§ 6507. Scope of State regulation of radioactive materials and waste
(a) This section applies to:
(1) waste or material, generated within the United States, with respect to which all of
the following apply:
(A) it is radioactive waste or radioactive materials classified as radioactive waste by
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) as of January 1, 1989;
(B)(i) it is radioactive waste or radioactive materials that were not eligible and approved
for special disposal provisions under the NRC regulations in effect as of January
1, 1989; or
(ii) it is radioactive waste or radioactive materials that have not been determined to
be approvable for special disposal under NRC regulations in effect as of January 1,
1989, even though the determination is made after that date; and
(C) it was generated or utilized by any government agency or pursuant to a government
contract or license;
(2) waste or material generated outside the United States with respect to which all of
the following apply:
(A) it is radioactive waste or radioactive materials that would have been classified as
radioactive waste or radioactive materials by the NRC as of January 1, 1989, if it
had been generated within the United States;
(B)(i) it is radioactive waste or radioactive materials that would not have been eligible
and approved for special disposal provisions under NRC regulations in effect as of
January 1, 1989, if it had been generated within the United States; or
(ii) it is radioactive waste or radioactive materials that have not been determined to
be approvable for special disposal under those regulations in effect as of January
1, 1989, had it been generated within the United States, even though the determination
is made after that date.
(b) Waste or materials covered by subsection (a) of this section shall not be treated,
recycled, stored, or disposed of except at a facility with a specific license, whether
or not that radioactive waste or those materials, since January 1, 1989, have been
deregulated or declared exempt from regulatory control by the NRC or other federal
agencies. (Added 1989, No. 242 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)