PUBLIC LAW 104-201—SEPT. 23, 1996 110 STAT. 2853 "(g) ENGINEERED AND NATURAL BARRIERS, ETC. —The Secretary shall use both engineered and natural barriers and any other measures (including waste form modifications) to the extent necessary at WIPP to comply with the final disposal regulations.". SEC. 3188. COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. (a) SECTION 9(a)(1).—Section 9(a)(1) of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act (106 Stat. 4788) is amended by adding after and below subparagraph (H) the following: "With respect to transuranic mixed waste designated by the Secretary for disposal at WIPP, such waste is exempt from treatment standards promulgated pursuant to section 3004(m) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6924(m)) and shall not be subject to the land disposal prohibitions in section 3004(d), (e), (f), and (g) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act.". (b) SECTION 9(b). —Subsection (b) of section 9 of such Act is repealed. (c) SECTION 9(c)(2). —Subsection (c)(2) of section 9 of such Act is repealed. (d) SECTION 14.— Section 14 of such Act (106 Stat. 4791) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking "No provision" and inserting "Except for the exemption from the land disposal restrictions described in section 9(a)(1), no provision"; and (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking "including all terms and conditions of the No-Migration Determination" and inserting "except that the transuranic mixed waste designated by the Secretary for disposal at WIPP is exempt from the land disposal restrictions described in section 9(a)(1)". SEC. 3189. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON COMMENCEMENT OF EMPLACE- MENT OF TRANSURANIC WASTE. (a) IN GENERAL. —Section 10 of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act (106 Stat. 4789) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 10. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON COMMENCEMENT OF EMPLACE- MENT OF TRANSURANIC WASTE. "It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary should complete all actions required under section 7(b) to commence emplacement of transuranic waste underground for disposal at WIPP not later than November 30, 1997, provided that before that date all applicable health and safety standards have been met and all applicable laws have been complied with. ". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT. — The item relating to section 10 in the table of contents in section 1 is amended to read as follows: "Sec. 10. Sense of Congress on commencement of emplacement of transuranic waste.". SEC. 3190. DECOMMISSIONING OF WIPP. Section 13 of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act (106 Stat. 4791) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (a); and (2) by striking "(b) MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE WITH- DRAWAL AFTER DECOMMISSIONING. —Within 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the" and inserting "The".
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