Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 2.djvu/755

 PUBLIC LAW 99-240—JAN. 15, 1986

99 STAT. 1865

" j. 'party state' means any state which is a signatory party to this compact; "k. 'person' means any individual, corporation, business enterprise, or other legal entity, either public or private; "1. 'region' means the area of the party states; "m. 'regional facility' means a facility which is located within the region and which has been approved by the Commission for the benefit of the party States; "n. 'site' means any property which is owned or leased by a generator and is contiguous to or divided only by a public or private way from the source of generation; "o. 'state' means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands or any other territorial possession of the United States; "p. 'storage' means the holding of waste for treatment or disposal; and "q. 'treatment' means any method, technique or process, including storage for radioactive decay, designed to change the physical, chemical or biological characteristics or composition of any waste in order to render such waste after for transport or management, amendable for recovery, convertible to another usable material, or reduced in volume. "ARTICLE III. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

"a. There shall be provided within the region one or more regional facilities which together provide sufficient capacity to manage all wastes generated within the region. It shall be the duty of regional facilities to accept compatible wastes generated in and from party states, and meeting the requirements of this Act, and each party state shall have the right to have the wastes generated within its borders managed at such facility. "b. To the extent authorized by Federal law and host State law, a Regulation, host state shall regulate and license any regional facility within its borders and ensure the extended care of such facility. "c. Rates shall be charged to any user of the regional facility, set by the operator of a regional facility and shall be fair and reasonable and be subject to the approval of the host state. Such approval shall be basediupon criteria established by the Commission. '^d. A host state may establish fees which shall be charged to any user of a regional facility and which shall be in addition to the rates approved pursuant to section c. of this Article, for any regional facility within its borders. Such fees shall be reasonable and shall provide the host state with sufficient revenue to cover any costs associated with such facilities. If such fees have been reviewed and approved by the Commission and to the extent that such revenue is insufficient, all party states shall share the costs in a manner to be determined by the Commission. "e. To the extent authorized by Federal law, each party state is Regulation, responsible for enforcing any applicable Federal and state laws and Transportation, regulations pertaining to the packaging and transportation of waste generated within or passing through its borders and shall adopt practices that will ensure that waste shipments originating within its borders and destined for a regional facility will conform to applicable packaging and transportation laws and regulations. 'f. Each party state has the right to rely on the good faith performance of each other party state.

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