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Institutional and Jurisdictional Issues in Nuclear Waste
Management. May 20, 1977. 15 pp.
Testimony before the House Committee on Interior and Insular
Affairs: Energy and the Environment Subcommittee; by Monte
Canfield, Jr., Director, Energy and Minerals Div.
Issue Area: Energy: Making Nuclear Fission a Substantial Energy
Source (1608).
Contact: Energy and Minerals Div.
Budget Function: Natural Resources, Environment, and Energy:
Pollution Control and Abatement (304).
Organization Concerned: Energy Research and Development
Administration; Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Environmental
Protection Agency.
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Interior and Insular
Affairs: Energy and the Environment Subcommittee.
The fragmentation of existing responsibility governing
the storage and disposal of nuclear wastes between the Energy
Research and Development Agency (ERDA) and the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) and questions concerning the proper
role of Federal/State relations dealing with nuclear waste
management can potentially hinder the orderly development and
implementation of a national nuclear waste management program.
Findings/Conclusions: ERrA, NRC, agreement States, and the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are the principal agencies
involved with regulating and/or managing nuclear materials in
order to protect the public and the environment from harmful
radiation. NR C has relinquished regulatory authority over
certain types and quantities of radioactive materials to some
States by entering into formal agreements with them. Before
approving an agreement State, NRC must determine that the
State's radiation control program is compatible with NRC's
regulatory program and is adequate to protect public health and
safety. Currently, there aire 25 agreement States. EFDA
facilities for military weapons and niclear research programs
are not regulated by NRC. EPA is responsible for establishing
overall envizonmental standards to protect the environment from
radioactive hazards. Recommendations: NRC, in cooperation with
the States, should identify long-term care requirements of
commercial disposal sites which handle radioactive wastes, and
should assist the States in planning for adequate funding to
support such requirements. (SC)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadxtx0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)