Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 2.djvu/849

 PUBLIC LAW 97-425—JAN. 7, 1983

96 STAT. 2211

candidate sites recommended by the Secretary under the first sentence of subsection (b) for site characterization and approved by the President under subsection (c); and (3) the Secretary shall conduct public hearings under 113(b)(2) and comply with requirements under section 117 of this Act within one year of the date of enactment.

Hearings.

SITE CHARACTERIZATION

SEC. 113. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out, in accordance with the provisions of this section, appropriate site characterization activities beginning with the candidate sites that have been approved under section 112 and are located in various geologic media. The Secretary shall consider fully the comments received under subsection (b)(2) and section 112(b)(2) and shall, to the maximum extent practicable and in consultation with the Governor of the State involved or the governing body of the affected Indian tribe involved, conduct site characterization activities in a manner that minimizes any significant adverse environmental impacts identified in such comments or in the environmental assessment submitted under subsection (b)(D. (b) COMMISSION AND STATES.—(1) Before proceeding to sink shafts at any candidate site, the Secretary shall submit for such candidate site to the Commission and to either the Governor and legislature of the State in which such candidate site is located, or the governing body of the affected Indian tribe on whose reservation such candidate site is located, as the case may be, for their review and comment— (A) a general plan for site characterization activities to be conducted at such candidate site, which plan shall include— (i) a description of such candidate site; (ii) a description of such site characterization activities, including the following: the extent of planned excavations, plans for any onsite testing with radioactive or nonradioactive material, plans for any investigation activities that may affect the capability of such candidate site to isolate high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, and plans to control any adverse, safety-related impacts from such site characterization activities; (iii) plans for the decontamination and decommissioning of such candidate site, and for the mitigation of any significant adverse environmental impacts caused by site characterization activities if it is determined unsuitable for application for a construction authorization for a repository; (iv) criteria to be used to determine the suitability of such candidate site for the location of a repository, developed pursuant to section 112(a); and (v) any other information required by the Commission; (B) a description of the possible form or packaging for the high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel to be emplaced in such repository, a description, to the extent practicable, of the relationship between such waste form or packaging and the geologic medium of such site, and a description of the activities being conducted by the Secretary with respect to such possible waste form or packaging or such relationship; and (C) a conceptual repository design that takes into account likely site-specific requirements.

42 USC 10133.

Plan submittal, review and comment.

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