§ 7130.102. Legislative findings
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and Safety
35 P.S. § 7130.102
§ 7130.102. Legislative findings
The General Assembly hereby determines, declares and finds that low-level radioactive wastes are generated within this Commonwealth; that these wastes must be isolated for the full hazardous life of the wastes in order to protect the public health and safety; that the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 19851 requires each state to be responsible for providing for the availability of capacity for disposal of low-level wastes generated within its borders; that shallow land burial is prohibited under the terms of the Appalachian States Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact; that the illegal disposal of low-level radioactive waste poses severe risks to the health and safety of the public and the protection of the environment; that low-level radioactive waste disposal carried out in an environmentally sound manner to protect the health and safety of the public is in the public interest; and acknowledging that the Department of Environmental Resources shall be the Commonwealth agency with these responsibilities. It is the purpose of this act to:
(2) Establish and maintain, to the extent allowable under Federal law, a comprehensive and pervasive low-level waste disposal management, licensing and regulatory program in the Department of Environmental Resources for which all costs shall be borne by the low-level waste generators, brokers, carriers and the regional facility operator regulated by this act.
Credits
1988, Feb. 9, P.L. 31, No. 12, § 102, imd. effective.
Footnotes
42 U.S.C.A. §§ 2021b to 2021j.
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