Article I. Definitions As used in the compact, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: a. “Broker” means any intermediate person who handles, treats, processes, stores, packages, ships or otherwise has responsibility for or possesses low-level waste obtained from a generator. b. “Carrier” means a person who transports low-level waste to a regional facility. c. “Commission” means the Appalachian […]
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 […]
Article III. Rights, Responsibilities and Obligations of Party States a. There shall be regional facilities sufficient to dispose of the low-level waste generated within the region. Each regional facility shall be capable of disposing of such low-level waste but in the form(s) required by regulations or license conditions. Specialized facilities for particular types of low-level waste […]
Article IV. Prohibited Acts and Penalties a. It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose of low-level waste within the region except at a regional facility unless authorized by the Commission. b. After establishment of the regional facility(s), it shall be unlawful for any person to dispose of any low-level waste within the region unless the […]
Article V. Eligibility, Entry into Effect, Congressional Consent, Withdrawal a. Only the states of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland are eligible to become parties to this compact. b. An eligible state may become a party state by legislative enactment of this compact or by executive order of the Governor adopting this compact; provided, however, a state […]
Article VI. Construction and Severability a. The provisions of this compact shall be broadly construed to carry out the purposes of the compact, but the sovereign powers of a party state shall not unnecessarily be infringed. b. If any part or application of this compact is held invalid, the remainder, or its application to other situations or […]
