Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993: Strategic forces and nuclear deterrence

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Page 310 - OTA's basic function is to help legislative policymakers anticipate and plan for the consequences of technological changes and to examine the many ways, expected and unexpected, in which technology affects people's lives.
Page 406 - The primary regulations governing these activities are the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Toxic Substances Control Act, and State and local ordinances.
Page 291 - NOTE: OTA appreciates and is grateful for the valuable assistance and thoughtful critiques provided by the advisory panel members. The panel does not, however, necessarily approve, disapprove, or endorse this report. OTA assumes full responsibility for the report and the accuracy of its contents.
Page 303 - high-level radioactive waste" means— (A) the highly radioactive material resultIng from the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, including liquid waste produced directly in reprocessing and any solid material derived from such liquid waste that contains fission products in sufficient concentrations; and (B) other highly radioactive material that the Commission, consistent with existing law, determines by rule requires permanent isolation.
Page 725 - The Phase I report is required to be sent to Congress with a written certification from the Army on the results of the Phase I review. If no significant differences in the data bases are revealed, the Army validates the programmatic decision for that site and the SSEIS is then developed as Phase II of the process. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) prepares the documents for both phases. Each affected state, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the Environmental Protection Agency...
Page 304 - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
Page 409 - Act (RCRA). and the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA).
Page 277 - List (pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986).
Page 743 - Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, thank you for this opportunity to discuss the Department of Defense Chemical and Biological Defense program.
Page 156 - I am pleased to report that we have made significant progress in many programmatic areas. However, as noted in Secretary Walking recent Task Force report on the status of safeguards and security, much remains to be done.