HARRY HUGHES, Governor                               2269

ISSUE A PERMIT UNDER THIS SUBTITLE FOR THE DISPOSAL OF
LOW-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE IF:

(1)  THE PERMIT IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS OF AN INTERSTATE COMPACT, OF WHICH THIS STATE IS
A MEMBER, WHICH GOVERNS THE DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL NUCLEAR
WASTE; OR

(2)  UPON A FINDING BY THE GOVERNOR, PURSUANT TO
BY PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER, THE GOVERNOR FINDS THAT
THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL LIKELIHOOD THAT THE ABSENCE OF A
STORAGE OR DISPOSAL SITE FOR LOW-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES IN OR
OUT OF THIS STATE WILL CAUSE A CESSATION WITHIN THIS STATE
OF POWER GENERATION, MEDICAL TREATMENTS OR DIAGNOSIS,
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, OR OTHER ACTIVITY RELYING UPON NUCLEAR
SOURCES, AND WHICH IS AN EMERGENCY OR PRESENTING A SERIOUS
THREAT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY OR HEALTH; OR

(3)  THE DEPARTMENT DETERMINES, UNDER STANDARDS
ADOPTED BY REGULATION, THAT:

(I)  THE HALF-LIVES OR SPECIFIC ACTIVITY OF
THE LOW-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE IS, OR WITHIN A PERIOD NOT IN
EXCESS OF 6 3 6 MONTHS WILL BE, AT SUCH A LEVEL THAT THE
WASTE DOES NOT REQUIRE SPECIAL HANDLING OR SUBSURFACE
DISPOSAL OR STORAGE; AND

(II)  THE LOW-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE CAN BE
DISPOSED OF IN THE SAME MANNER AS OTHER HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
OR HANDLED AS CONVENTIONAL WASTE.

(C) (1) AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION
SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY WITHIN THE FIRST

10 DAYS OF A REGULAR SESSION. AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT HAS

BEEN SUBMITTED SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE DESIGNATED
IN THE ORDER UNLESS SPECIFICALLY DISAPPROVED, WITHIN 50 DAYS
AFTER THE DAE OF SUBMISSION, BY A RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL
CONCURRED IN BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF EACH
HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

(2) IF AN EXECUTIVE ORDER IS SUBMITTED TO THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN A SPECIAL SESSION, THE EXECUTIVE ORDER
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE DESIGNATED IN THE ORDER

UNLESS SPECIFICALLY DISAPPROVED, BEFORE THE DATE OF

ADJOURNMENT OF THE SPECIAL SESSION, BY A RESOLUTION OF

DISAPPROVAL CONCURRED IN BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE

MEMBERSHIP OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBMITTED
TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE 30 DAYS
AFTER THE DATE OF SUBMISSION UNLESS SPECIFICALLY DISAPPROVED
BY A RESOLUTION CONCURRED IN BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE
MEMBERSHIP OF EACH HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, DURING A
REGULAR OR SPECIAL SESSION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this
subtitle shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to