board considers necessary to carry out its duties
under this section.
‘‘(k) TERMINATION.—Section 14(a)(2)(B) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.; relating
to the termination of advisory committees) shall not apply
to an advisory board established under this section.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
for title III of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 is
amended by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 313. Department of Energy citizens advisory boards.’’.
SEC. 3. PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENTS FOR DEPARTMENT
OF ENERGY DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES.
Section 104(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42
U.S.C. 9604(i)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraphs:
‘‘(19) The Administrator of ATSDR shall perform a
health assessment, preliminary health assessment, or any
other public health action such Administrator determines
to be necessary with respect to each defense nuclear facil-
ity included in programmatic environmental impact state-
ments prepared by such Department for the environ-
mental restoration and waste management programs of
such Department. The Administrator of ATSDR may,
subject to appropriations, contract with university or pri-
vate sector entities, and enter into cooperative agreements
with States, to collect or analyze data necessary for the
health assessments.
‘‘(20)(A) The Administrator of ATSDR shall, with
respect to each such defense nuclear facility, perform an
off-site preliminary exposure assessment to identify exist-
ing and potential human exposure to any contamination
of hazardous substances which may be the result of a re-
lease of such substances from the facility. Any such as-
sessment shall include field data to measure such exposure
of populations determined by such Administrator to be af-
fected, or potentially affected, by such exposure.
‘‘(B) To carry out exposure assessments under this
paragraph, the Administrator of ATSDR may coordinate
with other appropriate Federal and State agencies or, sub-
ject to appropriations, contract with university or private
sector entities.
‘‘(C) After the performance of a preliminary exposure
assessment with respect to a nuclear defense facility under
subparagraph (A), the Administrator of ATSDR shall con-
duct any follow-up studies, including dose reconstruction
studies, the Administrator of ATSDR considers to be nec-
essary to protect and evaluate the public health in commu-
nities having affected or potentially affected populations.
‘‘(21) The Secretary of Energy, the Administrator,
and the Administrator of ATSDR shall each, to the great-
est extent possible, coordinate the public health and expo-
sure assessments conducted under paragraphs (19) and
(20) with any public health and exposure assessments con-
ducted by other Federal agencies, particularly with respect
to public participation in any such assessments.
‘‘(22) The Secretary of Energy and the managers of
appropriate defense nuclear facilities shall provide to the
Administrator of ATSDR any information in the posses-
sion of the Secretary of Energy and the managers that
may be useful to or required by the Administrator of
ATSDR to carry out paragraphs (19) and (20). Within
6 months after the date of the enactment of the Federal
Facilities Community Oversight for Public Health Act of
1993, the Secretary of Energy and the Administrator of
ATSDR shall enter into a memorandum of understanding
regarding the manner in which such paragraphs shall be
carried out.
‘‘(23) Any person may submit a petition to the Ad-
ministrator of ATSDR requesting a health assessment of
a defense nuclear facility.
‘‘(24) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘de-
fense nuclear facility’ means—
‘‘(A) a production facility or utilization facility
(as those terms are defined in section 11 of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014)) that
is under the control or jurisdiction of the Secretary
of Energy and that is operated for national security
purposes (including the tritium loading facility at
Savannah River, South Carolina, the 236 H facility
at Savannah River, South Carolina; and the Mound
Laboratory, Ohio), but the term does not include
any facility that does not conduct atomic energy de-
fense activities and does not include any facility or
activity covered by Executive Order Number 12344,
dated February 1, 1982, pertaining to the naval nu-
clear propulsion program;
‘‘(B) a nuclear waste storage or disposal facility
that is under the control or jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary of Energy;
‘‘(C) a testing and assembly facility that is
under the control or jurisdiction of the Secretary of
Energy and that is operated for national security
purposes (including the Nevada Test Site, Nevada;
the Pinnellas Plant, Florida; and the Pantex facility,
Texas);
‘‘(D) an atomic weapons research facility that
is under the control or jurisdiction of the Secretary
of Energy (including the Lawrence Livermore, Los
Alamos, and Sandia National Laboratories); or
‘‘(E) any facility described in subparagraphs
(A) through (D) that—
‘‘(i) is no longer in operation;
‘‘(ii) was under the control or jurisdiction
of the Department of Defense, the Atomic En-
ergy Commission, or the Energy Research and
Development Administration; and
‘‘(iii) was operated for national security
purposes.’’.
SEC. 4. INVOLVEMENT OF INTERESTED PARTIES.
(a) ACTION BY THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), as
amended by section 2(a), is further amended by add-
ing at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 314. INVOLVEMENT OF INTERESTED PARTIES.
‘‘Within 6 months after the date of the enactment
of the Federal Facilities Community Oversight for Public
Health Act of 1993, the Secretary of Energy shall develop
a long-range strategy for ensuring the substantive involve-
ment of affected States, Indian tribes, communities, and
the public in carrying out sections 313 and paragraphs
(19 through 23) of section 104(i). The strategy shall be
updated as necessary and shall include—
‘‘(1) schedules for actions and responses under-
taken pursuant to such sections;
‘‘(2) methods to ensure that the public is fully
and adequately informed of local meetings conducted
with respect to the actions and responses referred to
in paragraph (1); and
‘‘(3) the development of a history book for each
defense nuclear facility to which section 104(i) ap-
plies that provides an updated record of all such
meetings, actions, and responses conducted or un-
dertaken with respect to the defense nuclear facil-
ity.’’.
(2) TECHNICAL
AMENDMENT.—The table of
contents for title III of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980, as amended by section 2(b), is further
amended by adding at the end the following new
item:
‘‘Sec. 314. Involvement of interested parties.’’.
(b) ACTION BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF ATSDR.—
Within 6 months after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry shall submit to the Congress a com-
prehensive plan for carrying out the amendments made