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[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
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[CITE: 42USC10172a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 108--NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY
 
  SUBCHAPTER I--DISPOSAL AND STORAGE OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE, 
           SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL, AND LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE
 
              Part E--Redirection of Nuclear Waste Program
 
Sec. 10172a. Siting a second repository


(a) Congressional action required

    The Secretary may not conduct site-specific activities with respect 
to a second repository unless Congress has specifically authorized and 
appropriated funds for such activities.

(b) Report

    The Secretary shall report to the President and to Congress on or 
after January 1, 2007, but not later than January 1, 2010, on the need 
for a second repository.

(c) Termination of granite research

    Not later than 6 months after December 22, 1987, the Secretary shall 
phase out in an orderly manner funding for all research programs in 
existence on December 22, 1987, designed to evaluate the suitability of 
crystalline rock as a potential repository host medium.

(d) Additional siting criteria

    In the event that the Secretary at any time after December 22, 1987, 
considers any sites in crystalline rock for characterization or 
selection as a repository, the Secretary shall consider (as a supplement 
to the siting guidelines under section 10132 of this title) such 
potentially disqualifying factors as--
        (1) seasonal increases in population;
        (2) proximity to public drinking water supplies, including those 
    of metropolitan areas; and
        (3) the impact that characterization or siting decisions would 
    have on lands owned or placed in trust by the United States for 
    Indian tribes.

(Pub. L. 97-425, title I, Sec. 161, as added Pub. L. 100-202, 
Sec. 101(d) [title III, Sec. 300], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-104, 
1329-121; Pub. L. 100-203, title V, Sec. 5012, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 
1330-231.)

                          Codification

    Pub. L. 100-202 and Pub. L. 100-203 added identical sections.
