Amend CSHB 1567 as follows:                                                  
	(1)  In SECTION 7 of the bill, in proposed Section 401.218, 
Health and Safety Code (committee printing page 6, line 63), strike 
"WASTE.  (a)  In" and substitute "WASTE.  In".
	(2)  In SECTION 7 of the bill, strike proposed Sections 
401.218(b) and (c), Health and Safety Code (committee printing page 
6, line 67 to page 7, line 15).
	(3)  In SECTION 7 of the bill, strike proposed Section 
401.219(b), Health and Safety Code (committee printing page 7, 
lines 22 to 27), and substitute:
	(b)  Before determining the techniques to be used for 
managing low-level radioactive waste, an applicant shall study 
alternative techniques, including waste processing and reduction 
at the site of waste generation and at the disposal facility.
	(4)  In SECTION  7 of the bill, in proposed Section 401.220, 
Health and Safety Code (committee printing page 7, line 28), 
between "FACILITY." and "The", insert "(a)".
	(5)  In SECTION 7 of the bill, in proposed Section 401.220, 
Health and Safety Code (committee printing page 7, between lines 32 
and 33), insert:
	(b)  The license holder may not develop or operate a disposal 
facility unless:
		(1)  waste is disposed of at the facility only in 
above-grade concrete vaults with internal access designed to 
isolate the low-level radioactive waste from the environment, from 
which the waste is easily retrievable; and
		(2)  operations at the facility include:                               
			(A)  individual monitoring of each low-level 
radioactive waste structure or building;
			(B)  monitoring of the ground beneath the disposal 
facility and the perimeter of the facility for leakage; and
			(C)  active inspection and preventive 
maintenance.