§10195 Test and evaluation facility siting review and reports

Summary

When a site for a test and evaluation facility is picked, the Governor or the tribe’s governing body must be allowed to join a consultation and cooperation process right away and for as long as the facility exists. The "process of consultation and cooperation" is a way to keep them fully informed about possible economic and public health and safety effects at every stage, to collect and review their concerns and objections on an ongoing basis, to work with them to try to fix those concerns, and to let the State or tribe do reasonable independent monitoring and testing on site as long as it does not unreasonably interfere with facility activities. The Secretary must sign a written agreement with the Governor or tribal governing body to speed up this work. The agreement must say how the Governor or tribe can study and give recommendations about health, safety, and economic impacts; how and when the Secretary will respond; what documents and timing will be shared and how safety concerns will be identified and addressed; how the agreement can be reviewed or changed; and how the public will be told about these procedures. Except as stated here, the State or tribe does not get authority over siting, building, or loading the facility.