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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1081

To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to

establish a program to provide career training through the hazardous

substance research center program of the Environmental Protection

Agency to qualified military personnel and qualified Department of Energy personnel in order to enable such individuals to acquire proficiency

in hazardous and radioactive waste management, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 8 (legislative day, JUNE 7), 1993

Mr. DOLE (for himself, Mrs. KASSEBAUM, Mr. BOND, Mr. BURNS, Mr.

GRASSLEY, and Mr. STEVENS) introduced the following bill; which was

read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public

Works

A BILL

To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to provide career

training through the hazardous substance research center

program of the Environmental Protection Agency to

qualified military personnel and qualified Department of

Energy personnel in order to enable such individuals

to acquire proficiency in hazardous and radioactive waste

management, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.

2 For the purposes of this Act:

3 (1) The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad4 ministrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

5 (2) The term ‘‘hazardous substance research

6 centers’’ means the hazardous substance research

7 centers described in section 311(d) of the Com8 prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,

9 and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(d)). Such

10 term shall include the Great Plains and Rocky

11 Mountain Hazardous Substance Research Center,

12 the Northeast Hazardous Substance Research Cen13 ter, the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic Hazardous

14 Substance Research Center, the South and South15 west Hazardous Substance Research Center, and the

16 Western Region Hazardous Substance Research

17 Center.

18 (3) The term ‘‘hazardous waste’’ means—

19 (A) waste listed as hazardous waste pursu20 ant to subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal

21 Act (42 U.S.C. 6921 et seq.);

22 (B) radioactive waste; and

23 (C) mixed waste.

24 (4) The term ‘‘mixed waste’’ means waste that

25 contains a mixture of waste described in subpara26 graphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (3).
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1 (5) The term ‘‘qualified individuals’’ means

2 qualified military personnel and qualified Depart3 ment of Energy personnel.

4 (6) The term ‘‘qualified Department of Energy

5 personnel’’ means individuals who, during the 5-year

6 period preceding the date of the enactment of this

7 Act, have been employed by the Department of En8 ergy and have been involved in the production of nu9 clear weapons, and whose employment at the De10 partment of Energy during such 5-year period was

11 scheduled for termination as a result of a significant

12 reduction or modification in the programs or

13 projects of the Department of Energy. Such term

14 shall not include any employee who terminates em15 ployment by taking early retirement or who other16 wise voluntarily terminates employment.

17 (7) The term ‘‘qualified military personnel’’

18 means members and former members of the Armed

19 Forces of the United States who have training in

20 site remediation, site characterization, waste man21 agement, waste reduction, recycling, engineering, or

22 positions related to environmental engineering or

23 basic sciences (including training for management

24 positions). Such term shall not include any former

25 member of the Armed Forces whose service in the
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1 Armed Forces was terminated by dismissal (in the

2 case of a former officer) or by discharge with a dis3 honorable discharge or a bad conduct discharge (in

4 the case of a former enlisted member).

5 (8) The term ‘‘radioactive waste’’ means solid,

6 liquid, or gaseous material that contains radio7 nuclides regulated under the Atomic Energy Act of

8 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) of negligible economic

9 value (considering the cost of recovery).

10 SEC. 2. EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—

12 (1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6

14 months after the date of the enactment of this

15 Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the

16 Secretaries of Energy and Defense, shall estab17 lish an education and training program for

18 qualified individuals in order to enable such in19 dividuals to acquire career training in environ20 mental engineering, environmental sciences, or

21 environmental project management in fields re22 lated to hazardous waste management and

23 cleanup.

24 (B) DEVELOPMENT OF ACADEMIC PRO25 GRAM.—In carrying out the program, the Ad-
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1 ministrator, in consultation with the Secretaries

2 of Energy and Defense, shall develop and im3 plement an academic program for qualified in4 dividuals at institutions of higher education at

5 both undergraduate and graduate levels, and

6 which may lead to the awarding of an academic

7 degree or a certification that is supplemental to

8 an academic degree.

9 (2) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—The program estab11 lished pursuant to paragraph (1) may include

12 educational activities and training related to—

13 (i) site remediation;

14 (ii) site characterization;

15 (iii) hazardous waste management (in16 cluding such specialized activities and

17 training relating specifically to radioactive

18 waste as the Administrator determines to

19 be appropriate);

20 (iv) hazardous waste reduction (in21 cluding such specialized activities and

22 training relating specifically to radioactive

23 waste as the Administrator determines to

24 be appropriate);

25 (v) recycling;
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1 (vi) process and materials engineer2 ing;

3 (vii) training for positions related to

4 environmental engineering, environmental

5 sciences, or environmental project manage6 ment (including training for management

7 positions); and

8 (viii) environmental engineering with

9 respect to the construction of facilities to

10 address the items described in clauses (i)

11 through (vii).

12 (B) EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.—The pro13 gram established pursuant to paragraph (1)

14 shall include educational activities designed for

15 personnel participating in a program to achieve

16 specialization in the following fields:

17 (i) Earth sciences.

18 (ii) Chemistry.

19 (iii) Chemical Engineering.

20 (iv) Environmental engineering.

21 (v) Statistics.

22 (vi) Toxicology.

23 (vii) Industrial hygiene.

24 (viii) Health physics.
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1 (ix) Environmental project manage2 ment.

3 (x) Any other field that the Adminis4 trator determines to be appropriate.

5 (b) GRANT PROGRAM.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts made

7 available under subsection (c), the Administrator

8 shall award grants to the hazardous substance re9 search centers to pay the Federal share of carrying

10 out the development and implementation of the aca11 demic program described in subsection (a).

12 (2) GRANT AWARDS.—The Federal share of

13 each grant awarded under this subsection shall be

14 100 percent.

15 (c) FUNDING.—

16 (1) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.—

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the limita18 tion described in subparagraph (B), 50 percent

19 of the cost of carrying out this section shall be

20 funded from amounts made available for fiscal

21 year 1993 to the Environmental Protection

22 Agency pursuant to the Comprehensive Envi23 ronmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil24 ity Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.).
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1 (B) LIMITATION.—The limitation de2 scribed in this subparagraph is that not more

3 than 1 percent of the amounts made available

4 for fiscal year 1993 to the Environmental Pro5 tection Agency pursuant to the Comprehensive

6 Environmental Response, Compensation, and

7 Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.)

8 may be used to carry out this section.

9 (C) SPECIAL RULE.—Amounts provided

10 under this paragraph to hazardous substance

11 research centers shall be used to supplement

12 and not supplant other funds provided to such

13 centers by the Environmental Protection Agen14 cy.

15 (2) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the limita17 tion described in subparagraph (B), 25 percent

18 of the cost of carrying out this section shall be

19 funded from amounts appropriated for fiscal

20 year 1993 to the Defense Environmental Res21 toration Account established in section 2703 of

22 title 10, United States Code.

23 (B) LIMITATION.—The limitation de24 scribed in this subparagraph is that not more

25 than 1 percent of the amounts appropriated for
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1 fiscal year 1993 to the Defense Environmental

2 Restoration Account may be used to carry out

3 this section.

4 (C) TRANSFER.—The Secretary of Defense

5 shall transfer an amount determined in accord6 ance with subparagraphs (A) and (B) to the

7 Environmental Protection Agency, pursuant to

8 the authority granted the Secretary under sec9 tion 2703 of title 10, United States Code.

10 (3) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.—

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the limita12 tion described in subparagraph (B), 25 percent

13 of the cost of carrying out this section shall be

14 funded from amounts made available for fiscal

15 year 1993 to the Department of Energy for the

16 purpose of environmental cleanup.

17 (B) LIMITATION.—The limitation de18 scribed in this subparagraph is that not more

19 than 1 percent of the amounts made available

20 for fiscal year 1993 to the Department of En21 ergy may be used to carry out this section.

22 (C) TRANSFER.—The Secretary of Energy

23 shall transfer an amount determined in accord24 ance with subparagraphs (A) and (B) to the

25 Environmental Protection Agency.
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1 (D) SPECIAL RULE.—Amounts provided

2 under this paragraph to hazardous substance

3 research centers shall be used to supplement

4 and not supplant other funds provided to such

5 centers by the Department of Energy.

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