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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 240

(A)  "HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE" DEFINED.

IN THIS SECTION, "HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE" MEANS:

(1)  SPENT NUCLEAR REACTOR FUEL;

(2)  LIQUID WASTE THAT RESULTS FROM THE
OPERATION, IN A FACILITY FOR REPROCESSING SPENT NUCLEAR
FUEL, OF A FIRST CYCLE SOLVENT EXTRACTION SYSTEM OR AN
EQUIVALENT SYSTEM;

(3)  CONCENTRATED WASTE FROM THE OPERATION, IN A
FACILITY FOR REPROCESSING SPENT NUCLEAR REACTOR FUEL, OF A
SUBSEQUENT CYCLE SOLVENT EXTRACTION SYSTEM OR AN EQUIVALENT
SYSTEM; OR

(4)  ANY SOLID INTO WHICH ANY WASTE THAT IS
DESCRIBED IN ITEM (2) OR (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION HAS BEEN
CONVERTED.

(B)  SCOPE OF SECTION.

THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
THIS STATE, ANY COUNTY, MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, OR OTHER
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE, OR ANY OF THEIR UNITS.

(C)  HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE FACILITY.

EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW,
A PERSON MAY NOT ESTABLISH OR OPERATE A HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR
WASTE FACILITY FOR THE TREATMENT, PERMANENT STORAGE, OR
DISPOSAL OF ANY HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE OR TRANSURANIC
WASTE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsections (a) and (b) of this section
are new language derived without substantive
change from former Article 43, § 689B(a) and (b).

Subsection (c) of this section formerly appeared
as Article 43, § 689C(a).

Subsection (b) of this section reflects the
narrower meaning of "person" in former Article
43, §§ 689B and 689C than in the parts of the
Natural Resources Article that are revised in
this subtitle.

See also Title 3 of the Natural Resources Article
as to the Hazardous Waste Facilities Siting
Board, which issues Certificate of Public
Necessity related to the location of a "hazardous
waste facility".

7-226. CONTROLLED HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE NOTIFICATION REPORT.