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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

PUBLIC LAW 100-712—NOV. 23, 1988

102 STAT. 4781

(7) Each party state shall provide the Commission with any data and iniformation necessary for the implementation of the Commission's responsibilities, including taking those actions necessary to obtain this data or information. (8) E ^ h party state shall agree that only low-level radioactive waste generated within the jurisdiction of the party states shall be disposed of in the regional disposal facili^, except as provided in paragraph (19) of subdivision (G) of article m. (9) E<ach party state shall agree that if there is any ii^jury to persons or property resulting from the operation of a regional disposal faolity, the damages resulting fh>m the ii\jury may be paid from the third-party liability fund pursuant to subparagraph (b) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (G) of article m, only to the extent that t]be damages exceed the limits of liability insurance carried by the operator. No party state, by joining this compact, assumes any liability resulting from the siting, operation, maintenance, long-term care, or other activity relating to a r ^ o n a l facility, and no party state shall be liable for any harm or damage resulting from a regional facility not located within the state. ABnCLB V.—^APPROVAL OF REGIONAL FAdLTTIES

A i ^ o n a l disposal facility shall be approved by the host state in accordance with its laws. This compact does not confer any authority on the Commission r^arding the siting, design, development, licensing, or other r^ulation, or the operation, closure, decommissioning, or long-term care of, any r ^ o n a l disposal facility within a party state. ABnCLB VI.—FBOUIIUTKD ACTS AND PENALTIES

(A) No person shall dispose of low-level radioactive waste within the r ^ o n unless the disposal is at a regional disposal facility, except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (20) and (21) of subdivision (G) of article IIL (B) No person shall dispose of or manage any low-level radioactive waste within the r ^ o n unless the low-level radioactive waste was generated within the r ^ o n, except as provided in paragraphs (19), (20), and (21) of subdivision (G) of article m. (C) Violations of this section shall be reported to the appropriate law enforcement agency within the party state's jurisdiction. (D) Violations of this section may result in prohibiting the violator from disposing of low-level ladioactive waste in the regional disposal tadihty, as determined by the Commission or the host stete. Axnax vn.—suGraniTT, ENTRY

INTO EFFECT, CONGRESSIONAL

CONSENT, WITHDRAWAL, EXCLUSION

(A) The states of Arizona, North Dakota, South Dakota, and CsQifomia are eligible to become parties to this compact. Any other state may be made eligible by a majority vote of the commission and ratification by the l^islatures of all of the party states by stetute, and upon compliance with those terms and conditions for eligibility ^diich the host state may establish. The host stete may establish all terms and ocmditions for the entry of any stete, other than the stetes named in this subparagraph, as a member of this compact.