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Amend CSHB 1567 as follows:
(1) In SECTION 7 of the bill, strike proposed Section
401.216(b), Health and Safety Code (Senate committee printing page
6, lines 32-36), and reletter subsequent subsections accordingly.
(2) In SECTION 7 of the bill, after proposed Section
401.216, Health and Safety Code (Senate committee printing page 6,
between lines 42 and 43), insert the following:
Sec. 401.2165. VOLUME LIMITS FOR FEDERAL FACILITY WASTE.
(a) In this section, "Class A low-level radioactive waste," "Class
B low-level radioactive waste," and "Class C low-level radioactive
waste" have the meanings assigned by the department by rule.
(b) The department shall limit the overall capacity of the
federal facility waste disposal facility to not more than 1,333,333
cubic yards.
(c) The combined volume of Class B low-level radioactive
waste and Class C low-level radioactive waste accepted at the
federal facility waste disposal facility may not exceed 5,000 cubic
yards.
(d) The volume of containerized Class A low-level
radioactive waste accepted at the federal facility waste disposal
facility may not exceed 10,000 cubic yards.
(e) The volume of uncontainerized Class A low-level
radioactive waste accepted at the federal facility waste disposal
facility may not exceed 1,318,333 cubic yards.
(f) The compact waste disposal facility license holder may
request an amendment to increase the overall capacity of the
federal facility waste disposal facility on or after the fifth
anniversary of the date the license holder begins disposing of
federal facility waste. An amendment under this subsection may
authorize only an increase in the total volume of uncontainerized
Class A low-level radioactive waste that may be accepted at the
federal facility waste disposal facility.
(g) The department may authorize an increase under
Subsection (f) if the total volume of uncontainerized Class A
low-level radioactive waste over the projected life of the federal
facility waste disposal facility will be 4,985,000 cubic yards or
less.
(h) Before authorizing an amendment under Subsection (f),
the department shall:
(1) perform a needs assessment for expanding the
overall capacity of uncontainerized Class A low-level radioactive
waste;
(2) analyze the waste characteristics of the
additional uncontainerized Class A low-level radioactive waste the
amendment would permit;
(3) perform an impact assessment based on the proposed
increase in capacity, including the potential impact on compact
waste accepted at the compact waste disposal facility;
(4) examine the compliance history of the compact
waste disposal facility license holder; and
(5) hold a public hearing on the amendment.