Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1474 – Regional compacts
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1. Negotiation. The Governor may negotiate on behalf of the State compacts or other agreements, with other states and the Federal Government with respect to the siting, licensing, operation and use of low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities.
[PL 1985, c. 705, §3 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1474
- Low-level radioactive waste: means radioactive material that is not high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, transuranic waste or by-product material, as defined in the United States Code, title 42, § 2014(e)(2), the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, Section 11(e)(2); and that the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, consistent with existing law, classifies as low-level radioactive waste. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1451
- United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
2. Ratification. Except for an agreement with the Southeast Compact Commission for acceptance through June 30, 1994 of low-level radioactive waste generated by and on the premises of any facility of the United States Navy in Kittery, Maine, any compact or agreement with any other state or states or the Federal Government for low-level waste disposal must be ratified by legislative act and, in accordance with subchapter IV, by the voters of the State.
[PL 1993, c. 541, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1983, c. 381, §9 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 500, §1 (RAL). PL 1983, c. 862, §91 (RPR). PL 1985, c. 705, §3 (RPR). PL 1993, c. 541, §1 (AMD).