Sec. 5. Eliminating red tape to allow experts to less expensively dispose of low-level nuclear waste

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Section 3116 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 ( Public Law 108–375 ; 50 U.S.C. 2602 note) is amended— by striking subsections

(c)and

(d)and inserting the following new subsections: For purposes of this section, the following States are covered States: The State of Idaho. The State of South Carolina. The State of Washington. Subsection

(a)shall not apply to any material otherwise covered by that subsection that is transported from the State of Idaho or the State of South Carolina. The Secretary shall carry out the Low-Level Waste Offsite Disposal project to demonstrate the feasibility of grouting supplemental low-activity waste from the Hanford Site, Richland, Washington. The Secretary may classify the waste corresponding to the Low-Level Waste Offsite Disposal project in accordance with this section. Waste corresponding to the Low-Level Waste Offsite Disposal project that is reclassified under this section for disposal outside of the State of Washington— may be land-disposed if the State receiving the waste permits the disposal of such waste; and notwithstanding sections 268.40 and 268.42 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations) and as incorporated by reference in section 173–303–140 of title 173, Washington Administrative Code, is not required to be treated to the HLVIT standard (within the meaning of section 268.42(a) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)) prior to such disposal. In this subsection, the term Low-Level Waste Offsite Disposal project means the second phase of the test bed initiative of the Office of Environmental Management at the Hanford Site, which intends— to pretreat approximately 2,000 gallons of liquid tank waste; to immobilize the waste at an off-site commercial facility; and to transport the immobilized mixed low-level waste out of the State of Washington for disposal. ; and by striking subsection (e)(2) and inserting the following new paragraph: With the exception of subsection (d)(3)(B), nothing in this section establishes any precedent or is binding on the State of Oregon or any other State not covered by subsection

(c)for the management, storage, treatment, and disposition of radioactive and hazardous materials. .

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Eliminating red tape to allow experts to less expensively dispose of low-level nuclear waste

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