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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers » Article 1H. Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact

§29-1H-1. Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Approved

The following Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact, which has been negotiated by representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the states of West Virginia, Delaware and Maryland, is hereby approved, ratified, adopted, enacted into law, and entered into by the State of West Virginia as a party state thereto, namely: APPALACHIAN STATES LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE […]

§29-1H-10. Fiscal Implementation

The term "budgetary processes" in Article 2(C)(2) of the Compact shall be construed to include the presentation by the Commission of its proposed budget for each fiscal period to the budget office of the department of finance and administration for study and consideration, and each such budget shall include a statement of moneys required to […]

§29-1H-11. When Article Effective

This article shall take effect and become operative and the Compact be executed for and on behalf of this state only from and after the approval, ratification and adoption, and entering into thereof by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

§29-1H-2. Appointment of Members of Commission

In pursuance of Article 2 of the Compact, the Governor of the State of West Virginia, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint two persons as members of the Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission from the State of West Virginia, each of whom shall be a resident and citizen […]

§29-1H-3. Powers of Commission, Duties of State Officers, Departments, etc.

There is hereby granted to the Commission and members of the Commission all of the powers provided for in the Compact and all the powers necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the Compact in every particular. All officers of this state are hereby authorized and directed to do all things falling within their […]

§29-1H-5. Cooperation of State Agencies, Boards, Departments, Subdivisions, etc.

The departments, boards, agencies, commissions, officers and employees of the state and its subdivisions are authorized and directed to cooperate with the director of health in the furtherance of any of his activities pursuant to the Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact and the provisions of this article.

§29-1H-6. Rules and Regulations

The director of health is authorized to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations as are necessary and incidental to the carrying out of the Compact and this article. Such authorization shall include, without limitation, rules and regulations necessary and incidental to carrying out subsection two, section (g), article three of the Compact. Such rules and […]

§29-1H-7. Enforcement

(a) Following the establishment of a regional facility pursuant to the Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact, the director of health, the Attorney General or the prosecuting attorney of any county in which a violation occurs may seek in the name of the state an injunction against any person in violation of any of the […]

§29-1H-8. Penalties

(a) Any person who after the establishment of a regional facility pursuant to the Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact violates or causes to be violated the provisions of section (a) or section (b), Article 4 of the Compact or any of the provisions of or regulations regarding packaging and transportation promulgated pursuant to subsection […]

§29-1H-9. Conflicting Laws

In the event the provisions of the Appalachian States Low- Level Radioactive Waste Compact, this article or any rules and regulations lawfully promulgated thereunder shall be or become inconsistent with any other provisions of this code, the provisions of the Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact and this article and the rules and regulations lawfully […]