42 U.S.C. § 2021a : US Code - Section 2021A: Storage or disposal facility planning

Search 42 U.S.C. § 2021a : US Code - Section 2021A: Storage or disposal facility planning

(a) Any person, agency, or other entity proposing to develop a
storage or disposal facility, including a test disposal facility,
for high-level radioactive wastes, non-high-level radioactive
wastes including transuranium contaminated wastes, or irradiated
nuclear reactor fuel, shall notify the Commission as early as
possible after the commencement of planning for a particular
proposed facility. The Commission shall in turn notify the Governor
and the State legislature of the State of proposed situs whenever
the Commission has knowledge of such proposal.
(b) The Commission is authorized and directed to prepare a report
on means for improving the opportunities for State participation in
the process for siting, licensing, and developing nuclear waste
storage or disposal facilities. Such report shall include detailed
consideration of a program to provide grants through the Commission
to any State, and the advisability of such a program, for the
purpose of conducting an independent State review of any proposal
to develop a nuclear waste storage or disposal facility identified
in subsection (a) of this section within such State. On or before
March 1, 1979, the Commission shall submit the report to the
Congress including recommendations for improving the opportunities
for State participation together with any necessary legislative
proposals.