§10243 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

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The Negotiator must try to make deals for the United States with the Governor of any State or the governing body of any Indian tribe where a possible site is located. If state law lets someone else act instead of the Governor, that person can negotiate. The Negotiator must also talk with any State, local government, or tribe that might be affected and can include reasonable terms to protect their interests. The Negotiator can ask the Secretary, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or other federal agencies for comments about a site, but those agencies do not have to say a site is suitable. The Negotiator must send any proposed agreement and the environmental assessment under section 10244(a) to Congress. Agreements can include financial and institutional terms and must preserve rights under sections 10136(c), 10137, and 10138(b). An agreement has no legal effect unless Congress makes it federal law. States and tribes must follow their own laws to agree, and a State may reject a proposed agreement by referendum or legislative act. Even with an agreement, the Secretary may build a facility only if the Nuclear Regulatory Commission authorizes it under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, title II of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1982, and any other applicable law.

Title 42, §10243

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(a)(1)The Negotiator shall—

(A)seek to enter into negotiations on behalf of the United States, with—

(i)the Governor of any State in which a potential site is located; and

(ii)the governing body of any Indian tribe on whose reservation a potential site is located; and

(B)attempt to reach a proposed agreement between the United States and any such State or Indian tribe specifying the terms and conditions under which such State or tribe would agree to host a repository or monitored retrievable storage facility within such State or reservation.

(2)In any case in which State law authorizes any person or entity other than the Governor to negotiate a proposed agreement under this section on behalf of the State, any reference in this subchapter to the Governor shall be considered to refer instead to such other person or entity.

(b)In addition to entering into negotiations under subsection (a), the Negotiator shall consult with any State, affected unit of local government, or any Indian tribe that the Negotiator determines may be affected by the siting of a repository or monitored retrievable storage facility and may include in any proposed agreement such terms and conditions relating to the interest of such States, affected units of local government, or Indian tribes as the Negotiator determines to be reasonable and appropriate.

(c)The Negotiator may solicit and consider the comments of the Secretary, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any other Federal agency on the suitability of any potential site for site characterization. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require the Secretary, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or any other Federal agency to make a finding that any such site is suitable for site characterization.

(d)(1)The Negotiator shall submit to the Congress any proposed agreement between the United States and a State or Indian tribe negotiated under subsection (a) and an environmental assessment prepared under section 10244(a) of this title for the site concerned.

(2)Any such proposed agreement shall contain such terms and conditions (including such financial and institutional arrangements) as the Negotiator and the host State or Indian tribe determine to be reasonable and appropriate and shall contain such provisions as are necessary to preserve any right to participation or compensation of such State, affected unit of local government, or Indian tribe under section 10136(c), 10137, and 10138(b) of this title.

(3)(A)No proposed agreement entered into under this section shall have legal effect unless enacted into Federal law.

(B)A State or Indian tribe shall enter into an agreement under this section in accordance with the laws of such State or tribe. Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit the disapproval of a proposed agreement between a State and the United States under this section by a referendum or an act of the legislature of such State.

(4)Notwithstanding any proposed agreement under this section, the Secretary may construct a repository or monitored retrievable storage facility at a site agreed to under this subchapter only if authorized by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in accordance with the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 [42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.], title II of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1982 (42 U.S.C. 5841 et seq.) and any other law applicable to authorization of such construction.

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The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, referred to in subsec. (d)(4), is act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, as added by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 919, which is classified principally to chapter 23 (§ 2011 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 2011 of this title and Tables. The Energy Reorganization Act of 1982, referred to in subsec. (d)(4), probably means the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, Pub. L. 93–438, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1233. Title II of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 5841 et seq.) of chapter 73 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 5801 of this title and Tables. Codification Pub. L. 100–202 and Pub. L. 100–203 added identical sections.

§10243 Duties of Negotiator

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