§10195 Test and Evaluation Facility Siting Review and Reports

Summary

Requires the Governor of a State or the governing body of an affected Indian tribe to be allowed to join a consultation process as soon as a test and evaluation site is identified and for the life of the facility. The federal official in charge must keep them fully informed about economic and health or safety effects at every stage, listen to and review their concerns, try to resolve problems, and allow the State or tribe to do reasonable on-site monitoring and testing so long as it does not unreasonably interfere with site work. The federal official must make written agreements with the Governor or tribal governing body to speed this work. The agreements must set rules for studying and commenting on impacts, how and when the official will respond, what documents and timing will be shared and how concerns will be handled, how the agreement will be reviewed or changed, and how the public will be notified. Except as these rules provide, States and tribes get no power over siting, development, or loading of the facility.