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H. R. 2637: This Act may be cited as the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act, introduced in the US House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, June 13, 1991

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OSTI ID:5288502
This bill was introduced into the US House of Representatives on June 13, 1991 to withdraw lands for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) project is authorized under section 213 to the Department of Energy National Security and Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of 1980 to demonstrate the safe disposal of radioactive waste materials generated by defense programs. Separate sections discuss the following: land withdrawal and reservation for WIPP; establishment of management responsibilities; plan for test phase activities and retrieval; disposal operations; issuance of environmental protection agency disposal standards; compliance with environmental protection agency standards; ban on high-level radioactive waste; authorizations; decommissioning of WIPP; Solid Waste Disposal Act; economic assistance and miscellaneous payments; shipping containers; Santa Fe bypass; study of transportation alternatives.
OSTI ID:
5288502
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English