Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 5.djvu/769

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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

PUBLIC LAW 100-712—NOV. 23, 1988

102 STAT. 4775

(3) The waste is not any waste for which the Federal Government is responsible pursuant to subdivision (b) of section 3 of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 (42 U.S.C. sec. 2021c(b)). (4) The waste is not an alpha emitting transuranic nuclide with a half-life greater than five years and with a concentration greater than one hundred nanocuries per gram, or plutonium-241 with a concentration greater than three thousand five hundred nanocuries per gram, or curium-242 with a concentration greater than twenty thousand nanocuries per gram. (J) "Management" means collection, consolidation, storage, packaging, or treatment. (K) Msgor generator state" means a party state which generates 10 percent of the total amount of low-level radioactive waste produced within the compact region and disposed of at the regional disposal facility. If no party state other than California generates at least ten percent of the total amount, "Mcgor generator state" means the party state which is second to California in the amount of waste produced within the compact region and disposed of at the regional disposal facility. (L) "Operator" means a person who operates a regional disposal facility. (M) "Party state" means any state that has become a party in accordance with article VII of this compact. (N) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity, whether public or private. (0) "Postclosure period" means that period of time after completion of closure of a disposal facility during which the licensee shall observe, monitor, and carry out necessary maintenance and repairs at the disposal facility to assure that the disposal facility will remain stable and will not need ongoing active maintenance. This period ends with the beginning of the institutional control period. (P) "Regional dispc^al facility" means a non-Federal low-level radioactive waste disposal facility established and operated under this compact. (Q) "Site closure and stabilization" means the activities of the disposal facility operator taken at the end of the disposal facility's operating life to assure the continued protection of the public from any residual radioactive or other potential hazards present at the disposal facility. (R) "Transporter" means a person who transports low-level radioactive waste. (S) "Uranium mine and mill tailings" means waste resulting from mining and processing of ores containing uranium. ARTICLE III.—THE COMMISSION

(a) There is hereby established the Southwestern Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission. (1) The Commission shall consist of one voting member from each party state to be appointed by the governor, confirmed by the senate of that party state, and to serve at the pleasure of the governor of each party state, and one voting member from the host county. The appointing authority of each party state shall notify the Commission in writing of the identity of the member

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