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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2572

To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and

Liability Act of 1980 to establish citizens advisory boards for Department

of Energy defense nuclear facilities and to require the Administrator

of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to conduct

public health and exposure assessments of such facilities.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 30, 1993

Mr. RICHARDSON (for himself, Mr. BILBRAY, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. MINK, Mr.

SKAGGS, Mr. OWENS, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. EVANS, Mr. MARKEY, Mr.

GILCHREST, Mr. KREIDLER, Mrs. VUCANOVICH, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, and

Mrs. SCHROEDER) introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Armed Services

A BILL

To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to establish citizens

advisory boards for Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities and to require the Administrator of the

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to

conduct public health and exposure assessments of such

facilities.

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. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Facilities

3 Community Oversight for Public Health Act of 1993’’.

4 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CITIZEN ADVISORY

5 BOARDS.

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title III of the Comprehen7 sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil8 ity Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) is amended by

9 adding at the end the following new section:

10 ‘‘SEC. 313. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CITIZENS ADVISORY

11 BOARDS.

12 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established a citi14 zens advisory board for each Department of Energy

15 defense nuclear facility.

16 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sec17 tion, the term ‘‘defense nuclear facility’’ has the

18 same meaning given such term in section 104(i)(24).

19 ‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—

21 ‘‘(A) RECOMMENDATIONS OF REGIONAL

22 ADMINISTRATORS.—Each regional Adminis23 trator of the Environmental Protection Agency

24 for a region in which a defense nuclear facility

25 is located shall prepare a list of individuals rec26 ommended by such regional Administrator for
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1 membership on the advisory board established

2 for such facility under subsection (a)(1). In pre3 paring the list, the regional Administrator shall

4 consult with the Members of Congress who rep5 resent the district in which the facility is lo6 cated, the Governor of the State in which the

7 facility is located, the Governor of any other

8 State which is located within 50 miles of the fa9 cility, the State agency which is responsible for

10 regulating facility compliance with the environ11 mental laws of the State in which the facility is

12 located, and, as appropriate, representatives of

13 other interested organizations in the affected

14 community. The regional Administrator shall

15 submit the list to the Administrator.

16 ‘‘(B) APPOINTMENT BY ADMINIS17 TRATOR.—The members of an advisory board

18 established for a defense nuclear facility under

19 subsection (a) shall be appointed by the Admin20 istrator, in consultation with the regional Ad21 ministrator of the Environmental Protection

22 Agency for the region in which such facility is

23 located and after consideration of the list pre24 pared by such regional Administrator for the

25 facility pursuant to subparagraph (A).
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1 ‘‘(C) NUMBER OF ORIGINAL MEMBERS.—

2 Each such advisory board shall originally be

3 composed of 15 members.

4 ‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the members ap6 pointed under this subsection—

7 ‘‘(i) at least five members shall be in8 dividuals who live in a community near, or

9 a region adjacent to, the defense nuclear

10 facility for which the advisory board is es11 tablished;

12 ‘‘(ii) with respect to a defense nuclear

13 facility which has an affect on Native

14 American cultural, religious, and other in15 terests, at least one member shall be a

16 member of an affected Indian tribe;

17 ‘‘(iii) at least one member shall be a

18 representative of a nationally recognized

19 nonprofit public interest organization;

20 ‘‘(iv) at least one member shall be a

21 representative of a local or regional non22 profit public interest organization with a

23 demonstrated prior interest and involve24 ment in Department of Energy environ25 mental activities;
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1 ‘‘(v) at least one member shall be an

2 individual having technical expertise in en3 vironmental restoration and waste manage4 ment activities;

5 ‘‘(vi) at least one member shall be a

6 local medical or health professional; and

7 ‘‘(vii) at least one member shall be an

8 employee representative of a labor union

9 that represents workers who are involved

10 in environmental restoration and waste

11 management activities at the defense nu12 clear facility.

13 ‘‘(B) CONSIDERATION OF FACTORS.—In

14 making appointments to an advisory board for

15 a defense nuclear facility under this subsection,

16 the Administrator shall, in consultation with

17 the regional Administrator of the Environ18 mental Protection Agency for the region in

19 which the facility is located and to the greatest

20 extent possible—

21 ‘‘(i) consider and include on the advi22 sory board divergent interests and view23 points that represent the full diversity of

24 interests and viewpoints within the affected

25 community; and
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1 ‘‘(ii) provide an opportunity for par2 ticipation on the advisory board by persons

3 who are or have been disproportionately af4 fected by environmental contamination at

5 the defense nuclear facility.

6 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—A member of an advisory

7 board established under this subsection shall not be

8 an employee of the Department of Energy, a Fed9 eral or State agency responsible for regulating facil10 ity compliance with environmental laws, or a con11 tractor or subcontractor of the defense nuclear

12 facility.

13 ‘‘(4) CONSULTATION WITH ADVISORY BOARD.—

14 The Secretary of Energy shall cooperate with the

15 heads of other appropriate Federal and State agen16 cies to provide consultation to the advisory boards,

17 upon the request of the boards.

18 ‘‘(5) EXPANSION.—

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The members of an

20 advisory board established for a defense nuclear

21 facility under subsection (a) may submit to the

22 Administrator a recommendation that the mem23 bership of the advisory board be expanded to

24 not more than 20 members. A recommendation

25 under this subparagraph shall take into account
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1 interests that, in the consideration of the advi2 sory board, are not adequately represented or

3 considered at the time of the establishment of

4 the advisory board and are new interests that

5 may not have existed at such time.

6 ‘‘(B) REJECTION OF EXPANSION.—If the

7 Administrator, in consultation with the regional

8 Administrator of the Environmental Protection

9 Agency for the region in which the facility is lo10 cated, and the Members of Congress, the Gov11 ernors, and the State agency described in para12 graph (1)(A), rejects the recommendation of an

13 advisory board submitted under subparagraph

14 (A), the Administrator shall provide to the advi15 sory board a written explanation of the reasons

16 for the rejection.

17 ‘‘(c) TERMS.—

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The members of an advi19 sory board originally appointed under subsection

20 (b)(1)(B) shall establish the term of membership on

21 the advisory board, except that the term of member22 ship shall be of a length which helps to ensure that

23 there exists a continuing opportunity for, and access

24 to, participation on the advisory board and a balance
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1 of interests and views represented on the advisory

2 board.

3 ‘‘(2) VACANCIES.—The members of an advisory

4 board originally appointed under subsection

5 (b)(1)(B) shall establish procedures for filling a va6 cancy that occurs on the advisory board. The Ad7 ministrator shall fill any such vacancy, in consulta8 tion with the regional Administrator of the Environ9 mental Protection Agency, the Members of Congress,

10 the State agency, and the representatives of other

11 interested organizations described in subsection

12 (b)(1)(A).

13 ‘‘(d) DUTIES.—An advisory board established for a

14 defense nuclear facility under subsection (a)—

15 ‘‘(1) shall review and evaluate the performance

16 by the Department of Energy of environmental res17 toration and waste management activities at the de18 fense nuclear facility, including an assessment of

19 compliance by the Department of Energy with mile20 stones and deadlines agreed to by the Department of

21 Energy in interagency agreements entered into with

22 other Federal and State agencies;

23 ‘‘(2) shall review and evaluate the exercise of

24 regulatory authority with respect to the defense nu25 clear facility by the Environmental Protection Agen-
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1 cy, the environmental agency of the State in which

2 the defense nuclear facility is located, and other ap3 propriate Federal and State agencies, regarding—

4 ‘‘(A) any actions taken by such agencies to

5 enforce compliance by the Department of En6 ergy with milestones and deadlines agreed to by

7 the Department of Energy in interagency agree8 ments entered into with other Federal and

9 State agencies;

10 ‘‘(B) the substance and timeliness of infor11 mation provided to members of the public by

12 the defense nuclear facility with regard to envi13 ronmental restoration and waste management

14 activities at the defense nuclear facility, includ15 ing the responsiveness of the defense nuclear

16 facility to requests for additional information;

17 and

18 ‘‘(C) the design and coordination of public

19 comment efforts, including those required under

20 this Act, the National Environmental Policy Act

21 of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Solid

22 Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.),

23 and other Federal and State laws requiring

24 public review and comment on environmental
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1 restoration and waste management decisions at

2 the defense nuclear facility;

3 ‘‘(3) shall provide, at least once annually, to the

4 Department of Energy, the Environmental Protec5 tion Agency, and other appropriate Federal and

6 State agencies—

7 ‘‘(A) independent policy and technical eval8 uation of significant decisions made by such

9 agencies relating to environmental restoration

10 and waste management activities at the defense

11 nuclear facility, including decisions on the selec12 tion of waste management treatment tech13 nology, the selection of cleanup remedies for en14 vironmental restoration, and the design and

15 conduct of health assessments;

16 ‘‘(B) policy and technical recommendations

17 based upon the evaluation conducted under sub18 paragraph (A); and

19 ‘‘(C) policy and technical recommendation

20 based upon any evaluations conducted under

21 paragraph (8);

22 ‘‘(4) shall make recommendations to the Sec23 retary of Energy, the Administrator, and appro24 priate State agencies in setting environmental res25 toration priorities at such defense nuclear facility
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1 and in addressing substantive and jurisdictional is2 sues, including—

3 ‘‘(A) the appropriateness and consistency

4 of standards relating to environmental restora5 tion and waste management activities with re6 spect to hazardous materials, mixed radioactive

7 and hazardous materials, and radioactive mate8 rials; and

9 ‘‘(B) the advisability of renegotiating envi10 ronmental restoration and waste management

11 milestones under Federal facility agreements in

12 light of new information regarding public

13 health, ecological, land use, technical, and fiscal

14 concerns;

15 ‘‘(5) shall provide to the Secretary of Energy,

16 the Administrator, and the Governor of the State in

17 which the defense nuclear facility is located the

18 views of persons in communities and regions located

19 near, or affected by, the defense nuclear facility re20 garding the environmental restoration and waste

21 management activities conducted at the defense nu22 clear facility;

23 ‘‘(6) shall annually submit to the Governor of

24 the State in which the defense nuclear facility is lo25 cated and to the Congress a report on the activities
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1 of the advisory board during the preceding year, in2 cluding the findings, assessments, and conclusions of

3 the advisory board, and any policy and technical rec4 ommendations of the advisory board based upon

5 such findings, assessments, and conclusions;

6 ‘‘(7) shall provide to the Secretary of Energy

7 the recommendation described in subsection (j)(2);

8 ‘‘(8) may, if the advisory board considers it to

9 be appropriate, review and evaluate the exercise of

10 regulatory authority with respect to the defense nu11 clear facility by the Environmental Protection Agen12 cy, the environmental agency of the State in which

13 the defense nuclear facility is located, and other ap14 propriate Federal and State agencies, regarding—

15 ‘‘(A) actions taken by appropriate Federal

16 and State agencies to enforce compliance by the

17 Department of Energy with Federal or State

18 laws requiring the performance of relevant pub19 lic health activities at the defense nuclear facil20 ity; and

21 ‘‘(B) the adequacy of existing or ongoing

22 public health activities undertaken by the De23 partment of Energy and other appropriate Fed24 eral and State agencies with respect to the de25 fense nuclear facility; and
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1 ‘‘(9) may perform any other review and make

2 any other substantive recommendations the advisory

3 board considers necessary to carry out its duties

4 under this section.

5 ‘‘(e) BASIC PAY.—

6 ‘‘(1) RATES OF PAY.—Except as provided in

7 paragraph (2), members of an advisory board estab8 lished under subsection (a) shall serve without pay.

9 ‘‘(2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member shall

10 receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of

11 subsistence, in accordance with sections 5702 and

12 5703 of title 5, United States Code.

13 ‘‘(f) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson of an advisory

14 board established in subsection (a) shall be elected by the

15 members of the board.

16 ‘‘(g) STAFF.—

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An advisory board estab18 lished under subsection (a) may appoint at least one

19 part-time administrative staff person and at least

20 one full-time technical expert to provide the advisory

21 board with independent and technical review of tech22 nical information, including technical information,

23 relevant reports, studies, and regulatory documents

24 generated as a result of environmental restoration,
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1 land use, waste management, and health studies ac2 tivities at the defense nuclear facility.

3 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN CIVIL SERV4 ICE LAWS.—The staff of any such advisory board

5 shall be appointed subject to the provisions of title

6 5, United States Code, governing appointments in

7 the competitive service, and shall be paid in accord8 ance with the provisions of chapter 51 and sub9 chapter III of chapter 53 of that title relating to

10 classification and General Schedule pay rates.

11 ‘‘(h) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS.—An advisory board

12 established under subsection (a) may, for the purpose of

13 carrying out this section, hold hearings, sit and act at

14 times and places, take testimony, and receive evidence as

15 the advisory board considers appropriate.

16 ‘‘(i) INFORMATION.—

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An advisory board estab18 lished under subsection (a) may secure directly from

19 any Federal agency information necessary to enable

20 it to carry out this section. Upon request of the

21 Chairperson or any member of the advisory board,

22 the head of the Federal agency shall furnish the in23 formation to the advisory board.

24 ‘‘(2) DUTY OF FEDERAL AND STATE AGEN25 CIES.—
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1 ‘‘(A) DUTY OF SECRETARY OF ENERGY.—

2 The Secretary of Energy, in cooperation with

3 the heads of any other appropriate Federal and

4 State agencies, shall provide to an advisory

5 board established for a defense nuclear facility

6 under subsection (a), upon request of such advi7 sory board, any nonclassified data available to

8 the Secretary of Energy on past, present, and

9 future activities at the facility relating to or in10 volving environmental contamination, and envi11 ronmental restoration and waste management,

12 including—

13 ‘‘(i) available environmental data re14 lated to the defense nuclear facility, includ15 ing data on environmental contaminants,

16 contaminant levels, and pathways of con17 tamination;

18 ‘‘(ii) health outcome data relating to

19 populations potentially exposed to a haz20 ardous substance as a result of a release

21 from the defense nuclear facility; and

22 ‘‘(iii) any other information of rel23 evance to the public health of populations

24 at risk of exposure to release from the de25 fense nuclear facility.
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1 ‘‘(B) DUTY OF FEDERAL AND STATE

2 AGENCIES.—The Secretary of Energy, the Ad3 ministrator, the Administrator of the Agency

4 for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and

5 the heads of other appropriate Federal and

6 State agencies shall, with respect to the agency

7 under the jurisdiction of such individual and at

8 least once annually, provide to each such advi9 sory board the following:

10 ‘‘(i) Information regarding whether

11 and how the policy and technical rec12 ommendations of the advisory board pro13 vided under subsection (d)(3)(B) were con14 sidered by the agency with respect to deci15 sions made by the agency concerning envi16 ronmental restoration and waste manage17 ment activities conducted at the defense

18 nuclear facility.

19 ‘‘(ii) Information regarding whether

20 and how the policy and technical rec21 ommendations of the advisory board pro22 vided under subsection (d)(3)(C), if any,

23 were considered by the agency with respect

24 to decisions made by the agency concern-
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1 ing public health activities conducted at

2 the defense nuclear facility.

3 ‘‘(iii) Information regarding whether

4 and how the evaluation of the advisory

5 board conducted under subsection (d)(2)

6 was considered by the Environmental Pro7 tection Agency, the environmental agency

8 of the State in which the defense nuclear

9 facility is located, and other appropriate

10 Federal and State agencies when such

11 agencies took action to enforce compliance

12 by the Department of Energy with agree13 ments referred to in subsection (d)(2)(A)

14 and laws referred to in subsection

15 (d)(8)(A).

16 ‘‘(j) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy

18 shall provide sufficient funding to each advisory

19 board established pursuant to this section to enable

20 the advisory board to carry out its duties under this

21 section.

22 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—In providing funding under

23 paragraph (1), the Secretary of Energy shall con24 sider the recommendation of each such advisory

25 board regarding the amount of funding the advisory
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1 board considers necessary to carry out its duties

2 under this section.

3 ‘‘(k) TERMINATION.—Section 14(a)(2)(B) of the

4 Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.; relating

5 to the termination of advisory committees) shall not apply

6 to an advisory board established under this section.’’.

7 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents

8 for title III of the Comprehensive Environmental Re9 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 is

10 amended by adding at the end the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 313. Department of Energy citizens advisory boards.’’.

11 SEC. 3. PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENTS FOR DEPARTMENT

12 OF ENERGY DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES.

13 Section 104(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental

14 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42

15 U.S.C. 9604(i)) is amended by adding at the end the fol16 lowing new paragraphs:

17 ‘‘(19) The Administrator of ATSDR shall perform a

18 health assessment, preliminary health assessment, or any

19 other public health action such Administrator determines

20 to be necessary with respect to each defense nuclear facil21 ity included in programmatic environmental impact state22 ments prepared by such Department for the environ23 mental restoration and waste management programs of

24 such Department. The Administrator of ATSDR may,

25 subject to appropriations, contract with university or pri-
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1 vate sector entities, and enter into cooperative agreements

2 with States, to collect or analyze data necessary for the

3 health assessments.

4 ‘‘(20)(A) The Administrator of ATSDR shall, with

5 respect to each such defense nuclear facility, perform an

6 off-site preliminary exposure assessment to identify exist7 ing and potential human exposure to any contamination

8 of hazardous substances which may be the result of a re9 lease of such substances from the facility. Any such as10 sessment shall include field data to measure such exposure

11 of populations determined by such Administrator to be af12 fected, or potentially affected, by such exposure.

13 ‘‘(B) To carry out exposure assessments under this

14 paragraph, the Administrator of ATSDR may coordinate

15 with other appropriate Federal and State agencies or, sub16 ject to appropriations, contract with university or private

17 sector entities.

18 ‘‘(C) After the performance of a preliminary exposure

19 assessment with respect to a nuclear defense facility under

20 subparagraph (A), the Administrator of ATSDR shall con21 duct any follow-up studies, including dose reconstruction

22 studies, the Administrator of ATSDR considers to be nec23 essary to protect and evaluate the public health in commu24 nities having affected or potentially affected populations.
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1 ‘‘(21) The Secretary of Energy, the Administrator,

2 and the Administrator of ATSDR shall each, to the great3 est extent possible, coordinate the public health and expo4 sure assessments conducted under paragraphs (19) and

5 (20) with any public health and exposure assessments con6 ducted by other Federal agencies, particularly with respect

7 to public participation in any such assessments.

8 ‘‘(22) The Secretary of Energy and the managers of

9 appropriate defense nuclear facilities shall provide to the

10 Administrator of ATSDR any information in the posses11 sion of the Secretary of Energy and the managers that

12 may be useful to or required by the Administrator of

13 ATSDR to carry out paragraphs (19) and (20). Within

14 6 months after the date of the enactment of the Federal

15 Facilities Community Oversight for Public Health Act of

16 1993, the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of

17 ATSDR shall enter into a memorandum of understanding

18 regarding the manner in which such paragraphs shall be

19 carried out.

20 ‘‘(23) Any person may submit a petition to the Ad21 ministrator of ATSDR requesting a health assessment of

22 a defense nuclear facility.

23 ‘‘(24) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘de24 fense nuclear facility’ means—
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1 ‘‘(A) a production facility or utilization facility

2 (as those terms are defined in section 11 of the

3 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014)) that

4 is under the control or jurisdiction of the Secretary

5 of Energy and that is operated for national security

6 purposes (including the tritium loading facility at

7 Savannah River, South Carolina, the 236 H facility

8 at Savannah River, South Carolina; and the Mound

9 Laboratory, Ohio), but the term does not include

10 any facility that does not conduct atomic energy de11 fense activities and does not include any facility or

12 activity covered by Executive Order Number 12344,

13 dated February 1, 1982, pertaining to the naval nu14 clear propulsion program;

15 ‘‘(B) a nuclear waste storage or disposal facility

16 that is under the control or jurisdiction of the Sec17 retary of Energy;

18 ‘‘(C) a testing and assembly facility that is

19 under the control or jurisdiction of the Secretary of

20 Energy and that is operated for national security

21 purposes (including the Nevada Test Site, Nevada;

22 the Pinnellas Plant, Florida; and the Pantex facility,

23 Texas);

24 ‘‘(D) an atomic weapons research facility that

25 is under the control or jurisdiction of the Secretary
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1 of Energy (including the Lawrence Livermore, Los

2 Alamos, and Sandia National Laboratories); or

3 ‘‘(E) any facility described in subparagraphs

4 (A) through (D) that—

5 ‘‘(i) is no longer in operation;

6 ‘‘(ii) was under the control or jurisdiction

7 of the Department of Defense, the Atomic En8 ergy Commission, or the Energy Research and

9 Development Administration; and

10 ‘‘(iii) was operated for national security

11 purposes.’’.

12 SEC. 4. INVOLVEMENT OF INTERESTED PARTIES.

13 (a) ACTION BY THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY.—

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Comprehen15 sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and

16 Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), as

17 amended by section 2(a), is further amended by add18 ing at the end the following new section:

19 ‘‘SEC. 314. INVOLVEMENT OF INTERESTED PARTIES.

20 ‘‘Within 6 months after the date of the enactment

21 of the Federal Facilities Community Oversight for Public

22 Health Act of 1993, the Secretary of Energy shall develop

23 a long-range strategy for ensuring the substantive involve24 ment of affected States, Indian tribes, communities, and

25 the public in carrying out sections 313 and paragraphs
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1 (19 through 23) of section 104(i). The strategy shall be

2 updated as necessary and shall include—

3 ‘‘(1) schedules for actions and responses under4 taken pursuant to such sections;

5 ‘‘(2) methods to ensure that the public is fully

6 and adequately informed of local meetings conducted

7 with respect to the actions and responses referred to

8 in paragraph (1); and

9 ‘‘(3) the development of a history book for each

10 defense nuclear facility to which section 104(i) ap11 plies that provides an updated record of all such

12 meetings, actions, and responses conducted or un13 dertaken with respect to the defense nuclear facil14 ity.’’.

15 (2) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of

16 contents for title III of the Comprehensive Environ17 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

18 of 1980, as amended by section 2(b), is further

19 amended by adding at the end the following new

20 item:

‘‘Sec. 314. Involvement of interested parties.’’.

21 (b) ACTION BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF ATSDR.—

22 Within 6 months after the date of the enactment of this

23 Act, the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances

24 and Disease Registry shall submit to the Congress a com25 prehensive plan for carrying out the amendments made
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1 by this Act and for ensuring the substantive involvement

2 of affected States, Indian tribes, communities, and the

3 public in the conduct of the activities of the Agency for

4 Toxic Substances and Disease Registry that are provided

5 for in such amendments. The plan shall include provisions

6 for the appropriate involvement of the scientific commu7 nity to ensure the scientific credibility of such activities.

8 SEC. 5. PROVISION OF PERSONNEL FOR ATSDR.

9 The President shall ensure that the Agency for Toxic

10 Substances and Disease Registry has adequate staff to

11 carry out its activities under this Act and the amendments

12 made by this Act.

13 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

14 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec15 retary of Energy and the Administrator of the Agency for

16 Toxic Substances and Disease Registry such sums as may

17 be necessary to carry out this Act and the amendments

18 made by this Act. Such sums shall be credited to the De19 fense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management

20 Account established by section 3134(a) of the National

21 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and

22 1993 (Public Law 102–190; 105 Stat. 1575).

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