AUTHORIZATION AND FUNDING FOR ROCKY FLATS AGREEMENT

SEC. 3153. AUTHORIZATION AND FUNDING FOR ROCKY FLATS AGREEMENT (a) Authorization.—(1) Using funds available pursuant to subsection (b), the Secretary of Energy shall make such payments as may be necessary— (A) to carry out the agreement entered into on June 16, 1989, between the Department of Energy and the State of Colorado with respect to the Rocky Flats Plant; and (B) to enable the State of Colorado to provide such assistance to the Colorado communities described in paragraph (2) as is necessary to ensure, through testing and related activities, that the drinking water of those communities is safe, pure, and clean. (2) The Colorado communities referred to in paragraph (1)(B) are those communities whose water supply flows through, runs off, or is otherwise affected by air or water emissions of, the Rocky Flats Plant. (b) Funding.—Of the funds appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 1990 pursuant to the authorization in this title for environmental restoration and management of defense waste, not more than $3,435,000 may be obligated to carry out the agreement referred to in subsection (a)(1)(A) and to provide for testing and related activities authorized under subsection (a)(2).