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Construction of the TX Energy, LLC, Industrial Gasification Facility near Beaumont, Texas

Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin) has requested to interconnect their proposed new Belfield to Rhame 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission line and new Rhame Substation (Project) to the Western Area Power Administration's (Western) transmission system at Western's existing Belfield Substation.

Belfield to Rhame Transmission Line Project Stark, Slope, and Bowman Counties, North Dakota

Since the 1 9501s, the Department of Energy and its predecessor agencies have provided nuclear materials, including various forms of uranium and plutonium, to academic institutions, conlmercial facilities and other government agencies. The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 provided authority for these materials to be loaned or leased for research, educational or medical purposes, or for other projects consistent with the Department's mission. As of the end of September 2007, 101 domestic facilities had Departmentowned nuclear materials in their possession.

The Department's Management of Nuclear Materials Provided to Domestic Licensees

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has approximately 322 cubic meters (979 containers), of remote-handled (RH) waste stored at the Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) and the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (INTEC) on the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site. These RH wastes require further processing before being disposed. A portion of this RH waste is RH transuranic (TRU). The DOE must take action to comply with the Idaho Settlement Agreement and Consent Order (Idaho 1995) mandating that INL TRU waste be shipped out of Idaho by a target date of December 31, 2015, and no later than December 31, 2018. The DOE is also required to comply with the INL Site Treatment Plan Consent Order (DOE-ID 1995), which defines firm and enforceable actions (near-term milestones) to meet the legal and regulatory storage prohibitions and treatment requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) (42 USC § 6901), the Hazardous Waste Management Act (HWMA) (Idaho Code § 39-4401), and Federal Facility Compliance Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-386).

Remote-handled Waste Disposition Project

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has approximately 322 cubic meters (979 containers), of remote-handled (RH) waste stored at the Materials and Fuels Complex (MFC) and the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (INTEC) on the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site. These RH wastes require further processing before being disposed. A portion of this RH waste is RH transuranic (TRU). The DOE must take action to comply with the Idaho Settlement Agreement and Consent Order (Idaho 1995) mandating that INL TRU waste be shipped out of Idaho by a target date of December 31, 2015, and no later than December 31, 2018. The DOE is also required to comply with the INL Site Treatment Plan Consent Order (DOE-ID 1995), which defines firm and enforceable actions (near-term milestones) to meet the legal and regulatory storage prohibitions and treatment requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) (42 USC § 6901), the Hazardous Waste Management Act (HWMA) (Idaho Code § 39-4401), and Federal Facility Compliance Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-386).

Remote-handled Waste Dispoisition Project