Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 2.djvu/761

 PUBLIC LAW 99-240—JAN. 15, 1986

99 STAT. 1871

"h. This compact shall be terminated when all party states have withdrawn pursuant to section d. of this Article. "ARTICLE

VIII.

Termination.

PENALTIES

"a. Each party state, consistent with its own law, shall prescribe and enforce penalties against any person for violation of any provision of this compact. "b. Each party state acknowledges that the receipt by a regional facility of waste packaged or transported in violation of applicable laws and regulations can result in sanctions which may include suspension or revocation of the violator's right of access to the regional facility.

Regulations,

"ARTICLE IX. SEVERABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION

"The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to the Constitution of any participating state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If any provision of this compact shall be held contrary to the Constitution of any state participating therein, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters. The provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed to give effect to the purpose thereof.".

Provisions held invalid.

SEC. 223. SOUTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPACT.

42 USC 2021d note.

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 the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia to enter into the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact. Such compact is substantially as follows:

Alabama. Florida. Georgia. Mississippi. North Carolina. South Carolina. Tennessee. Virginia.

"SOUTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPACT "ARTICLE 1 POLICY AND PURPOSE

"There is hereby created the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Research and Radioactive Waste Management Compact. The party States recog- development. nize and declare that each stete is responsible for providing for the availability of capacity either within or outside the State for disposal of low-level radioactive waste generated within its borders, except for waste generated as a result of defense activities of the federal government or federal research and development activities. They also recognize that the management of low-level radioactive waste is handled most efficiently on a regional basis. The party states further recognize that the Congress of the United States, by enacting the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act (Public Law 96-573), has provided for and encouraged the development of low- 42 USC 2021b note.

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