Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 101 Part 2.djvu/1028

 101 STAT. 1330-234

PUBLIC LAW 100-203—DEC. 22, 1987

authorized by section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates and under such rules as the MRS Commission considers reasonable. "(C) The MRS Commission shall cease to exist 60 days after the submission to Congress of the report required under this subsection. "SURVEY

42 USC 10164.

"SEC. 144. After the MRS Commission submits its report to the Congress under section 143, the Secretary may conduct a survey and evaluation of potentially suitable sites for a monitored retrievable storage facility. In conducting such survey and evaluation, the Secretary shall consider the extent to which siting a monitored retrievable storage facility at each site surveyed would— "(1) enhance the reliability and flexibility of the system for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive . waste established under this Act; "(2) minimize the impacts of transportation and handling of such fuel and waste; "(3) provide for public confidence in the ability of such system to safely dispose of the fuel and waste; "(4) impose minimal adverse effects on the local community and the local environment; "(5) provide a high probability that the facility will meet applicable environmental, health, and safety requirements in a, timely fashion; "(6) provide such other benefits to the system for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste as the n;;,». Secretary deems appropriate; and "(7) unduly burden a State in which significant volumes of high-level radioactive waste resulting from atomic energy ' defense activities are stored. SITE SELECTION

42 USC 10165.

"SEC. 145. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may select the site evaluated under section 144 that the Secretary determines on the basis of available information to be the most suitable for a monitored retrievable storage facility that is an integral part of the system for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste established under this Act. "(b) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not select a site under subsection (a) until the Secretary recommends to the President the approval of a site for development as a repository under section 114(a). "(c) SITE SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary may conduct such site specific activities at each site surveyed under section 144 as he determines may be necessary to support an application to the Commission for a license to construct a monitored retrievable storage facility at such site. "(d) ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.—Site specific activities and selection of a site under this section shall not require the preparation of an environmental impact statement under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)). The Secretary shall prepare an environmental assessment with respect to such selection in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary implementing such Act. Such environmental assessment shall be based upon available information regarding ^

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