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HARRY HUGHES, Governor 1603
Approved May 31, 1983.
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CHAPTER 515
(House Bill 1541)
AN ACT concerning
Northeast Interstate Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Management Compact
FOR the purpose of enacting on the part of this State a compact
pursuant to State and federal law for the interstate
management of low-level radioactive waste to be called the
"Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management
Compact"; defining certain terms; providing for certain
rights, responsibilities, and obligations of the party
states; creating a Northeast Interstate Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Commission; providing for the membership
of the Commission; establishing procedures, a budgetary
system, and initial funding of the Commission; establishing
the powers and duties of the Commission; providing for a
host state selection process for the development and
operation of regional facilities; providing for certain fees
and surcharges; providing for the closure of a regional
facility under certain circumstances; providing for the
repeal of certain State and local laws and regulations;
prohibiting the enactment of certain State and local laws
and regulations; providing a list of initially eligible
states; providing for an expiration date of initial
eligibility; providing for Congressional Review and
ratification; providing for withdrawal from the Compact;
providing for termination of the Compact; providing for
enforcement of the provisions of the Compact; providing
certain prohibitive acts; providing for compensation and
cleanup during a regional facility's operation and
post-closure period; establishing a Commission compensation
and cleanup fund or insurance entity; providing for
utilization of the fund or insurance entity under certain
circumstances; providing for claims or suits against the
fund; providing for recovery for damages; providing for the
severability of this Act; and generally relating to the
Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management
Compact.
BY adding to
Article - Health - Environmental
Section 7-301 through 7-310 to be under the new
subtitle "Subtitle 3. Northeast Interstate Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Management Compact"
Annotated Code of Maryland
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