Section 7-227 - Interstate compact on low-level nuclear waste. - Maryland Statutes

§ 7-227. Interstate compact on low-level nuclear waste.
 

(a)  Authority of Governor to negotiate.- On behalf of this State, the Governor may negotiate an interstate compact for the storage or disposal of low-level nuclear wastes on a regional basis. 

(b)  Restrictions in compact.- Unless federal law provides otherwise, any interstate compact negotiated under this section shall include provisions that limit the storage or disposal of any low-level nuclear waste under the interstate compact to low-level nuclear wastes produced in states that are members of the interstate compact. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 689D; 1982, ch. 240, § 2.]