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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 9786 (Introduced in House) — To establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a consent-based process for siting nuclear waste fac... · Sec. 506

Sec. 506. Savings provisions; terminations

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The enactment of this Act shall not affect the pendency of any proceeding on the application for authorization to construct a repository at the Yucca Mountain site pending on the date of enactment of this Act, but the Administrator shall not proceed with the siting, construction, or operation of a nuclear waste facility at the Yucca Mountain site except as provided in section 304(b). This Act shall not transfer or affect the authority of the Secretary with respect to— the maintenance, treatment, packaging, and storage of nuclear waste at Department of Energy sites prior to delivery to, and acceptance by, the Administrator of such nuclear waste for storage in a storage facility or disposal in a repository; the conduct of generic research, development, and demonstration activities related to nuclear waste management, including proliferation-resistant advanced fuel recycling and transmutation technologies that minimize environmental and public health and safety impacts; and training and workforce development programs relating to nuclear waste management.
The authority for each function of the Secretary relating to the siting, construction, and operation of repositories or storage facilities not transferred to the Administrator under this Act shall terminate on the date of enactment of this Act, including the authority— to provide disposal under subtitle A of title I of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 ( 42 U.S.C. 10131 et seq. ); to provide interim storage or monitored, retrievable storage under subtitles B and C of title I of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 ( 42 U.S.C. 10151 et seq. ); and to site or construct a test and evaluation facility under title II of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 ( 42 U.S.C. 10191 et seq. ).
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