§2589 — Title 50 War and National Defense | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of Energy must have a policy in place by October 1, 2005, that says which Department officers will handle future defense cleanup and related work and exactly what each officer must do. "Future defense environmental management matter" — any cleanup, decontamination, decommissioning, waste management, or related activity tied to national security that starts after November 24, 2003, but not projects already assigned to the Environmental Management program as of that date. Starting with the budget for fiscal year 2006 and for every year after, the Secretary must make sure the budget papers sent to Congress with the President’s budget show this policy. The Secretary must make the policy in consultation with the Administrator for Nuclear Security and the Under Secretary for Energy, Science, and Environment. For the fiscal year 2005 budget, the Secretary must include a report showing the planned policy and listing the officers and their duties.

Title 50, §2589

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(a)(1)Commencing not later than October 1, 2005, the Secretary of Energy shall have in effect a policy for carrying out future defense environmental management matters of the Department of Energy. The policy shall specify each officer within the Department with responsibilities for carrying out that policy and, for each such officer, the nature and extent of those responsibilities.

(2)In paragraph (1), the term “future defense environmental management matter” means any environmental cleanup project, decontamination and decommissioning project, waste management project, or related activity that arises out of the activities of the Department in carrying out programs necessary for national security and is to be commenced after November 24, 2003. However, such term does not include any such project or activity the responsibility for which has been assigned, as of November 24, 2003, to the Environmental Management program of the Department.

(b)For fiscal year 2006 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall ensure that the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Energy budget for such fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31) reflect the policy required by subsection (a).

(c)The Secretary shall carry out this section in consultation with the Administrator for Nuclear Security and the Under Secretary of Energy for Energy, Science, and Environment.

(d)The Secretary shall include with the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Energy budget for fiscal year 2005 (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31) a report on the policy that the Secretary plans to have in effect under subsection (a) as of October 1, 2005. The report shall specify the officers and responsibilities referred to in subsection (a).

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004, and not as part of the Atomic Energy Defense Act which comprises this chapter.

§2589 Policy of Department of Energy Regarding Future Defense Environmental Management Matters

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