2248

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 550

(3) SOLIDS INTO WHICH LIQUID WASTES, AS PROVIDED
IN PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION, HAVE BEEN CONVERTED.

(C)  "LOW-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES" MEANS ALL RADIOACTIVE
WASTES THAT ARE NOT HIGH LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES WASTES
CONTAINING OR CONTAMINATED WITH RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
EMITTING PRIMARILY BETA OR GAMMA RADIATION, NOT HIGH-LEVEL
NUCLEAR WASTES, AND WHICH ARE NOT TRANSURANIC WASTES.

(D)  "TRANSURANIC WASTE" MEANS WASTE MATERIAL MEASURED
OR ASSUMED TO CONTAIN TEN NANOCURIES OR MORE OF TRANSURANIC
ACTIVITY PER GRAM OF WASTE.

689C.

(A) (A) EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY
FEDERAL LAW, A PERSON MAY NOT ESTABLISH OR OPERATE A
FACILITY FOR THE PERMANENT STORAGE OR DISPOSAL OF HIGH-LEVEL
NUCLEAR WASTES OR TRANSURANIC WASTES IN THIS STATE.

(B) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SUBTITLE
PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 8-1413.2 TO 8-1413.4 OF THE NATURAL
RESOURCES ARTICLE, A PERSON MAY NOT ESTABLISH OR OPERATE A
FACILITY FOR THE PERMANENT STORAGE OR DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL
NUCLEAR WASTES IN THIS STATE.

689D.

(A) (A) THE GOVERNOR MAY NEGOTIATE AN INTERSTATE
COMPACT PROVIDING FOR THE STORAGE OR DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL
NUCLEAR WASTES ON A REGIONAL BASIS.

(B) UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY FEDERAL LAW, AN
INTERSTATE COMPACT ENTERED INTO BY THIS STATE UNDER THIS
SUBTITLE SHALL INCLUDE PROVISIONS LIMITING THE STORAGE OR
DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES UNDER THE INTERSTATE
COMPACT TO LOW-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES PRODUCED IN STATES THAT
ARE MEMBERS OF THE INTERSTATE COMPACT.

(B) ANY INTERSTATE COMPACT ENTERED INTO THIS STATE
UNDER THIS SUBTITLE SHALL INCLUDE PROVISIONS LIMITING THE
STORAGE OR DISPOSAL OF LOW LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES UNDER THE
INTERSTATE COMPACT TO LOW LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES PRODUCED IN
STATES THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THE INTERSTATE COMPACT.

689E.

(A) SUBJECT TO AN INTERSTATE COMPACT PROVIDING FOR THE
STORAGE OR DISPOSAL OF LOW LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES IN THIS
STATE, A PERSON MAY ESTABLISH OR OPERATE A FACILITY FOR THE
PERMANENT STORAGE OR DISPOSAL OF LOW LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES IN
THIS STATE BY OBTAINING A LICENSE FROM THE DEPARTMENT.

(B) AN APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE UNDER THIS SUBTITLE
SHALL CONTAIN: