Section 125-G:15 Office as Agent for Agreements.
I. The office shall serve as the agency in this state to negotiate written nuclear waste area or site characterization agreements and modifications or technical revisions to these agreements with the federal Department of Energy on any matter related to the long-term or temporary storage or permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste.
II. The office shall serve as the agency in this state to negotiate such written agreements and modifications or technical revisions to these agreements with any federal agency other than the federal Department of Energy on any matter related to the long-term or temporary storage or permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste.
III. The office shall consult with the council, the committee, and the attorney general during the negotiation of any agreement or modification or technical revisions to an agreement executed under paragraph I or II. The council, the committee, and the attorney general shall prepare such written comments on any agreement or draft agreement being negotiated by the office as may be appropriate and necessary.
IV. The office in concert with the committee shall hold at least one public hearing within the county or counties in which the site is located on any proposed agreement or modification or technical revision to an agreement negotiated under paragraph I or II. The office shall issue 30 days' notice of the date and location of hearings conducted under this section. The office shall prepare a written summary of testimony presented at hearings conducted under this section and shall consider the need for modifications or technical revisions to the negotiated agreement as a result of the hearing.
Source. 1986, 176:1, eff. July 27, 1986.