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 PUBLIC LAW 99-240—JAN. 15, 1986

99 STAT. 1845

"(F) an identification of any statutory authority required for disposal of such waste. "(4) The Secretary may not dispose of any radioactive waste designated a Federal responsibility pursuant to paragraph (b)(l)(D) that becomes a Federal responsibility for the first time pursuant to such paragraph until ninety days after the report prepared pursuant to paragraph (3) has been submitted to the Congress. "SEC. 4. REGIONAL COMPACTS FOR DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE.

Prohibition. Report.

42 USC 2021d.

"(a) IN GENERAL.— "(1) FEDERAL POLICY.—It is the policy of the Federal Govern-

ment that the responsibilities of the States under section 3 for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste can be most safely and effectively managed on a regional basis. "(2) INTERSTATE COMPACTS.—To carry out the policy set forth in paragraph (1), the States may enter into such compacts as may be necessary to provide for the establishment and operation of regional disposal facilities for low-level radioactive waste. "Oa) APPLICABILITY TO FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— "(A) ACTIVITIES OF THE SECRETARY.—Except as provided in

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Prohibition.

subparagraph (B), no compact or action taken under a compact shall be applicable to the transportation, management, or disposal of any low-level radioactive waste designated in section 3(a)(l)(B)(i)-(iii). "(B) FEDERAL LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSED OF

AT NON-FEDERAL FACiliTiES.—Low-level radioactive waste owned or generated by the Federal Government that is disposed of at a regional disposal facility or non-Federal disposal facility within a State that is not a member of a compact shall be subject to the same conditions, regulations, requirements, fees, taxes, and surcharges imposed by the compact commission, and by the State in which such facility is located, in the same manner and to the same extent as any low-level radioactive waste not generated by the Federal Government. "(2) FEDERAL LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL FACILI-

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TIES.—Any low-level radioactive waste disposal facility established or operated exclusively for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste owned or generated by the Federal Government shall not be subject to any compact or any action taken under a compact. "(3) EFFECT OF COMPACTS ON FEDERAL LAW.—Nothing con- Prohibition. tained in this Act or any compact may be construed to confer any new authority on any compact commission or State— "(A) to regulate the packaging, generation, treatment, Transportation. storage, disposal, or transportation of low-level radioactive Regulations. waste in a manner incompatible with the regulations of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or inconsistent with the regulations of the Department of Transportation; "(B) to regulate health, safety, or environmental hazards Health. from source material, byproduct material, or specigd nu- Safety. Pollution. clear material; "(C) to inspect the facilities of licensees of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;

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