SOUTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMPACT AMENDMENTS CONSENT ACT OF 1989 SOUTHEAST COMPACT AMENDMENTS CONSENT ACT Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Amendments Consent Act of 1989 1646 101 1989-11-22 SOUTHEAST INTERSTATE LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMPACT AMENDMENTS CONSENT ACT OF 19891 [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 101–171. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
An Actgranting the consent of the Congress to amendments to the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,1

This Act consists of Pub. L. 101–171 (103 Stat. 1289) enacted November 22, 1989. The Act appears in the United States Code at 42 U.S.C. 2021d note.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the “Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Amendments Consent Act of 1989”.
SEC. 2. CONSENT OF CONGRESS TO AMENDMENTS TO COMPACT. Congress consents to the amendments to the Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact2 made by party states to such Compact. Such amendments are substantially as follows:2

The compact appears elsewhere in this compilation.

 At the end of article 5 add the following new section:
“E. No party state shall be required to operate a regional facility for longer than a 20-year period, or to dispose of more than 32,000,000 cubic feet of low-level radioactive waste, whichever first occurs.”
. Article 7 is amended by striking out sections G and H and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
“G. Subject to the provisions of Article 7 Section H., any party state may withdraw from the compact by enacting a law repealing the compact, provided that if a regional facility is located within such state, such regional facility shall remain available to the region for four years after the date the Commission receives verification in writing from the Governor of such party state of the rescission of the Compact. The Commission, upon receipt of the verification, shall as soon as practicable provide copies of such verification to the Governor, the Presidents of the Senates, and the Speakers of the Houses of Representatives of the party states as well as the chairmen of the appropriate committees of the Congress. “H. The right of a party state to withdraw pursuant to section G. shall terminate thirty days following the commencement of operation of the second host state disposal facility. Thereafter a party state may withdraw only with the unanimous approval of the Commission and with the consent of Congress. For purposes of this section, the low-level radioactive waste disposal facility located in Barnwell County, South Carolina shall be considered the first host state disposal facility. “I. This compact may be terminated only by the affirmative action of the Congress or by rescission of all laws enacting the compact in each party state.”
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