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S 619 108th Congress Senate Environmental Protection Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics New York State Radioactive wastes Transportation and Public Works Transportation of hazardous substances

A bill to provide for the transfer to the Secretary of Energy of title to, and full responsibility for the possession, transportation, and disposal of, radioactive waste associated with the West Valley Demonstration project, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 13, 2003 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 13, 2003
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sets a September 30, 2004, deadline for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to transfer to the Secretary of Energy title to and full responsibility for the possession, transportation, disposal, stewardship, maintenance, and monitoring of all radioactive waste (other than waste disposed of in the State-licensed disposal area) at the Western New York Service Center in West Valley, New York, in exchange for payment to the United States of all amounts held by the Authority for the maintenance of radioactive waste solidified under the West Valley Demonstration Project.

What's happening now March 13, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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