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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1562 Annual grants; separate application.
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All grants under section 81-1561 shall be made on an annual basis. A separate application shall be required for each grant sought.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1563 Grant recipients; periodic reports.
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The department shall require periodic reports to be filed by grant recipients to enable the department to review and follow up on actions taken by grant recipients to insure that the purposes of the Nebraska Litter Reduction and Recycling Act are being achieved.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1565 Funds; department; adopt eligibility guidelines for recipients.
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The department shall adopt guidelines for the determination of eligibility of public and private agencies and persons to receive funds pursuant to the Nebraska Litter Reduction and Recycling Act and the determination of qualification and suitability of plans submitted by such age…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1566 Act; termination; extension; considerations.
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The Nebraska Litter Reduction and Recycling Act shall terminate on September 30, 2030, unless extended by the Legislature. In order to determine whether such extension shall occur, the department shall review and evaluate the extent to which the purposes of the act have been and …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1567 Terms, defined.
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As used in sections 81-1567 to 81-1570, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Discharge shall mean any leakage, seepage, or other release; (2) Hazardous materials shall mean all materials and substances which are defined as hazardous by Nebraska or federal law or by the regu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1568 Volunteer; limitation on liability.
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Any volunteer or any person who provides assistance or advice in attempting to mitigate or in mitigating the effects of an actual or threatened discharge of hazardous materials or who attempts to prevent, dispose of, or clean up or prevents, disposes of, or cleans up any such dis…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1569 Limitation on liability; exceptions.
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Section 81-1568 shall not apply to any person: (1) Whose act or omission caused in whole or in part such actual or threatened discharge and who would otherwise be liable; or (2) Who receives compensation other than reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses for his or her services …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-157 State property; inventory; how stamped; action to recover.
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, each executive, department, commission, or other state agency, and the Supreme Court, shall annually make or cause to be made an inventory of all property, including furniture and equipment, belonging to the Stat…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1570 Liability; when.
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Nothing in section 81-1568 shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the liability of any person for damages resulting from his or her gross negligence or reckless or intentional misconduct.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1571 Department of Water, Energy, and Environment; Director of Water, Energy, and Environment; Chief Water Officer; employees of Department of Natural Resources; transfer; how treated.
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(1) On and after July 1, 2025, the Department of Natural Resources shall be merged into the Department of Environment and Energy, which shall be renamed as the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment, and the Director of Environment and Energy shall be renamed as the Directo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1571.01 Property of Department of Natural Resources; transfer to Department of Water, Energy, and Environment.
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On July 1, 2025, all items of property, real and personal, including office furniture and fixtures, books, documents, and records of the Department of Natural Resources pertaining to the duties and functions transferred to the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment pursuant…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1572 Appropriation and salary limit of Department of Natural Resources; how treated.
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Any appropriation and salary limit provided in any legislative bill enacted by the One Hundred Ninth Legislature, First Session, to Agency No. 29, Department of Natural Resources, shall be null and void, and any such amounts are hereby appropriated to Agency No. 84, Department of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1573 References to Department of Natural Resources or Department of Environment and Energy in contracts or other documents; how construed; contracts and records; how treated.
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On and after July 1, 2025, whenever the Department of Natural Resources or the Department of Environment and Energy is referred to or designated by any contract or other document in connection with the duties and functions of the Department of Natural Resources or the Department …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1573.01 Provisions of law; how construed.
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On and after July 1, 2025, unless otherwise specified, whenever any provision of law refers to the Department of Natural Resources or the Department of Environment and Energy in connection with duties and functions of the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment, such law sha…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1574 Actions and proceedings; how treated.
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No suit, action, or other proceeding, judicial or administrative, lawfully commenced prior to July 1, 2025, or which could have been commenced prior to that date, by or against the Department of Natural Resources or the Department of Environment and Energy, or any director or any…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1577.01 Motor vehicle fuel storage tanks; aboveground tanks authorized.
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(1) The State Fire Marshal shall permit by rule and regulation, in cities, in villages, and in unincorporated areas, the installation of aboveground tanks used for the storage of motor vehicle fuel by dealers who sell motor vehicle fuel at retail. (2) For purposes of this section…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1578 Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Act, how cited.
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Sections 81-1578 to 81-15,116 shall be known and may be cited as the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1579 Legislative policy.
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(1) The Legislature hereby declares that it is the policy of the State of Nebraska, in furtherance of its responsibility to cooperate and coordinate with the Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commission and to protect the health, safety, and welfare of its ci…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1579.01 Offices of commission; legislative intent.
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It is the intent of the Legislature that the Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commission shall establish a satellite office in the State of Nebraska within thirty days after May 26, 1989, and shall establish its central offices in the State of Nebraska prior…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-158 State purchasing bureau; use reverse auction; powers and duties.
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(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state purchasing bureau created by section 81-152 may use a reverse auction for the acquisition of goods if the bureau determines that the use of a reverse auction would be advantageous to the state. (2) If the bureau conducts a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1580 Act; purpose.
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The purpose of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Act is to effectuate the policies set forth in section 81-1579 by providing: (1) A program of effective regulation of disposal of low-level radioactive waste based on zero-release objectives that will protect the public heal…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1581 Definitions, where found.
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For purposes of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions found in sections 81-1582 to 81-1597 shall be used.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1582 Byproduct material, defined.
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Byproduct material shall mean (1) any radioactive material, except special nuclear material, yielded in or made radioactive by exposure to the radiation incident to the process of producing or utilizing special nuclear material and (2) the tailings or wastes produced by the extra…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1583 Closure or site closure and stabilization, defined.
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Closure or site closure and stabilization shall mean those actions that are taken upon completion of operations which prepare the disposal site for custodial care and which assure that the disposal site will remain stable and will not need ongoing active maintenance.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1584 Council, defined.
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Council shall mean the Environmental Quality Council.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1584.01 Custodial care, defined.
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Custodial care shall mean the continued observation, monitoring, and care of a facility for a minimum of one hundred years following the operational life of the facility and closure pursuant to the rules and regulations of the department.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1585 Decommissioning, defined.
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Decommissioning shall mean final operational activities at a facility to dismantle site structures, to decontaminate site surfaces and remaining structures, to stabilize and contain residual radioactive material, and to carry out any other activities to prepare the site for posto…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1586 Department, defined.
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Department shall mean the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1586.01 Developer, defined.
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Developer shall mean any person or commercial entity seeking to site, license, or operate a facility within this state.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1587 Director, defined.
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Director shall mean the Director of Water, Energy, and Environment.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1588 Disposal, defined.
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Disposal shall mean the isolation and final disposition of radioactive waste from the biosphere by emplacement in a facility that employs technology dictated by a zero-release objective.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1589 High-level radioactive waste, defined.
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High-level radioactive waste shall mean (1) irradiated reactor fuel, (2) liquid wastes resulting from the operation of the first cycle solvent extraction system or equivalent and the concentrated wastes from subsequent extraction cycles or equivalent in a facility for reprocessin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1590 Facility, defined.
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Facility shall mean the land, building, and equipment selected pursuant to the Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact and used or to be used for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1590.01 Licensed facility operator, defined.
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Licensed facility operator shall mean any person or entity who has obtained a license under the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Act to operate a facility, including any person or entity to whom an assignment of a license is approved by the department.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1591 Low-level radioactive waste, defined.
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Low-level radioactive waste shall mean radioactive waste not classified as high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, or byproduct material as defined in subdivision (2) of section 81-1582 and classified by the federal government as low-level radioactive waste but shall no…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1591.01 Operational life of the facility, defined.
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Operational life of the facility shall mean the period of time commencing when low-level radioactive waste is initially received at the facility and ending when the facility permanently ceases to receive such waste for disposal.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1592 Person, defined.
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Person shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, association, joint venture, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, public agency, political subdivision of this state, any other state or political subdivision or agency the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1593 Radioactive material, defined.
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Radioactive material shall mean any material, solid, liquid, or gas, which emits ionizing radiation spontaneously. Radioactive material shall include accelerator-produced, byproduct, naturally occurring, source, and special nuclear materials.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1594 Source material, defined.
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Source material shall mean (1) uranium or thorium or any combination thereof in any chemical or physical form or (2) ores which contain by weight one-twentieth of one percent or more of uranium or thorium or any combination thereof. Source material shall not include special nucle…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1595 Special nuclear material, defined.
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Special nuclear material shall mean (1) plutonium, uranium 233, and uranium enriched in the isotope 233 or in the isotope 235 but does not include source material or (2) any material artificially enriched by any of the foregoing, but shall not include source material.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1596 Spent nuclear fuel, defined.
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Spent nuclear fuel shall mean irradiated nuclear fuel that has undergone at least one year of decay since being used as a source of energy in a power reactor. Spent fuel shall include the special nuclear material, byproduct material, source material, and other radioactive materia…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1597 Transuranic waste, defined.
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Transuranic waste shall mean radioactive waste containing alpha emitting transuranic elements at levels determined by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission to be transuranic waste.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1598 Department; designated agency.
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The department shall be designated as the agency responsible for the administration of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1599 Department; powers and duties.
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The department shall have and may exercise the following powers and duties to carry out the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Act: (1) Develop a program for the regulation of disposal of low-level radioactive waste based on a zero-release objective; (2) Issue, modify, suspend,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1599.01 Acceptance of applications for licensure; limitation.
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The department shall not accept any applications for licensure as provided in section 81-15,101 prior to October 1, 1989.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1599.02 Nebraska representatives to commission; appointment.
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Pursuant to the Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact, Nebraska as the host state shall have two at-large voting members and one nonvoting member from the county in which the facility is located on the Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission. Th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-160 Department of Administrative Services; real property; purchases authorized.
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The Department of Administrative Services may purchase real property needed by the state which costs an amount equal to or less than ten percent of the amount set forth in subdivision (1)(a) of section 81-1108.43 as adjusted by subsection (2) of section 81-1108.43 without legisla…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1604 Legislative findings; strategic state energy plan; development; advisory committee; contents of plan.
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(1) The Legislature finds that: (a) Comprehensive planning enables the state to address its energy needs, challenges, and opportunities and enhances the state's ability to prioritize energy-related policies, activities, and programs; and (b) Meeting the state's need for clean, af…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1606 Department of Water, Energy, and Environment; energy statistics and information; develop and maintain; report.
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The Department of Water, Energy, and Environment shall develop and maintain a program of collection, compilation, and analysis of energy statistics and information. Existing information reporting requests, maintained at the state and federal levels, shall be utilized whenever pos…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1607.01 State Energy Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
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The State Energy Cash Fund is hereby created. The fund shall consist of funds received pursuant to section 57-705. The fund shall be used for the administration of subdivisions (35) through (58) of section 81-1504 and sections 81-1604 to 81-1606, for energy conservation activitie…