...Repoeitory Project Office QUESTION 3: Section lll(a) (6) of The Nuclear Wast* Policy Act reads: "Stats and public participation in the planning and development:...essential in order to promote public confidence in ths safety of disposal of such vasts and spent fuel;" With respect to ths issus of assuring adequate...

...thwart, or "sabotage*, aa yon put it, your effort*. To the contrary, I fully support the mVA'a finding that "State and public participation in the planning and development of repositories la essential in order to promote public confidence in the safety of disposal of such waate and spent...

...in serious question. And second, that the Waste Policy Act finding regarding the essential nature of State and public participation in the planning and development of repositories is not being realized with any substance as DOE races through its crucial repository planning process,...

...unique involvement of potential host states and Indian tribes. We support the NWPA Congressional finding that "(s)tate and public participation in the planning...the safety of disposal of such waste and spent fuel. . ."(PL97-425 Sec 111(a)(6) (96 Stat. 2207) Responses of Sol Burstein May 16, 1987 Page 3 OlflT As...

...Act clearly recognized this. And further, the crafters recognized ". . .that. . .state, Indian tribe and public participation in the planning and development...the safety of disposal of such waste and spent fuel . . . High-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel have become major subjects of public concern,...

...arrogant renunciation of accountability and credibility in this program. In the NWPA, Congress decreed that "State and public participation in the planning...promote public confidence in the safety of disposal of [radioactive] waste and spent fuel...." Sec. lll(a)(6). Congress also required DOE to "consult and...

...chicken coop alone would violate the statutory finding that State participation and oversight of DOE is essential in order to promote public confidence in the safety of disposal of nuclear waste." Despite the Court's ruling, we still are experiencing continued battles with DOE over...

...passing the act, the Congress stressed the importance of state and tribal participation. The act provides that state and public participation in the planning and development of repositories is essential to promoting public confidence in the safety of highGAO/RCED-87-14 Institutions Chapter 1 Introduction...

...discretion. The Congress, as part of its findings in Section lll(a)(6), 42 USC 10131(a) (6) , found that: State and public participation in the planning...the safety of disposal of such waste and spent fuel ; . . . . Because the State of Nevada has objected to the repository and submitted its notice of disapproval...

...the previsions of this chapter: t6) Slate and public participation in the planning and deveiopment of repositories is essential In order to promote public...the safety of disposal of such waste and spent fuel: and t7) high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel have become malor subjects of public concern,...