Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1479 – Legislative approval of facilities required
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1479
- License: means a federal or state license, issued to a named person upon application to use, manufacture, produce, transfer, receive, acquire or possess quantities of, or devices or equipment utilizing, radioactive material. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 38 Sec. 1451
- 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
A low-level radioactive waste disposal or storage facility may not be established in the State, unless the Legislature has, by Private and Special Act, approved the establishment of that facility. The Legislature shall act expeditiously after a decision by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission to approve a facility, but may not act until after the conclusion of any judicial review of the decision and any resulting administrative proceedings. [PL 1995, c. 642, §17 (AMD).]
Approval under this section does not replace any other license required by law and is in addition to the voter approval required by section 1493. [PL 1995, c. 642, §17 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1983, c. 500, §5 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 583, §25 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 705, §4 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 642, §17 (AMD).