112 STAT. 1546 PUBLIC LAW 105-236—SEPT. 20, 1998 "(6) Enter into an agreement with any person, state, regional body, or group of states for the importation of lowlevel radioactive waste into the compact for management or disposal, provided that the agreement receives a majority vote of the commission. The commission may adopt such conditions and restrictions in the agreement as it deems advisable. "(7) Upon petition, allow an individual generator, a group of generators, or the host state of the compact, to export lowlevel waste to a low-level radioactive waste dispos^ facility located outside the party states. The commission may approve the petition only by a majority vote of its members. The permission to export low-level radioactive waste shall be effective for that period of time sind for the specified amount of lowlevel radioactive waste, and subject to any other term or condition, as is determined by the commission. "(8) Monitor the exportation outside of the party states of material, which otherwise meets the criteria of low-level radioactive waste, where the sole purpose of the exportation is to m£mage or process the material for recycling or waste reduction and return it to the party states for disposal in the compact facility. "SEC. 3.06. Jurisdiction and venue of any action contesting any action of the commission shall be in the United States District Court in the district where the commission maintains its of&ce. "ARTICLE IV. RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND OBLIGATIONS OF PARTY STATES "SEC. 4.01. The host state shall develop and have full administrative control over the development, management and operation of a facility for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste generated within the party states. The host state shall be entitled to unlimited use of the facility over its operating life. Use of the facility by the non-host party states for disposal of low-level radioactive waste, including such waste resulting from decommissioning of any nuclear electric generation facilities located in the party states, is limited to the volume requirements of Section 3.04(11) of Article IIL "SEC. 4.02. Low-level radioactive waste generated within the party states shall be disposed of only at the compact facility, except as provided in Section 3.05(7) of Article IIL "SEC. 4.03. The initial states of this compact cannot be members of another low-level radioactive waste compact entered into pursuant to the Act. "SEC. 4.04. The host state shall do the following: "(1) Cause a facility to be developed in a timely manner and operated and maintained through the institutional control period. "(2) Ensure, consistent with any applicable federal and host state laws, the protection and preservation of the environment and the public health and safety in the siting, design, development, licensing, regulation, operation, closure, decommissioning, and long-term care of the disposal facihties within the host state. "(3) Close the facility when reasonably necessary to protect the public health and safely of its citizens or to protect its Notification. natural resources from hsirm. However, the host state shall notify the commission of the closure within three days of its action and shall, within 30 working days of its action, provide
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