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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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A. "COMMISSION" MEANS THE NORTHEAST INTERSTATE
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMMISSION ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE IV OF THIS COMPACT;
B. "CUSTODIAL AGENCY" MEANS THE AGENCY OF THE
GOVERNMENT DESIGNATED TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OWNER OF
THE REGIONAL FACILITY;
C. "DISPOSAL" MEANS THE ISOLATION OF LOW-LEVEL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FROM THE BIOSPHERE INHABITED BY MAN AND HIS
FOOD CHAINS;
D. "FACILITY" MEANS A PARCEL OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH
THE STRUCTURES, EQUIPMENT, AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON OR
APPURTENANT THERETO, WHICH IS USED OR IS BEING DEVELOPED FOR THE
TREATMENT, STORAGE OR DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL WASTE, BUT SHALL NOT
INCLUDE ON-SITE TREATMENT OR STORAGE BY A GENERATOR;
E. "GENERATOR" MEANS A PERSON WHO PRODUCES OR
PROCESSES LOW-LEVEL WASTE, BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE PERSONS WHO ONLY
PROVIDE A SERVICE BY ARRANGING FOR THE COLLECTION,
TRANSPORTATION, TREATMENT, STORAGE, OR DISPOSAL OF WASTES
GENERATED OUTSIDE THE REGION;
F. "HIGH-LEVEL WASTE" MEANS (1) THE HIGHLY
RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL RESULTING FROM THE REPROCESSING OF SPENT
NUCLEAR FUEL, INCLUDING LIQUID WASTE PRODUCED DIRECTLY IN
REPROCESSING AND ANY SOLID MATERIAL DERIVED FROM SUCH LIQUID
WASTE THAT CONTAINS FISSION PRODUCTS, IN SUFFICIENT
CONCENTRATIONS; AND (2) ANY OTHER HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
DETERMINED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS REQUIRING PERMANENT
ISOLATION;
G. "HOST STATE" MEANS A PARTY STATE IN WHICH A
REGIONAL FACILITY IS LOCATED OR BEING DEVELOPED;
H. "INSTITUTIONAL CONTROL" MEANS THE CONTINUED
OBSERVATION, MONITORING, AND CARE OF THE REGIONAL FACILITY
FOLLOWING TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF THE REGIONAL FACILITY FROM THE
OPERATOR TO THE CUSTODIAL AGENCY;
I. "LOW-LEVEL WASTE" MEANS RADIOACTIVE WASTE THAT
(1) IS NEITHER HIGH-LEVEL WASTE NOR TRANSURANIC WASTE, NOR SPENT
NUCLEAR FUEL, NOR BY-PRODUCT MATERIAL AS DEFINED IN SECTION HE
(2) OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY ACT OF 1954, AS AMENDED; AND (2) IS
CLASSIFIED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS LOW-LEVEL WASTE,
CONSISTENT WITH EXISTING LAW; BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE WASTE
GENERATED AS A RESULT OF ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AS DEFINED IN P.L. 96-573, OR FEDERAL
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES;
J. "PARTY STATE" MEANS ANY STATE WHICH IS A SIGNATORY
PARTY IN GOOD STANDING TO THIS COMPACT;
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