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 101 STAT. 1330-248

PUBLIC LAW 100-203—DEC. 22, 1987 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

42 USC 10251.

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"SEC. 411. Notwithstanding subsection (d) of section 302, and subject to subsection (e) of such section, there are authorized to be appropriated for expenditures from amounts in the Waste Fund established in subsection (c) of such section, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title.".

PART E—NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD SEC. 5051. NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD.

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the following new title: "TITLE V—NUCLEAR WASTE TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD "DEFINITIONS 42 USC 10261.

"SEC. 501. As used in this title: "(1) The term 'Chairman' means the Chairman of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board. "(2) The term 'Board' means the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board established under section 502. " N U C L E A R W A S T E TECHNICAL REVIEW BOARD

"SEC. 502. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board that shall be an independent establishment within the executive branch. President of U.S. "Oa) MEMBERS.—(1) The Board shall consist of 11 members who shall be appointed by the President not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987 from among persons nominated by the National Academy of Sciences in accordance with paragraph (3). "(2) The President shall designate a member of the Board to serve President of U.S. as chairman. "(3)(A) The National Academy of Sciences shall, not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1987, nominate not less than 22 persons for appointment to the Board from among persons who meet the qualifications described in subparagraph (C). "(B) The National Academy of Sciences shall nominate not less than 2 persons to fill any vacancy on the Board from among persons who meet the qualifications described in subparagraph (C). "(C)(i) Each person nominated for appointment to the Board shall be"(I) eminent in a field of science or engineering, including environmental sciences; and "(II) selected solely on the basis of established records of distinguished service. "(ii) The membership of the Board shall be representative of the broad range of scientific and engineering disciplines related to activities under this title. "(iii) No person shall be nominated for appointment to the Board OdSD? who is an employee of— "(I) the Department of Energy; 42 USC 10262.

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