To repeal the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act and to provide new authority for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste.
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1996 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to perform the following duties: (1) dispose of low-level radioactive waste generated within any State outside a sited compact region; (2) establish a disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste on federally-owned land; (3) accept for disposal any low-level radioactive waste generated within any State outside a sited compact region; (4) contract with the Secretary of Energy for the temporary storage of low-level radioactive waste at any Department of Energy radioactive waste facility; (5) take physical possession, by a specified date, of low-level radioactive waste tendered by a waste generator, broker, or State regulatory official, regardless of whether a contract with the Secretary of Energy has been executed; and (6) establish low-level radioactive waste disposal rates.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E718)
Referred to the House Committee on Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
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