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William Bryan: “A point I want to make very emphatically is the Senator from Idaho is quoting from only a part of the preemption…”

On the recordJuly 31, 1996
A point I want to make very emphatically is the Senator from Idaho is quoting from only a part of the preemption language. The preemption language, in effect, says that if the requirements of any Federal, State, or local law are inconsistent with--inconsistent with--or duplicative. So the point I made, I think, is a telling one and one that is irrefutable, in my opinion, namely that all of these environmental laws that we talked about, if there is a conflict, do not apply. I must say that in terms of public policy, putting aside one's view for the moment of how you feel about nuclear waste and any urgency that may or may not be present, what a disastrous public policy it is to wipe out the environmental laws, and that is why every environmental organization has opposed this language and that is why the Environmental Protection Agency has strongly resisted it.
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William Bryan
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Discussing the implications of preemption language on environmental laws related to nuclear waste.

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