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 102 STAT. 472

Safety.

PUBLIC LAW 100-319—MAY 19, 1988

"Whereas, Under section 4(a)(l)(A) of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act (42 U.S.C. § 2021d(a)(l)(A)), each state is responsible for providing for the capacity for disposal of low-level radioactive waste generated within its borders; "Whereas, To promote the health, safety and welfare of residents within, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and other eligible states as defined in Article 5(A) of this compact shall enter into a compact for the regional management and disposal of low-level radioactive waste. "Now, therefore, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the state of West Virginia and other eligible states hereby agree to enter into the Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact. "Article I "Definitions "As used in this compact, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "(a) 'Broker' means any intermediate person who handles, treats, processes, stores, packages, ships or otherwise has responsibility for or possesses low-level waste obtained from a generator. "(b) 'Carrier' means a person who transports low-level waste to a regional facility. "(c) 'Commission' means the Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission. "(d) 'Disposal' means the isolation of low-level waste from the biosphere. "(e) 'Facility' means any real or personal property within the region, and improvements thereof or thereon, and any and all plant structures, machinery and equipment acquired, constructed, operated or maintained for the management or disposal of low-level waste. "(f) 'Generate' means to produce low-level waste requiring disposal. "(g) 'Generator' means a person whose activity results in the production of low-level waste requiring disposal. "(h) 'Hazardous life' means the time required for radioactive materials to decay to safe levels, as defined by the time period for the concentration of radioactive materials within a given container or package to decay to maximum permissible concentrations as defined by Federal law or by standards to be set by a host state, whichever is more restrictive. "(i) 'Host state' means Pennsylvania or other party state so designated by the Commission in accordance with Article 3 of this compact. "(j) 'Institutional control period' means the time of the continued observation, monitoring and care of the regional facility following transfer of control from the operator to the custodial agency. "(k) 'Low-level waste' means radioactive waste that: "(1) is neither high-level waste or transuranic waste, nor spent nuclear fuel, nor by-product material as defined in Section 11(e)(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 as amended; and "(2) is classified by the Federal Government as low-level waste, consistent with existing law; but does not include waste generated as a result of atomic energy defense activities of the

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