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SECTION 23-19.9-7

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

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

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

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

   (e) No judicial or administrative proceeding pending on theeffective date of this compact shall be affected by it. Any legal right,obligation, violation, or penalty arising prior to the effective date of thiscompact, 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 orregulation of a party state or an agency or political subdivision of a partystate may be applied so as to restrict or make more costly or inconvenientaccess to any regional facility by the generators of another party state thanfor the generators of the host state.

   (g) The generation, treatment, storage, transportation, ordisposal of waste which remains a federal responsibility, including wastegenerated by the atomic energy defense activities of the federal government, asdefined in the Policy Act or federal research and development activities arenot affected by this compact.

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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-23 > Chapter-23-19-9 > 23-19-9-7

SECTION 23-19.9-7

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

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

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

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

   (e) No judicial or administrative proceeding pending on theeffective date of this compact shall be affected by it. Any legal right,obligation, violation, or penalty arising prior to the effective date of thiscompact, 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 orregulation of a party state or an agency or political subdivision of a partystate may be applied so as to restrict or make more costly or inconvenientaccess to any regional facility by the generators of another party state thanfor the generators of the host state.

   (g) The generation, treatment, storage, transportation, ordisposal of waste which remains a federal responsibility, including wastegenerated by the atomic energy defense activities of the federal government, asdefined in the Policy Act or federal research and development activities arenot affected by this compact.


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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-23 > Chapter-23-19-9 > 23-19-9-7

SECTION 23-19.9-7

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

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

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

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

   (e) No judicial or administrative proceeding pending on theeffective date of this compact shall be affected by it. Any legal right,obligation, violation, or penalty arising prior to the effective date of thiscompact, 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 orregulation of a party state or an agency or political subdivision of a partystate may be applied so as to restrict or make more costly or inconvenientaccess to any regional facility by the generators of another party state thanfor the generators of the host state.

   (g) The generation, treatment, storage, transportation, ordisposal of waste which remains a federal responsibility, including wastegenerated by the atomic energy defense activities of the federal government, asdefined in the Policy Act or federal research and development activities arenot affected by this compact.