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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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POST-CLOSURE OBSERVATION AND MAINTENANCE, AND INSTITUTIONAL
CONTROL; AND THE ANTICIPATED ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF THE PROPOSED
FACILITY.
1. ANY PARTY STATE MAY VOLUNTEER TO HOST A REGIONAL
FACILITY WITHIN ITS BORDERS. THE COMMISSION MAY SET TERMS AND
CONDITIONS TO ENCOURAGE A PARTY STATE TO VOLUNTEER TO BE THE
FIRST HOST STATE.
2. CONSISTENT WITH THE REVIEW REQUIRED ABOVE, THE
COMMISSION SHALL, UPON A TWO-THIRDS AFFIRMATIVE VOTE, DESIGNATE A
VOLUNTEERING PARTY STATE TO SERVE AS A HOST STATE.
C. IF ALL REGIONAL FACILITIES REQUIRED BY THE REGIONAL
MANAGEMENT PLAN ARE NOT DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO SECTION (B), OR
UPON NOTIFICATION THAT AN EXISTING FACILITY WILL BE CLOSED, OR
UPON DETERMINATION THAT ADDITIONAL REGIONAL FACILITY IS OR MAY BE
REQUIRED, THE COMMISSION SHALL CONVENE TO CONSIDER DESIGNATION OF
A HOST STATE.
1. THE COMMISSION SHALL DEVELOP AND ADOPT PROCEDURES
FOR DESIGNATING A PARTY STATE TO BE A HOST STATE FOR A REGIONAL
FACILITY. THE COMMISSION SHALL BASE ITS DECISION ON THE
FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
(A) THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF CITIZENS
OF THE PARTY STATES AS DEFINED BY THE APPROPRIATE REGULATORY
AUTHORITIES;
(B) THE ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL
EFFECTS OF A REGIONAL FACILITY ON THE PARTY STATES;
THE COMMISSION SHALL ALSO BASE ITS DECISION ON
THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
(C) THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS AND COSTS;
(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.
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