Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 99 Part 2.djvu/800

 99 STAT. 1910

PUBLIC LAW 99-240—JAN. 15, 1986 "ARTICLE L POLICY AND PURPOSE

Research and development.

42 USC 2021b note.

Health. Safety.

"There is hereby created the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact. The party states recognize that the Congress has declared that each state is responsible for providing for the availability of capacity, either within or outside its borders, for disposal of low-level radioactive waste generated within its borders, except for waste generated as a result of atomic energy defense activities of the federal government, as defined in the LowLevel Radioactive Waste Policy Act (P.L. 96-573, 'The Act'), 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 Act has provided for and encouraged the development of regional low-level radioactive waste compacts to manage such waste. The party states recognize that the long-term, safe and efficient management of lowlevel radioactive waste generated within the region requires that sufficient capacity to manage such waste be properly provided. "In order to promote the health and safety of the region, it is the policy of the party states to: enter into a regional low-level radioactive waste management compact as a means of facilitating an interstate cooperative effort, provide for proper transportation of low-level waste generated in the region, minimize the number of facilities required to effectively and efficiently manage low-level radioactive wsiste generated in the region, encourage the reduction of the amounts of low-level waste generated in the region, distribute the costs, benefits, and obligations of proper low-level radioactive waste management equitably among the party states, and ensure the environmentfdly sound and economical management of low-level radioactive waste. "ARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS

"As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires a different construction: "a. 'commission' means the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission established pursuant to Article IV of this compact; "b. 'custodial agency' means the agency of the government designated to act on behalf of the government owner of the regional facility; c. 'disposal' means the isolation of low-level radioactive waste from the biosphere inhabited by man and his food chains; "d. 'facility' means a parcel of land, together with the structures, equipment and improvements thereon or appurtenant thereto, which is used or is being developed for the treatment, storage or disposal of low-level waste, but shall not include onsite treatment or storage by a generator; "e. 'generator' means a person who produces or processes lowlevel waste, but does not include persons who only provide a service by arranging for the collection, transportation, treatment, storage or disposal of wastes generated outside the region; "f. 'high-level waste' means 1) the highly radioactive material resulting from the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, including liquid waste produced directly in reprocessing and any solid material derived from such liquid waste that contains fission

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