DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PRIVATIZATION.

SEC. 3105. DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PRIVATIZATION. (a) In General.—Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2000 for privatization initiatives in carrying out environmental restoration and waste management activities necessary for national security programs in the amount of $228,000,000, to be allocated as follows: Project 98–PVT–2, spent nuclear fuel dry storage, Idaho Falls, Idaho, $5,000,000. Project 98–PVT–5, environmental management and waste disposal, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $20,000,000. Project 97–PVT–l, tank waste remediation system phase I, Hanford, Washington, $106,000,000. Project 97–PVT–2, advanced mixed waste treatment facility, Idaho Falls, Idaho, $110,000,000. Project 97–PVT–3, transuranic waste treatment, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, $12,000,000. (b) Explanation of Adjustment.—The amount authorized to be appropriated in subsection (a) is the sum of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the projects in that subsection reduced by $25,000,000 for use of prior year balances of funds for defense environmental management privatization.