§ 7130.301. Powers and duties of the Department of Environmental Resources
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and Safety
35 P.S. § 7130.301
§ 7130.301. Powers and duties of the Department of Environmental Resources
The department shall have the power and its duty shall be to:
(1) Develop and implement a comprehensive program for the regulation of the generation, storage, handling, transportation, processing, minimization, separation, management and disposal of low-level radioactive waste to the extent allowable under Federal law or State law, whichever is more stringent.
(2) Implement a regulatory, inspection, enforcement and monitoring program consistent with the terms of an agreement between the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Commonwealth, as provided for in section 201 of the Radiation Protection Act,1 and this act.
(4) License a regional facility operator in accordance with section 3082 and regulations promulgated hereunder.
(6) Receive title to the land for use as a regional facility from the licensee for eventual transfer to the custodial agency or acquire land by eminent domain in the manner provided in the act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess., P.L. 84, No. 6),3 known as the Eminent Domain Code, if the operator-licensee designate cannot acquire the property prior to submitting an application to the department for a license.
(i) the licensee has failed to comply with the terms and conditions of the contract or is in violation of this act, regulation or license conditions, permits or order issued under this act, or the Radiation Protection Act, and a threat exists to the health or safety of the public or the environment; or
Credits
1988, Feb. 9, P.L. 31, No. 12, § 301, imd. effective.
Footnotes
35 P.S. § 7110.201.
35 P.S. § 7130.308.
26 P.S. § 1-101 et seq. (repealed); see 26 Pa.C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
35 P.S. § 7130.301, PA ST 35 P.S. § 7130.301
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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