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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Part F · Chapter 108 — Nuclear Waste Policy

§ 10173c. Termination

Statutory text

(a)

In general

The Secretary may terminate a benefits agreement under this subchapter if—

(1)

the site under consideration is disqualified for its failure to comply with guidelines and technical requirements established by the Secretary in accordance with this chapter; or

(2)

the Secretary determines that the Commission cannot license the facility within a reasonable time.

(b)

Termination by State or Indian tribe

A State or Indian tribe may terminate a benefits agreement under this subchapter only if the Secretary disqualifies the site under consideration for its failure to comply with technical requirements established by the Secretary in accordance with this chapter or the Secretary determines that the Commission cannot license the facility within a reasonable time.

(c)

Decisions of Secretary

Decisions of the Secretary under this section shall be in writing, shall be available to Congress and the public, and are not subject to judicial review.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982

    Pub. L. 97–425 title I § 173 · 96 Stat. 2201

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 10173c

    Pub. L. 97–425, title I, § 173, as added Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(d) [title III, § 300], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–104, 1329–121

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 97–425, title I, § 173, as added Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(d) [title III, § 300], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–104, 1329–121

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

Pub. L. 100–202 and Pub. L. 100–203 added identical sections.

Credits

1987 · 2 acts
  1. 1987Pub. L. 97–425, title I, § 173, as added Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(d) [title III, § 300], , 101 Stat. 1329–104, 1329–121
  2. 1987Pub. L. 100–203, title V, § 5031, , 101 Stat. 1330–240.
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(Pub. L. 97–425, title I, § 173, as added Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(d) [title III, § 300], , 101 Stat. 1329–104, 1329–121; Pub. L. 100–203, title V, § 5031, , 101 Stat. 1330–240.)

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