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General Scanlon
Page 6
September 23, 1985
state may reasonably impede the
makes the states equal partners
Id. at S 15650.
national interest, federalism
in pursuing that interest".
These representative comments reflect the Senate's
belief that the NWPA envisions more than passive state par-
ticipation in a program orchestrated by DOE. The
Thurmond-Hollings amendment made clear that the states were
to be intimately and fully involved in the aspects of
siting, planning, and construction of any interim storage
facility. Following debate on that amendment, Proxmire
expressed the intent of his amendment that those same con-
cerns for meaningful state participation be the foundation
for actions of DOE involving permanent repository sites.
Additionally, "full state participation" was expected in the
MRS program "in exactly the same way as it is provided in
the aase of repository sites." I_d. at S 156*12. In short,
through every aspect of the bill runs the Senate's legiti-
mate and deep concern that state governments be kept
informed of and be allowed to participate in those aspects
of the nuclear waste disposal program that affect their
citizens. As Senator Kasten argued while urging passage of
amendments that would give states "a strong role in nuclear
waste siting decisions":
The Department of Energy cannot be
allowed to build a disposal facility
without giving the States a meaningful
role in the siting and construction deci-
sions.
A long-range nuclear waste disposal
program is critical to our Nation's
energy future, and. . . the proper role
of states in the siting of disposal faci-
lities is critical to the success of this
program. The only successful nuclear^
waste disposal program will be one which
matches national policy needs with local
citizen concerns.
Id. at 15668.
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