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SA 1836. Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. ENSIGN) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1753 submitted by Mr. DEMINT (for himself, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. BURR, Ms. MURKOWSKI, and Mr. CRAPO) and intended to be proposed to the bill S. 1419, to move the United States toward greater energy independence and security, to increase the production of clean renewable fuels, to protect consumers from price gouging,
to increase the energy efficiency of products, buildings and vehicles, to promote research on and deploy greenhouse gas capture and storage options, and to improve the energy performance of the Federal Government, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
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SEC.'' and insert the following:
__X. REQUIREMENT FOR PROMULGATION OF A RADIATION STANDARD BEFORE DATE OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN LICENSE APPLICATION ACCEPTANCE.
(a) Requirement.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the license application of the Department of Energy for the proposed geologic repository at Yucca Mountain shall not be considered by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to be complete and accurate in all material respects for purposes of section 63.10 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this section), until the date that is 180 days after the date on which the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency promulgates final health and environmental radiation protection standards for Yucca Mountain, in accordance with the findings and recommendations contained in the report of the National Academy of Sciences entitled ``Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards'' and dated 1995.
(b) Effect of Section.--Nothing in this section abrogates or limits any other applicable criteria of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission relating to the treatment of a license application as complete and accurate in all material respects.
(c) Expedited Judicial Review.--A United States court of appeals of competent jurisdiction shall review any challenge to the license application described in subsection (a) on an expedited basis.
(As printed in the Congressional Record for the Senate on Jun 21, 2007.)
to increase the energy efficiency of products, buildings and vehicles, to promote research on and deploy greenhouse gas capture and storage options, and to improve the energy performance of the Federal Government, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Beginning on page 1 of the amendment, line __, strike everything after ``
SEC.'' and insert the following:
__X. REQUIREMENT FOR PROMULGATION OF A RADIATION STANDARD BEFORE DATE OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN LICENSE APPLICATION ACCEPTANCE.
(a) Requirement.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the license application of the Department of Energy for the proposed geologic repository at Yucca Mountain shall not be considered by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to be complete and accurate in all material respects for purposes of section 63.10 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this section), until the date that is 180 days after the date on which the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency promulgates final health and environmental radiation protection standards for Yucca Mountain, in accordance with the findings and recommendations contained in the report of the National Academy of Sciences entitled ``Technical Bases for Yucca Mountain Standards'' and dated 1995.
(b) Effect of Section.--Nothing in this section abrogates or limits any other applicable criteria of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission relating to the treatment of a license application as complete and accurate in all material respects.
(c) Expedited Judicial Review.--A United States court of appeals of competent jurisdiction shall review any challenge to the license application described in subsection (a) on an expedited basis.
(As printed in the Congressional Record for the Senate on Jun 21, 2007.)
