17-17-48 - Legislative intent as to regulation of radioactive waste disposal facilities. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 17-17-48. Legislative intent as to regulation of radioactive waste disposal facilities.
 

It is the intent of this Legislature that the Mississippi Energy and Transportation Board shall have jurisdiction over state nuclear waste policy, activities and siting, including the long-term or temporary storage and/or disposal of high-level radioactive and transuranic waste, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 17-17-48 through 17-17-51 and Chapter 49 of Title 57, Mississippi Code of 1972. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1980, ch. 480, § 1; Laws, 1982, ch. 474, § 23; Laws, 1983, ch. 505, § 6, eff from and after passage (approved April 12, 1983).