CHAPTER 111H. MASSACHUSETTS LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT  


SECTION 1. Definitions
SECTION 2, 3. Repealed, 2002, 184, Sec. 92
SECTION 4. Powers and duties of board; acceptance of donations, loans or grants
SECTION 4A. Low Level Radioactive Waste Management Fund; assessments
SECTION 4B. Violations of Sec. 4A; civil penalties
SECTION 5. Repealed, 2002, 184, Sec. 92A
SECTION 6. Public participation coordinator; duties
SECTION 7. Information concerning type, volume, radioactivity, source and characteristics of low-level radioactive waste; inspections; confidentiality
SECTION 8. Issuance of orders; notice and opportunity for hearing; civil penalties; injunctions and actions to compel
SECTION 9. Management of low-level radioactive waste; liability; damages; funds to satisfy liability
SECTION 10. Phase I of the Low–Level Radioactive Waste Management Act; planning
SECTION 11. Procedures for adoption of management plan
SECTION 12. Preparation, adoption by regulation, and implementation of management plan; contents of plan
SECTION 13. Low-level radioactive waste source minimization, volume minimization and storage for decay by generators program; establishment
SECTION 14. Site selection criteria and application guidelines; adoption of regulations
SECTION 15. Selection of operators; adoption of regulations
SECTION 16. Licensing, development, operation, closure, post-closure observation and maintenance, and institutional control of facilities; adoption of regulations
SECTION 17. Initiation of site selection process; board vote; conditions
SECTION 18. Phase II of the Low–Level Radioactive Waste Management Act; implementation for site selection process
SECTION 19. Site selection process; procedures
SECTION 20. Site selection process; issuance of required reports; public meetings; acquisition of property interest in candidate sites
SECTION 21. Community supervisory committees; establishment
SECTION 22. Requests for proposals for development, operation and closure of a facility; investigation and certification of applicants; contract
SECTION 23. Detailed site characterization plan for candidate sites; public review and comment; selection of superior site
SECTION 24. Petition by aggrieved person; adjudicatory proceeding
SECTION 25. Phase III of the Low–Level Waste Management Act; selection of operator and technology
SECTION 26. Community supervisory committee representatives, appointment; site community field offices, establishment
SECTION 27. Certified applicant interviews; selection of operator of superior site facility
SECTION 28. Execution of development contract
SECTION 29. Phase IV of the Low–Level Radioactive Waste Management Act; facility approval and licensing
SECTION 30. Notice of intent to apply for facility license; environmental impact report
SECTION 31. Facility license application; public comment period; preparation of draft license or draft denial; final decision
SECTION 32. [There is no 111H:32.]
SECTION 33. Negotiation of comprehensive operating contract; contents
SECTION 34. Community compensation
SECTION 35. Phase V of the Low–Level Radioactive Waste Management Act; facility development, operation, and closure
SECTION 36. Comprehensive environmental monitoring program; establishment
SECTION 37. Commencement of facility construction
SECTION 38. Payment by operator equal to expected annual operating budget; proposed fees and waste acceptance criteria schedule
SECTION 39. Determination of operator's compliance with comprehensive operating contract; notice to generators
SECTION 40. Operation of facility; temporary or permanent closure; inspection report
SECTION 41. Contingent liability account; institutional control account
SECTION 42. Administration of the Low–Level Radioactive Waste Trust Fund
SECTION 43. Facility closure plan
SECTION 44. Active observation and maintenance of facility
SECTION 45. Phase VI of the Low–Level Radioactive Waste Management Act; institutional control of facility
SECTION 46. Transfer of facility license from operator
SECTION 47. Institutional control of facility; annual report; public meetings
SECTION 48. Statutes not applicable