congress had to force whip on carlsbad? it was not real readily accepted by the people of new mexico? we were sued several times and everything else. so sometimes these things have to get done one way or another. has the department embraced the blue ribbon commission recommendations, and if so, will it require legislation to implement some of those provisions, and if so, will you present that to congress or will it be done by administrative fiats such as closing yucca mountain? >> no, i think it's very clear that congress will have to play a very key role if it wants to amend the nuclear waste act. and so -- and that was very clearly stated in the blue ribbon commission. >> it would take amendment of the nuclear waste act? >> it depends what parts you're talking about. for example, one of the recommendations was that -- there are fees collected from the power generators, and those fees are a considerable amount of money, three-quarters of a billion dollars a year. and they recommended that some fraction of those fees start

back in the beginning, congress had to force whip on carlsbad. it was not readily accepted by the people of new mexico. we were sued several times. sometimes these things have to get done one way or another which is the issue at yucca mountain obviously. has the department embraced the blue ribbon commission's recommendations? and if so will it require legislation to implement some of those? will you do that by administrative fiat? >> it is very clear congress will have to play a very key role if it wants to amend the nuclear waste acts. so that was clearly stated in the blue ribbon commission. >> it would take an amendment -- >> the pens what part you are talking about. for example, one of the recommendations there were fees collected to power generators. those fees, a considerable amount of money. they recommended a fraction of those fees -- if a semi private organization -- because it gives -- takes away from yearly appropriations and put on a more professional basis and it can start with a small fraction but to let that began, results were qu

caltrans says on a normal day one of the 40,000 carlsbad's to the toll plaza. there are reporting today traffic is lighter than normal. it appears the drivers are getting the message about the closure. caltrans has been out here all day not only to close lanes but to work on the construction they have planned for this weekend. they will be here all evening. we will have details of three of the night. >>grant: the powell street on ramp is going to be closing, westbound 80, of course, the connector to the bridge, the 580 connector, the northbound 880 connector and the west grant ramp. that is where we find reggie kumar. reggie, how are things looking? >>reggie: right now traffic is moving smoothly. we saw a couple a chp officers drive up there getting ready to close down this on ramp. once they do that, if drivers tried to sneak through before that 8:00 p.m. deadline, they could be turned around because the toll plaza is completely shutting down at 8:00 p.m.. the chp will be escorting those drivers to the san francisco side. during past bridge closure is we have