Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 108 — Nuclear Waste Policy
§ 10196. Federal agency actions
Statutory text
Cooperation and coordination
Federal agencies shall assist the Secretary by cooperating and coordinating with the Secretary in the preparation of any necessary reports under this subchapter and the mission plan under section 10221 of this title.
Environmental review
No action of the Secretary or any other Federal agency required by this subchapter or section 10221 of this title with respect to a test and evaluation facility to be taken prior to the initiation of onsite construction of a test and evaluation facility shall require the preparation of an environmental impact statement under section 102(2)(C) of the Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)), or to require the preparation of environmental reports, except as otherwise specifically provided for in this subchapter.
The Secretary and the heads of all other Federal agencies shall, to the maximum extent possible, avoid duplication of efforts in the preparation of reports under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982
Pub. L. 97–425 title II § 216 · 96 Stat. 2201
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 10196
(Pub. L. 97–425, title II, § 216, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat. 2248.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 97–425, title II, § 216, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat. 2248.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 216. federal agency actions (a) Cooperation and Coordination.— Federal agencies shall assist the Secretary by cooperating and coordinating with the Secretary in the preparation of any necessary reports under this title and the mission plan under section 301. (b) Environmental Review.— (1) No action of the Secretary or any other Federal agency required by this title or section 301 with respect to a test and evaluation facility to be taken prior to the initiation of onsite construction of a test and evaluation facility shall require the preparation of an environmental impact statement under section 102(2)(C) of the Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)), or to require the preparation of environmental reports, except as otherwise specifically provided for in this title. (2) The Secretary and the heads of all other Federal agencies shall, to the maximum extent possible, avoid duplication of efforts in the preparation of reports under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is Pub. L. 91–190, , 83 Stat. 852, which is classified generally to chapter 55 (§ 4321 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4321 of this title and Tables.