§ 1 Definitions
§ 4 Powers and duties of board; acceptance of donations, loans or grants
§ 4A Low Level Radioactive Waste Management Fund; assessments
§ 4B Violations of Sec. 4A; civil penalties
§ 6 Public participation coordinator; duties
§ 7 Information concerning type, volume, radioactivity, source and characteristics of low-level radioactive waste; inspections; confidentiality
§ 8 Issuance of orders; notice and opportunity for hearing; civil penalties; injunctions and actions to compel
§ 9 Management of low-level radioactive waste; liability; damages; funds to satisfy liability
§ 10 Phase I of the Low–Level Radioactive Waste Management Act; planning
§ 11 Procedures for adoption of management plan
§ 12 Preparation, adoption by regulation, and implementation of management plan; contents of plan
§ 13 Low-level radioactive waste source minimization, volume minimization and storage for decay by generators program; establishment
§ 14 Site selection criteria and application guidelines; adoption of regulations
§ 15 Selection of operators; adoption of regulations
§ 16 Licensing, development, operation, closure, post-closure observation and maintenance, and institutional control of facilities; adoption of regulations
§ 17 Initiation of site selection process; board vote; conditions
§ 18 Phase II of the Low–Level Radioactive Waste Management Act; implementation for site selection process
§ 19 Site selection process; procedures
§ 20 Site selection process; issuance of required reports; public meetings; acquisition of property interest in candidate sites
§ 21 Community supervisory committees; establishment
§ 22 Requests for proposals for development, operation and closure of a facility; investigation and certification of applicants; contract
§ 23 Detailed site characterization plan for candidate sites; public review and comment; selection of superior site
§ 24 Petition by aggrieved person; adjudicatory proceeding
§ 25 Phase III of the Low–Level Waste Management Act; selection of operator and technology
§ 26 Community supervisory committee representatives, appointment; site community field offices, establishment
§ 27 Certified applicant interviews; selection of operator of superior site facility
§ 28 Execution of development contract
§ 29 Phase IV of the Low–Level Radioactive Waste Management Act; facility approval and licensing
§ 30 Notice of intent to apply for facility license; environmental impact report
§ 31 Facility license application; public comment period; preparation of draft license or draft denial; final decision
§ 33 Negotiation of comprehensive operating contract; contents
§ 34 Community compensation
§ 35 Phase V of the Low–Level Radioactive Waste Management Act; facility development, operation, and closure
§ 36 Comprehensive environmental monitoring program; establishment
§ 37 Commencement of facility construction
§ 38 Payment by operator equal to expected annual operating budget; proposed fees and waste acceptance criteria schedule
§ 39 Determination of operator’s compliance with comprehensive operating contract; notice to generators
§ 40 Operation of facility; temporary or permanent closure; inspection report
§ 41 Contingent liability account; institutional control account
§ 42 Administration of the Low–Level Radioactive Waste Trust Fund
§ 43 Facility closure plan
§ 44 Active observation and maintenance of facility
§ 45 Phase VI of the Low–Level Radioactive Waste Management Act; institutional control of facility
§ 46 Transfer of facility license from operator
§ 47 Institutional control of facility; annual report; public meetings
§ 48 Statutes not applicable
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  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
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  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Interests: includes any form of membership in a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 156D sec. 11.01
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  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Other entity: includes a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 156D sec. 11.01
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