42 U.S.C. § 10144

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)
Section 10144 - Consideration of effect of acquisition of water rights

The Secretary shall give full consideration to whether the development, construction, and operation of a repository may require any purchase or other acquisition of water rights that will have a significant adverse effect on the present or future development of the area in which such repository is located. The Secretary shall mitigate any such adverse effects to the maximum extent practicable.

42 U.S.C. § 10144

Pub. L. 97-425, title I, §124, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat. 2229.
Secretary
The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Energy.
repository
The term "repository" means any system licensed by the Commission that is intended to be used for, or may be used for, the permanent deep geologic disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, whether or not such system is designed to permit the recovery, for a limited period during initial operation, of any materials placed in such system. Such term includes both surface and subsurface areas at which high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel handling activities are conducted.