12 2 STA T .586PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 181 —J A N .28 , 2008 onthes t a t u so f the en vir on m enta l mana g ement initiatives un d er - ta k entoa c celerate the reduction of the environmental risks and challenges that , as a result of the legac y of the C old W ar, are faced b y the D e p artment of E nergy, contractors of the Department, and applicable F ederal and S tate agencies w ith regulatory j urisdic- tion .( b ) E LEM E NTS . —T he report re q uired by subsection (a) shall include the following
( 1 ) A discussion and assessment of the progress made in reducing the environmental risks and challenges described in subsection (a) in each of the following areas: (A) Acquisition strategy and contract management. ( B ) R egulatory agreements. (C) I nterim storage and final disposal of high-level waste, spent nuclear fuel, transuranic waste, and low-level waste. (D) Closure and transfer of environmental remediation sites. (E) Achievements in innovation by contractors of the Department with respect to accelerated risk reduction and cleanup. (F) Consolidation of special nuclear materials and improvements in safeguards and security. ( 2 ) An assessment of whether legislative changes or clari- fications would improve or accelerate environmental manage- ment activities. ( 3 ) A listing of the major mandatory milestones and commitments by site, by type of agreement, and by year to the e x tent that they are currently defined, together with a summary of the major mandatory milestones by site that are projected to be missed or are in jeopardy of being missed, with categories to explain the reason for non-compliance. ( 4 ) An estimate of the life cycle cost of the current scope of the environmental management program as of O ctober 1, 2 0 0 7 , by project baseline summary and summari z ed by site, including assumptions impacting cost projections and descrip- tions of the work to be done at each site. ( 5 ) For environmental cleanup liabilities and excess facili- ties projected to be transferred to the environmental manage- ment program, a description of the process for nomination and acceptance of new work scope into the program, a listing of pending nominations, and life cycle cost estimates and sched- ules to address them. (c) RE VI E WBY C O M P T R OLLER G ENER A L.— N ot later than M arch 30, 200 9 , the Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing a review of the report required by subsection (a). Subti t leD—N u c le arT err o ri smP re v e n tion SEC.31 31. D E FIN I T I O NS. In this subtitle: (1) The term ‘ ‘Convention on the P hysical Protection of Nuclear Material ’ ’ means the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, signed at New Y ork and V ienna March 3, 19 8 0. 2 2 USC3 2 4 4 note.
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