2013 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 23 - Health and Safety
Chapter 23-19.9 - Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact
Section 23-19.9-7 - Other laws and regulations.

§ 23-19.9-7 Other laws and regulations. – (a) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to abrogate or limit the regulatory responsibility or authority of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Department of Energy, any other federal agency, or any Agreement State under Section 274 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2021.

(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this compact, the laws or portions of those laws of party states shall remain in full force.

(c) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to preempt, in whole or in part, any provision of the Constitution of any party state.

(d) Nothing in this compact shall make unlawful the continued development or operation of any facility already licensed for development or operation on the date this compact becomes effective.

(e) No judicial or administrative proceeding pending on the effective date of this compact shall be affected by it. Any legal right, obligation, violation, or penalty arising prior to the effective date of this compact, or not in conflict with it, shall not be affected by this compact.

(f) Except as provided in § 23-19.9-3(d), no law or regulation of a party state or an agency or political subdivision of a party state may be applied so as to restrict or make more costly or inconvenient access to any regional facility by the generators of another party state than for the generators of the host state.

(g) The generation, treatment, storage, transportation, or disposal of waste which remains a federal responsibility, including waste generated by the atomic energy defense activities of the federal government, as defined in the Policy Act or federal research and development activities are not affected by this compact.

History of Section.
(P.L. 1986, ch. 300, § 1.)