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N. "PARTY STATE" MEANS ANY STATE THAT HAS BECOME A PARTY IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE V OF THIS COMPACT.

O. "PERSON" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL, CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP
OR OTHER LEGAL ENTITY, WHETHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE.

P. "REGION" MEANS THE COMBINED GEOGRAPHICAL AREA WITHIN THE
BOUNDARIES OF THE PARTY STATES.

Q. "REGIONAL FACILITY" MEANS A FACILITY WITHIN ANY PARTY
STATE WHICH HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION FOR THE DISPOSAL
OF LOW-LEVEL WASTE.

R. "SHALLOW LAND BURIAL" MEANS THE DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DIRECTLY IN SUBSURFACE TRENCHES WITHOUT
ADDITIONAL CONFINEMENT IN ENGINEERED STRUCTURES OR BY PROPER
PACKAGING IN CONTAINERS AS DETERMINED BY THE LAW OF THE HOST
STATE.

S. "TRANSURANIC WASTE" MEANS LOW-LEVEL WASTE CONTAINING
RADIONUCLIDES WITH AN ATOMIC NUMBER GREATER THAN 92 WHICH ARE
EXCLUDED FROM SHALLOW-LAND BURIAL BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

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ARTICLE II.
THE COMMISSION

A. 1. THERE IS HEREBY CREATED THE APPALACHIAN STATES
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION IS HEREBY
CREATED AS A BODY CORPORATE AND POLITIC, WITH SUCCESSION FOR THE
DURATION OF THIS COMPACT, AS AN AGENCY AND INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE
GOVERNMENTS OF THE RESPECTIVE SIGNATORY PARTIES, BUT SEPARATE AND
DISTINCT FROM THE RESPECTIVE SIGNATORY PARTY STATES. THE
COMMISSION SHALL HAVE CENTRAL OFFICES LOCATED IN PENNSYLVANIA.

2. THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSIST OF TWO VOTING MEMBERS
FROM EACH PARTY STATE TO BE APPOINTED ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF
EACH PARTY STATE, AND TWO ADDITIONAL VOTING MEMBERS FROM EACH
HOST STATE TO BE APPOINTED ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF EACH HOST
STATE. UPON SELECTION OF THE SITE OF THE REGIONAL FACILITY, AN
ADDITIONAL VOTING MEMBER SHALL BE APPOINTED TO THE COMMISSION WHO
SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY WHERE THE
FACILITY IS TO BE LOCATED. THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY OF EACH
PARTY STATE SHALL NOTIFY THE COMMISSION IN WRITING OF THE
IDENTITIES OF THE MEMBERS AND OF ANY ALTERNATES. AN ALTERNATE
MAY VOTE AND ACT IN THE MEMBER'S ABSENCE. NO MEMBER SHALL HAVE A
FINANCIAL INTEREST IN ANY INDUSTRY WHICH GENERATES LOW-LEVEL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE, ANY LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE REGIONAL
FACILITY OR ANY RELATED INDUSTRY FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEMBER'S
TERM. NO MORE THAN ONE-HALF THE MEMBERS AND ALTERNATES FROM ANY
PARTY STATE SHALL HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED BY OR BE EMPLOYED BY A
LOW-LEVEL WASTE GENERATOR OR RELATED INDUSTRY UPON APPOINTMENT TO
OR DURING THEIR TENURE OF OFFICE; PROVIDED, THAT NO MEMBER SHALL
HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED BY OR BE EMPLOYED BY A REGIONAL FACILITY OR