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 PUBLIC LAW 103-439—NOV. 2, 1994 108 STAT. 4607 Public Law 103-439 103d Congress An Act To grant the consent of the Congress to amendments to the Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Amendments Consent Act of 1994". SEC. 2. CONDITIONS OF CONSENT TO COMPACT AMENDMENTS. The consent of the Congress to the compact amendments set forth in section 3— (1) shall become effective on the date of the enactment of this Act; (2) is granted subject to the provisions of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 2021b et seq.); and (3) is granted only for so long as the regional commission established in the amended compact complies with all of the provisions of such Act. SEC. 3. CONSENT OF CONGRESS TO COMPACT AMENDMENTS. In accordance with section 4(a)(2) of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 2021d(a)(2)), the consent of the Congress is hereby given to amendments made by the States of Illinois and Kentucky to the Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact, which compact was consented to by the Congress in section 224 of the Omnibus Low-Level Radioactive Waste Interstate Compact Consent Act (Public Law 99-240; 42 U.S.C. 2021 note). The amendments to which such consent is given are substantially as follows: (1) The 2d undesignated paragraph of article I of the compact is amended to read as follows: The states party to this compact recognize that the Congress of the United States, by enacting the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 2021), has provided for and encouraged the development of low-level radioactive waste compacts as a tool for managing such waste. The party states also recognize that the management of low-level radioactive waste is handled most efficiently on a regional basis; and, that the safe and efficient management of low-level radioactive waste generated within the region requires that sufficient capacity to manage such waste be properly provided.". Nov. 2, 1994 [H.R. 4814] Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Amendments Consent Act of 1994. Illinois. Kentucky. Effective date. 42 USC 2021d note. 99 Stat. 1880.

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