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Appendix G: Portions of the 1995 Settlement Agreement
Pages 181-182

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From page 181...
... The quotations shown here are those parts of the agreement most directly relevant to the DOE HLW program to remediate the calcine and SBW. "DOE shall treat all high-level waste currently at INEL so that it is ready to be moved out of Idaho for disposal by a target date of 2035." And "DOE agrees to treat spent fuel, high-level waste, and transuranic wastes in Idaho requiring treatment so as to permit ultimate disposal outside the State of Idaho." And "DOE shall commence calcination of sodium-bearing liquid high-level wastes by June 1, 2001.
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From page 182...
... Part B permit by December 1, 2012." And "In the event any required NEPA analysis results in the selection after October 16, 1995, of an action which conflicts win any action identified in this Agreement, DOE or the Navy may request a modification of this Agreement to conform the action in the Agreement to that selected action. Approval of such modification shall not be unreasonably withheld.
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