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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1985

PUBLIC LAW 99-240—JAN. 15, 1986

99 STAT. 1853

submission to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an Agreement State. "(C) BY JANUARY 1, 1990.—

"(i) a complete application (as determined by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or the appropriate agency of an agreement State) shall be filed for a license to operate a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility within each non-sited compact region or within each non-member State; or "(ii) the Governor (or, for any State without a Governor, the chief executive officer) of any State that is not a member of a compact region in compliance with clause (i), or has not complied with such clause by its own actions, shall provide a written certification to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, that such State will be capable of providing for, and will provide for, the storage, disposal, or mancigement of any low-level radioactive waste generated within such State and requiring disposal after December 31, 1992, and include a description of the actions that will be taken to ensure that such capacity exists. "(D) By January 1, 1992, a complete application (as determined by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or the appropriate agency of an agreement State) shall be filed for a license to operate a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility within each non-sited compact region or within each non-member State. "(E) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall transmit any certification received under subparagraph (C) to the Congress and publish any such certification in the Federal Register. "(F) Any State may, subject to all applicable provisions, if any, of any applicable compact, enter into an agreement with the compact commission of a region in which a regional disposal facility is located to provide for the disposal of all low-level radioactive waste generated within such State, and, by virtue of such agreement, may, with the approval of the State in which the regional disposal facility is located, be deemed to be in compliance with subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D). '(2) PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY.—

"(A) BY JULY 1, 1986.—If any State fails to comply with subparagraph (1)(A)— "(i) any generator of low-level radioactive waste within such region or non-member State shall, for the period beginning July 1, 1986, and ending December 31, 1986, be charged 2 times the surcharge otherwise applicable under subsection (d); and "(ii) on or after January 1, 1987, any low-level radioactive waste generated within such region or nonmember State may be denied access to the regional disposal facilities referred to in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b). "(B) BY JANUARY 1, 1988.—If any non-sited compact region or non-member State fails to comply with paragraph (1)(B)-

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