PRINTER'S NO. 124
No. 11 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY GEORGE, IRVIS, WOZNIAK, LUCYK, STEWART, RYBAK,
FREEMAN, BLAUM, COY, SHOWERS, LIVENGOOD, LLOYD, MURPHY AND
COLE, JANUARY 29, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, JANUARY 29, 1985
A RESOLUTION
1 Directing the House Conservation Committee to conduct an in-
2 depth study of low-level radioactive waste.
3 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the
4 provisions of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act (Public
5 Law 96-573, 42 U.S.C. § 2021b et seq.), is required by January
6 1, 1986, to submit to the United States Congress a plan for the
7 establishment and operation of facilities for the management of
8 low-level radioactive waste; and
9 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth is currently negotiating with
10 adjoining states to form an interstate compact to be known as
11 the Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
12 Compact; and
13 WHEREAS, The eventual selection of a site or sites within
14 this Commonwealth as well as methods of disposal and the
15 environmental and socioeconomic impact of low-level radioactive
16 waste are of paramount importance to all Pennsylvanians because
17 of the potential risk to health; therefore be it
1 RESOLVED, That the Conservation Committee of the House of
2 Representatives is hereby directed to conduct an in-depth study
3 of low-level radioactive waste, including, but not limited to,
4 compiling information on categories of materials to be
5 classified as low-level radioactive waste; the success or
6 failure of past or existing low-level radioactive disposal
7 sites; existing and projected technology for the safe disposal
8 of low-level radioactive wastes in the future; and other
9 information and facts that the committee believes are pertinent
10 to its study; and be it further
11 RESOLVED, That the committee may hold hearings, take
12 testimony and make its investigations at such places as it deems
13 necessary in this Commonwealth. Each member of the committee
14 shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations to
15 witnesses appearing before the committee; and be it further
16 RESOLVED, That the committee make a report of its findings
17 and public hearings to the House of Representatives at the
18 conclusion of its study.
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