Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 2.djvu/759

 PUBLIC LAW 99-240—JAN. 15, 1986

99 STAT. 1869

ance with the proposal originally submitted to the Commission or as modified with the approval of the Commission; and "2. require the appropriate state or states or the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to process all applications for permits and licenses required for the development and operation of any regional facility or facilities within a reasonable period from the time that a completed application is submitted, "f. The preliminary selection or selections made by the Commission pursuant to this Article shall become final and receive the Commission's approval as a regional facility upon the issuance of license by the licensing authority. If a proposed regional facility fails to become licensed, the Commission shall make another selection pursuant to the procedures identified in this Article. "g. The Commission may, by two-thirds affirmative vote of its membership, revoke the membership of any party state which, after notice and hearing, shall be found to have arbitrarily or capriciously denied or delayed the issuance of a license or permit to any person authorized by the Commission to apply for such license or permit. Revocation shall be in the same manner as provided for in section e. of Article VII. "ARTICLE VI. OTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS

"a. Nothing in this compact shall be construed to: " 1. Abrogate or limit the applicability of any act of Congress or diminish or otherwise impair the jurisdiction of any Federal agency expressly conferred thereon by the Congress; "2. prevent the application of any law which is not otherwise inconsistent with this compact; "3. prohibit or otherwise restrict the management and waste on the site where it is generated if such is otherwise lawful; "4. affect any judicial or administrative proceeding pending on the effective date of this compact; "5. alter the relations between, and the respective internal responsibilities of, the government of a' party state and its subdivisions; and "6. affect the generation or management of waste generated by the Federal government or federal research and development activities, "b. No party state shall pass or enforce any law or regulation which is inconsistent with this compact. "c. All laws and regulations or parts thereof of any party state which are inconsistent with this compact are hereby declared null and void for purposes of this compact. Any legal right, obligation, violation or penalty arising under such laws or regulations prior to enactment of this compact shall not be affected. "d. No law or regulation of a party state or of any subdivision or instrumentality thereof may be applied so as to restrict or make more costly or inconvenient access to any regional facility by the generators of another party state than for the generators of the state where the facility is situated. "ARTICLE VII. ELIGIBLE PARTIES, WITHDRAWAL, REVOCATION, ENTRY INTO FORCE, TERMINATION

"a. This compact shall have as initially eligible parties the states of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri,

Prohibition.

Research and development. Prohibition. Regulations.

Prohibition. Regulations.

Arkansas. Iowa. Kansas. Louisiana. Minnesota. Missouri. Nebraska. North Dakota. Oklahoma.

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