Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 2.djvu/885

 PUBLIC LAW 97-425—JAN. 7, 1983

96 STAT. 2247

is located, or the governing body of the affected Indian tribe where such site is located, of such identification and the basis of such identification. Additional sites for the location of the test and evaluation facility authorized in section 302(d) may be identified after such 1 year period, following the same procedure as if such sites had been identified within such period. SITING RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

SEC. 214. (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 months after the date on which the Secretary completes the identification of sites under section 213, the Secretary is authorized to complete sufficient evaluation of 3 sites to select a site for expanded siting research activities and for other activities under section 218. The Secretary is authorized to conduct such preconstruction activities relative to such site selection for the test and evaluation facility as he deems appropriate. Additional sites for the location of the test and evaluation facility authorized in section 302(d) may be evaluated after such 30-month period, following the same procedures as if such sites were to be evaluated within such period. (b)

42 USC 10194.

PUBLIC MEETINGS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.—Not

later than 6 months after the date on which the Secretary completes the identification of sites under section 213, and before beginning siting research activities, the Secretary shall hold at least 1 public meeting in the vicinity of each site to inform the residents of the area of the activities to be conducted at such site and to receive their views. (c) RESTRICTIONS.—Except as provided in section 218 with respect to a test and evaluation facility, in conducting siting research activities pursuant to subsection (a)— (1) the Secretary shall use the minimum quantity of highlevel radioactive waste or other radioactive materials, if any, necessary to achieve the test or research objectives; (2) the Secretary shall ensure that any radioactive material used or placed on a site shall be fully retrievable; and (3) upon termination of siting research activities at a site for any reason, the Secretary shall remove any radioactive material at or in the site as promptly as practicable. (d) TITLE TO MATERIAL.—The Secretary may take title, in the name of the Federal Government, to the high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, or other radioactive material emplaced in a test and evaluation facility. If the Secretary takes title to any such material, the Secretary shall enter into the appropriate financial arrangements described in subsection (a) or (b) of section 302 for the disposal of such material. TEST AND EVALUATION FACILITY SITING REVIEW AND REPORTS SEC. 215. (a) C!ONSULTATION AND COOPERATION.—The Governor of a

State, or the governing body of an affected Indian tribe, notified of a site identification under section 213 shall have the right to participate in a process of consultation and cooperation as soon as the site involved has been identified pursuant to such section and throughout the life of the test and evaluation facility. For purposes of this section, the term "process of consultation and cooperation" means a methodology— (1) by which the Secretary—

42 USC 10195.

"Process of consultation and cooperation."

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