Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 108 — Nuclear Waste Policy
§ 10204. Subseabed disposal
Statutory text
Repealed. Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1051(d), , 109 Stat. 716
Office of Subseabed Disposal Research
There is hereby established an Office of Subseabed Disposal Research within the Office of Science of the Department of Energy. The Office shall be headed by the Director, who shall be a member of the Senior Executive Service appointed by the Director of the Office of Science, and compensated at a rate determined by applicable law.
The Director of the Office of Subseabed Disposal Research shall be responsible for carrying out research, development, and demonstration activities on all aspects of subseabed disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, subject to the general supervision of the Secretary. The Director of the Office shall be directly responsible to the Director of the Office of Science, and the first such Director shall be appointed within 30 days of .
In carrying out his responsibilities under this chapter, the Secretary may make grants to, or enter into contracts with, the Subseabed Consortium described in subsection (d) of this section, and other persons.
Within 60 days of , the Secretary shall establish a university-based Subseabed Consortium involving leading oceanographic universities and institutions, national laboratories, and other organizations to investigate the technical and institutional feasibility of subseabed disposal.
The Subseabed Consortium shall develop a research plan and budget to achieve the following objectives by 1995:
demonstrate the capacity to identify and characterize potential subseabed disposal sites;
develop conceptual designs for a subseabed disposal system, including estimated costs and institutional requirements; and
identify and assess the potential impacts of subseabed disposal on the human and marine environment.
In 1990, and again in 1995, the Subseabed Consortium shall report to Congress on the progress being made in achieving the objectives of paragraph (2).
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 § 224 · 96 Stat. 2201
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 10204
Pub. L. 97–425, title II, § 224, as added Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(d) [title III], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–104, 1329–121
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 97–425, title II, § 224, as added Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(d) [title III], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–104, 1329–121Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995
Pub. L. 104–66 title I § 1051(d) · 109 Stat. 707
Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 10204(a)
Pub. L. 104–66 struck out subsec. (a) which required Secretary of Energy to report to Congress on subseabed disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–66 struck out subsec. (a) which required Secretary of Energy to report to Congress on subseabed disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(d) Reports on Subseabed Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste.— Subsections (a) and (b)(5) of section 224 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10204(a), 10204(b)(5)) are repealed.Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995
Pub. L. 104–66 title I § 1051(d) · 109 Stat. 707
Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 10204(b)(5)
Pub. L. 104–66 struck out par. (5) which read as follows: “The Director of the Office of Subseabed Disposal Research shall annually prepare and submit a report to the Congress on the activities and expenditures of the Office.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 104–66 struck out par. (5) which read as follows: “The Director of the Office of Subseabed Disposal Research shall annually prepare and submit a report to the Congress on the activities and expenditures of the Office.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
(d) Reports on Subseabed Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste.— Subsections (a) and (b)(5) of section 224 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 10204(a), 10204(b)(5)) are repealed.Pub. L. 105–245 title III § 309(b)(2)(E) · 112 Stat. 1838
Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 10204(b)(1)
Pub. L. 105–245 which directed the substitution of “Science” for “Energy Research”, was executed by making the substitution in two places to reflect the probable intent of Congress
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 105–245 which directed the substitution of “Science” for “Energy Research”, was executed by making the substitution in two places to reflect the probable intent of Congress.Pub. L. 105–245 title III § 309(b)(2)(E) · 112 Stat. 1838
Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 10204(b)(2)
Pub. L. 105–245 substituted “Office of Science” for “Office of Energy Research”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 105–245 substituted “Office of Science” for “Office of Energy Research”.
2 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 3 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Pub. L. 100–202 and Pub. L. 100–203 added identical sections.
Amendments1995–1998 · 2 rounds
1998
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 105–245 which directed the substitution of “Science” for “Energy Research”, was executed by making the substitution in two places to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 105–245 substituted “Office of Science” for “Office of Energy Research”.
1995
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–66 struck out subsec. (a) which required Secretary of Energy to report to Congress on subseabed disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.
Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 104–66 struck out par. (5) which read as follows: “The Director of the Office of Subseabed Disposal Research shall annually prepare and submit a report to the Congress on the activities and expenditures of the Office.”
Credits
1987–1998 · 4 acts
- 1987Pub. L. 97–425, title II, § 224, as added Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(d) [title III], , 101 Stat. 1329–104, 1329–121
- 1987Pub. L. 100–203, title V, § 5063, , 101 Stat. 1330–253
- 1995amended Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1051(d), , 109 Stat. 716
- 1998Pub. L. 105–245, title III, § 309(b)(2)(E), , 112 Stat. 1853.
Show as published
(Pub. L. 97–425, title II, § 224, as added Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(d) [title III], , 101 Stat. 1329–104, 1329–121; Pub. L. 100–203, title V, § 5063, , 101 Stat. 1330–253; amended Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1051(d), , 109 Stat. 716; Pub. L. 105–245, title III, § 309(b)(2)(E), , 112 Stat. 1853.)