Section 125-G:7 Responsibilities and Duties of Council; Application and Review Process.
The responsibilities and duties of the council shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
I. To advise the office and the committee on all technical matters related to high-level nuclear waste activities within the state.
II. To assist and to advise the office and committee in formulating studies, plans, and other implementations of the state nuclear waste program.
III. To assist in the implementation of directives of the office and committee which relate to the state nuclear waste program.
IV. To perform a critical review of all data and documents produced by the federal Department of Energy which relate to any phase of high-level nuclear waste activities and to submit comments on such data and documents to the office.
V. To provide technical information to the attorney general and the legislature which will assist their efforts to assure the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the state.
VI. To perform initial review of all applications to conduct nuclear waste related activities within the state. Such review, to be completed within 90 days of receipt of the application, shall determine if the application is in compliance with the requirements of this chapter. Upon completion of such review, the council shall either:
(a) File the application with the office for its consideration. The office shall then deny, grant, or grant with certain conditions, requirements or stipulations the application to conduct the proposed nuclear waste activities; or
(b) Notify the applicant that the requirements of this chapter have not been met or satisfactorily completed and return the application for resubmittal. Such notification to applicants shall include a listing of deficiencies in complying with application procedures; provided, however, that the applicant may reapply by submitting the original application with amendments listing provisions which satisfy previous deficiencies in the application.
Source. 1986, 176:1, eff. July 27, 1986.