedited, informal procedures, including discovery procedures that minimize the burden on the parties to produce documents. The Commission shall issue a final decision on such application to amend within 1 year after the date of submission of such application, except that the Commission may extend such deadline by not more than 6 months if, not less than 30 days before such deadline, the Commission complies with the reporting requirements established in subsection (e)(2). At any time before or after the Commission issues a final decision approving or disapproving the issuance of a construction authorization for a repository pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary may undertake infrastructure activities that the Secretary considers necessary or appropriate to support construction or operation of a repository at the Yucca Mountain site or transportation to such site of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Infrastructure activities include safety upgrades, site preparation, the construction of a rail line to connect the Yucca Mountain site with the national rail network (including any facilities to facilitate rail operations), and construction, upgrade, acquisition, or operation of electrical grids or facilities, other utilities, communication facilities, access roads, and nonnuclear support facilities. If the Secretary determines that an environmental analysis is required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to an infrastructure activity undertaken under this paragraph, the Secretary need not consider alternative actions or a no-action alternative. To the extent any other Federal agency must consider the potential environmental impact of such an infrastructure activity, the agency shall adopt, to the extent practicable, any environmental analysis prepared by the Secretary under this subparagraph without further action. Such adoption satisfies the responsibilities of the adopting agency under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and no further action is required by the agency. The Commission may not disapprove, on the grounds that the Secretary undertook an infrastructure activity under this paragraph— the issuance of a construction authorization for a repository pursuant to paragraph (1); a license to receive and possess spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; or any other action concerning the repository. . Section 114(f)(6) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 ( 42 U.S.C. 10134(f)(6) ) is amended by striking or nongeologic alternatives to such site and inserting nongeologic alternatives to such site, or an action connected or otherwise related to the repository to the extent the action is undertaken outside the geologic repository operations area and does not require a license from the Commission .
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