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HARRY HUGHES, Governor 1595
(D) THE VOLUMES AND TYPES OF WASTE GENERATED
WITHIN EACH PARTY STATE;
(E) THE MINIMIZATION OF WASTE TRANSPORTATION;
AND
(F) THE EXISTENCE OF REGIONAL FACILITIES WITHIN
THE PARTY STATES.
2. FOLLOWING ITS ESTABLISHED CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES,
THE COMMISSION SHALL DESIGNATE BY A TWO-THIRDS AFFIRMATIVE VOTE A
PARTY STATE TO SERVE AS A HOST STATE. A CURRENT HOST STATE SHALL
HAVE THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL FOR A SUCCEEDING REGIONAL
FACILITY.
3. THE COMMISSION SHALL CONDUCT SUCH HEARINGS AND
STUDIES, AND TAKE SUCH EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY AS IS REQUIRED BY
ITS APPROVED PROCEDURES PRIOR TO DESIGNATING A HOST STATE.
PUBLIC HEARINGS SHALL BE HELD UPON REQUEST IN EACH CANDIDATE HOST
STATE PRIOR TO FINAL EVALUATION AND SELECTION.
4. A PARTY STATS WHICH HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A HOST
STATE BY THE COMMISSION AND WHICH FAILS TO FULFILL ITS
OBLIGATIONS AS A HOST STATE MAY HAVE ITS PRIVILEGES UNDER THE
COMPACT SUSPENDED OR MEMBERSHIP IN THE COMPACT REVOKED BY THE
COMMISSION.
D. EACH HOST STATE SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TIMELY
IDENTIFICATION OF A SITE AMD THE TIMELY DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION
OF A REGIONAL FACILITY. THE PROPOSED FACILITY SHALL MEET
GEOLOGIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC CRITERIA WHICH SHALL NOT
CONFLICT WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND HOST STATE LAWS AND
REGULATIONS.
I. TO THE EXTENT MOT PROHIBITED BY FEDERAL LAW, A
HOST STATE MAY REGULATE AND LICENSE ANY FACILITY WITHIN ITS
BORDERS.
2. TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY FEDERAL LAW, A
HOST STATE SHALL ENSURE THE SAFE OPERATION, CLOSURE, POST-CLOSURE
OBSERVATION AND MAINTENANCE, AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTROL OF A
FACILITY, INCLUDING ADEQUATE FINANCIAL ASSURANCES BY THE OPERATOR
AND ADEQUATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCEDURES. IT SHALL
PERIODICALLY REVIEW AND REPORT TO THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF
THE POST-CLOSURE AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTROL FUNDS AND THE
REMAINING USEFUL LIFE OF THE FACILITY.
3. A HOST STATE SHALL SOLICIT COMMENTS FROM EACH
PARTY STATE AND THE COMMISSION REGARDING THE SITING, OPERATION,
FINANCIAL ASSURANCES, CLOSURE, POST-CLOSURE OBSERVATION AND
MAINTENANCE, AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTROL OF A REGIONAL FACILITY.
E. A HOST STATE INTENDING TO CLOSE A REGIONAL FACILITY
WITHIN ITS BORDERS SHALL NOTIFY THE COMMISSION IN WRITING OF ITS
INTENTION AND THE REASONS THEREFORE.
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