Section 107-D:4 Fees.
I. The department shall establish in rules adopted by the commissioner pursuant to RSA 541-A the fees for the issuance of permits.
II. A fee shall be paid by the owner of the shipment for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the department in inspection, regulation, management, and training involving such shipments.
III. A shipment fee for high-level radioactive waste shall be paid at least 7 days before the shipment is made, or at the time of inspections provided for in RSA 107-D:5.
IV. Failure to pay the fee shall subject the carrier and the owner of the shipment to a civil action for the recovery of the amount of such fee, plus costs and reasonable attorney's fees, for which the carrier and owner shall be jointly and severally liable. Such action may be filed in the superior court of the county in which the shipment originated or in which it was or should have been inspected pursuant to RSA 107-D:5. Operating as a carrier engaged in the transportation of irradiated reactor fuel or high-level radioactive waste in this state or shipping irradiated reactor fuel or high-level radioactive waste on the public highways or by water or on the railroads of this state shall constitute submission to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state for the purposes of such an action.
Source. 1998, 151:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.