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‘‘4) compensating any person for medical and other
expenses incurred from damages to human health, personal
injuries suffered from damages to human health and damages
or losses to real or personal property, and accomplishing any
necessary corrective action or clean-up on real or personal
property caused by radioactive releases from a regional facility;
the host state may allocate monies in this Fund in amounts
as it deems appropriate to purchase insurance or to make
other similar financial protection arrangements consistent with
the purposes of this Fund; this Article VI(n) shall in no manner
limit the financial responsibilities of the site operator under
Article VI(o), the party states under Article VI(p), or any person
who sends waste to a regional facility, under Article VI(q).
‘‘p) The operator of a regional facility shall purchase an amount
of property and third-party liability insurance deemed appropriate
by the host state, pay the necessary periodic premiums at all
times and make periodic payments to the Extended Care and Long-
Term Liability Fund as set forth in Article VI(n) for such amounts
as the host state reasonably determines is necessary to provide
for future premiums to continue such insurance coverage, in order
to pay the costs of compensating any person for medical and other
expenses incurred from damages to human health, personal injuries
suffered from damages to human health and damages or losses
to real or personal property, and accomplishing any necessary
corrective action or clean-up on real or personal property caused
by radioactive releases from a regional facility. In the event of
such costs resulting from radioactive releases from a regional facil-
ity, the host state should, to the maximum extent possible, seek
to obtain monies from such insurance prior to using monies from
the Extended Care and Long-Term Liability Fund.
‘‘q) All party states shall be liable for the cost of extended
care and long-term liability in excess of monies available from
the Extended Care and Long-Term Liability Fund, as set forth
in Article VI(n) and from the property and third-party liability
insurance as set forth in Article VI(o). A party state may meet
such liability for costs by levying surcharges upon generators located
in the party state. The extent of such liability shall be based
on the proportionate share of the total volume of waste placed
in the regional facility by generators located in each such party
state. Such liability shall be joint and several among the party
states with a right of contribution between the party states. How-
ever, this Section shall not apply to a party state with a total
volume of waste recorded on low-level radioactive waste manifests
for any year that is less than 10% of the total volume recorded
on such manifests for the region during the same year.’’.
(16) Sections (d) through (q) of article VI of the compact
are redesignated as sections (c) through (p), respectively.
(17) Article VI of the compact is amended by adding at
the end the following new section:
‘‘q) Any person who sends waste from outside the region or
waste described in Article VII(a)(6) for treatment, storage or dis-
posal at a regional facility shall be liable for the cost of extended
care and long-term liability of that regional facility in excess of
the monies available from the Extended Care and Long-Term Liabil-
ity Fund as set forth in Article VI(n) and from the property and
third-party liability insurance as set forth in Article VI(o). The
extent of the liability for the person shall be based on the propor-
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tionate share of the total volume of waste sent by that person
to the regional facility.’’.
(18) Section (a)(6) of article VII of the compact is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘6) establishes any right to the treatment, storage or dis-
posal at any facility in the region or provides any authority
to prohibit export from the region of waste that is owned
or generated by the United States Department of Energy, owned
or generated by the United States Navy as a result of the
decommissioning of vessels of the United States Navy, or owned
or generated as the result of any research, development, testing
or production of any atomic weapon; or’’.
(19) Section (d) of article VII of the compact is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘d) No person who provides a service by arranging for collection,
transportation, treatment, storage or disposal of waste from outside
the region shall be allowed to dispose of any waste, regardless
of origin, in the region unless specifically permitted under an agree-
ment entered into by the Commission in accordance with the
requirements of Article III(i)(1).’’.
(20) Section (c) of article VIII of the compact is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘c) The Commission is formed upon the appointment of the
Commissioners and the tender of the membership fee payable to
the Commission by the eligible states. The Governor of Illinois
shall convene the initial meeting of the Commission. The Commis-
sion shall cause legislation to be introduced in the Congress which
grants the consent of the Congress to this compact, and shall
take action necessary to organize the Commission and implement
the provisions of this compact.’’.
(21) Section (e) of article VIII of the compact is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘e) This compact becomes effective July 1, 1984, or at any
date subsequent to July 1, 1984, upon enactment by the eligible
states. However, Article IX(b) shall not take effect until the Con-
gress has by law consented to this compact. The Congress shall
have an opportunity to withdraw such consent every 5 years. Failure
of the Congress affirmatively to withdraw its consent has the effect
of renewing consent for an additional 5 year period. The consent
given to this compact by the Congress shall extend to the power
of the region to ban the shipment of waste into the region pursuant
to Article III(i)(1) and to prohibit exportation of waste generated
within the region under Article III(i)(4).’’.
(22) Section (b) of article IX of the compact is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘b) Unless authorized by the Commission pursuant to Article
III(i), or otherwise provided in this compact, after January 1, 1986
it is a violation of this compact:
‘‘1) for any person to deposit at a facility in the region
waste from outside the region;
‘‘2) for any facility in the region to accept waste from
outside the region;
‘‘3) for any person to export from the region waste that
is generated within the region;
‘‘4) for any person to dispose of waste at a facility other
than a regional facility;
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‘‘5) for any person to deposit at a regional facility waste
described in Article VII(a)(6); or
‘‘6) for any regional facility to accept waste described in
Article VII(a)(6).’’.
(23) Article IX of the compact is amended by redesignating
sections (c) and (d) as sections (d) and (e), respectively, and
by inserting after section (b) the following new section:
‘‘c) It is a violation of this compact for any person to treat
or store waste at a facility other than a regional facility if such
treatment or storage is prohibited by the Commission under Article
III(i)(6).’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.