Number: RL31135
Title: Nuclear Waste Repository Siting: Expediting Procedures for Congressional Approval
Authors: Richard S. Beth, Government and Finance Division 
Abstract: The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 establishes an expedited procedure for congressional consideration. Once Congress receives a presidential site designation, the Act empowers the State of Nevada, within 60 days, to submit to Congress a "notice of disapproval." The State of Nevada is expected to exercise this disapproval authority. If it does so, the designation cannot become effective unless a "resolution of repository siting approval," in effect overriding the state disapproval, is enacted into law. This report describes salient features of this expedited procedure and discusses some questions that might become significant in the course of their implementation.
Pages: 18
Date: Updated July 5, 2002