Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 2.djvu/797

 PUBLIC LAW 99-240—JAN. 15, 1986

99 STAT. 1907

"(iv) Shall keep a current inventory of all regional facilities, including information on the size, capacity, location, specific wastes capable of being maneiged and the projected useful life of each regional facility; "(v) May keep a current inventory of all low-level waste facilities in the region, based upon information provided by the party states; "(vi) Shall ascertain on a continuing basis the needs for regional facilities and capacity to manage each of the various classes of low-level waste; "(vii) May develop a regional low-level waste management plan; "(viii) May establish such advisory committees as it deems necessary for the purpose of advising the board on matters pertaining to the management of low-level waste; "(ix) May contract as it deems appropriate to accomplish its duties and effectuate its powers, subject to its projected available resources; but no contract made by the board shall bind any party state; "(x) Shall make suggestions to appropriate officials of the party states to ensure that adequate emergency response programs are available for dealing with any exigency that might arise with respect to low-level waste transportation or management; "(xi) Shall prepare contingency plans, with the cooperation and approval of the host state, for management of low-level waste in the event any regional facility should be closed; "(xii) May examine all records of operators of regional facilities pertaining to operating costs, profits or the assessment or collection of any charge, fee or surcharge; "(xiii) Shall have the power to sue; and "(xiv) When authorized by unanimous vote of its members, may intervene as of right in any administrative or judicial proceeding involving low-level waste.

Contracts. Prohibition.

Records.

"ARTICLE VII. PROHIBITED ACTS AND PENALTIES

"(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose of low-level waste within the region, except at a regional facility; provided, however, that a generator who, prior to January 1, 1982, had been disposing of only his own waste on his own property may, subject to applicable federal and state law, continue to do so. (b) After January 1, 1986, it shall be unlawful for any person to export low-level waste which was generated within the region outside the region unless authorized to do so by the board. In determining whether to grant such authorization, the factors to be considered by the board shall include, but not be limited to, the following: "(i) The economic impact of the export of the waste on the regional facilities; "(ii) The economic impact on the generator of refusing to permit the export of the waste; and "(iii) The availability of a regional facility appropriate for the disposal of the waste involved. "(c) After January 1, 1986, it shall be unlawful for any person to manage any low-level waste within the region unless the waste was generated within the region or unless authorized to do so both by the board and by the state in which said management takes place.

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