Sec. 3115. ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF SHIPMENTS TO WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT

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## SEC. 3115 ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF SHIPMENTS TO WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT ###

(a)In General In order to ensure that waste shipments to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Carlsbad, New Mexico (in this section referred to as “WIPP”) are packaged and handled properly to prevent the release of radiation or contamination above regulatory limits, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the congressional defense committees, not later than February 1 of each year during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, a written certification that— ####

(1)the Secretary knew of the contents of such shipments during the 12-month period preceding the date of the certification and has ensured that the Secretary will know of the contents of such shipments planned during the 12-month period following the date of the certification; and ####

(2)such shipments made during the 12-month period preceding the date of the certification were sufficiently safe and secure for transportation and disposal and the Secretary has ensured that such shipments planned during the 12-month period following the date of the certification will be sufficiently safe and secure for transportation and disposal. ###

(b)Additional Assurances The Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees, with the certification required by subsection (a), assurances that— ####

(1)the Carlsbad Field Office of the Department of Energy has certified that— #####

(A)the contents of each shipment of waste that arrived at WIPP during 12-month period preceding the date of the certification met the criteria for accepting waste at WIPP; and #####

(B)the Office will ensure that the waste destined for WIPP during the 12-month period following the date of the certification is packaged according to the criteria for accepting waste at WIPP; ####

(2)the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management has reviewed and accepted the certification of the Carlsbad Field Office under paragraph (1); and ####

(3)the Administrator for Nuclear Security has ensured that waste destined for WIPP that was packaged at facilities of the National Nuclear Security Administration during the 12-month period preceding the date of the certification, and waste planned to be packaged at such facilities during the 12-month period following the date of the certification, and for which the Administration is responsible, meets the criteria for accepting waste at WIPP.