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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.