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Nuclear Waste Activity (Maine Revised Statutes: Title 38 - Waters and Navigation; Chapter 14-A)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
Maine
Document type
Legislation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Radiation Hazardous waste Waste disposal Waste management Waste non-domestic sources Waste prevention
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This chapter of the Maine Revised Statutes concerns nuclear waste activity. It provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, this State does not consent to the acquisition by the Federal Government, by purchase, condemnation, lease, easement or by any other means, of any land, building or other structure, above or below ground, or in or under the waters of the State for use in storing, depositing or treating high-level or low-level radioactive waste materials. The Legislature may consent, by prior affirmative vote, to such activities, except that consent is expressly withheld for any such activity undertaken in connection with the deep geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste. The chapter further provides for high-level radioactive waste; low-level radioactive waste; low-level radioactive waste disposal; and waste disposal.

Full text
English
Website
legislature.maine.gov