GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS
CHAPTER 111H.
MASSACHUSETTS LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT.
Chapter 111H, Section 1. Definitions.
Chapter 111H, Section 2. Low-level radioactive waste management board; establishment;
appointment
of members.
Chapter 111H, Section 3. Board members; term of office; board actions; meetings.
Chapter 111H, Section 4. Powers and duties of board; acceptance of donations, loans or grants.
Chapter 111H, Section 4A. Low-level radioactive waste management fund; assessments.
Chapter 111H, Section 4B. Civil penalty for failure to pay assessments for possession
or transfer of radioactive materials.
Chapter 111H, Section 5. Executive director; duties.
Chapter 111H, Section 6. Public participation coordinator; duties.
Chapter 111H, Section 7. Information concerning type, volume, radioactivity, source and
characteristics of low-level radioactive waste; inspections;
confidentiality.
Chapter 111H, Section 8. Issuance of orders; notice and opportunity for hearing; civil penalties;
injunctions and actions to compel.
Chapter 111H, Section 9. Management of low-level radioactive waste; liability; damages; funds to
satisfy liability.
Chapter 111H, Section 10. Phase I of the low-level radioactive waste management act; planning.
Chapter 111H, Section 11. Procedures for adoption of management plan.
Chapter 111H, Section 12. Preparation, adoption by regulation, and implementation of management
plan; contents of plan.
Chapter 111H, Section 13. Low-level radioactive waste source minimization, volume minimization and
storage for decay by generators program; establishment.
Chapter 111H, Section 14. Site selection criteria and application guidelines; adoption
of regulations.
Chapter 111H, Section 15. Selection of operators; adoption of regulations.
Chapter 111H, Section 16. Licensing, development, operation, closure, post-closure observation and
maintenance, and institutional control of facilities; adoption of
regulations.
Chapter 111H, Section 17. Initiation of site selection process; board vote; conditions.
Chapter 111H, Section 18. Phase II of the low-level radioactive waste management act; implementation
for site selection process.
Chapter 111H, Section 19. Site selection process; procedures.
Chapter 111H, Section 20. Site selection process; issuance of required reports; public meetings;
acquisition of property interest in candidate sites.
Chapter 111H, Section 21. Community supervisory committees; establishment.
Chapter 111H, Section 22. Requests for proposals for development, operation and closure of a
facility; investigation and certification of applicants; contract.
Chapter 111H, Section 23. Detailed site characterization plan for candidate sites; public review and
comment; selection of superior site.
Chapter 111H, Section 24. Petition by aggrieved person; adjudicatory proceeding.
Chapter 111H, Section 25. Phase III of the low-level waste management act; selection of operator and
technology.
Chapter 111H, Section 26. Community supervisory committee representatives, appointment; site
community field offices, establishment.
Chapter 111H, Section 27. Certified applicant interviews; selection of operator of superior site
facility.
Chapter 111H, Section 28. Execution of development contract.
Chapter 111H, Section 29. Phase IV of the low-level radioactive waste management act; facility
approval and licensing.
Chapter 111H, Section 30. Notice of intent to apply for facility license; environmental
impact report.
Chapter 111H, Section 31. Facility license application; public comment period; preparation of draft
license or draft denial; final decision.
Chapter 111H, Section 32. [There is no 111H:32.]
Chapter 111H, Section 33. Negotiation of comprehensive operating contract; contents.
Chapter 111H, Section 34. Community compensation.
Chapter 111H, Section 35. Phase V of the low-level radioactive waste management act; facility
development, operation, and closure.
Chapter 111H, Section 36. Comprehensive environmental monitoring program; establishment.
Chapter 111H, Section 37. Commencement of facility construction.
Chapter 111H, Section 38. Payment by operator equal to expected annual operating budget; proposed
fees and waste acceptance criteria schedule.
Chapter 111H, Section 39. Determination of operator's compliance with comprehensive operating
contract; notice to generators.
Chapter 111H, Section 40. Operation of facility; temporary or permanent closure; inspection report.
Chapter 111H, Section 41. Contingent liability account; institutional control account.
Chapter 111H, Section 42. Administration of the low-level radioactive waste trust fund.
Chapter 111H, Section 43. Facility closure plan.
Chapter 111H, Section 44. Active observation and maintenance of facility.
Chapter 111H, Section 45. Phase VI of the low-level radioactive waste management act; institutional
control of facility.
Chapter 111H, Section 46. Transfer of facility license from operator.
Chapter 111H, Section 47. Institutional control of facility; annual report; public meetings.
Chapter 111H, Section 48. Statutes not applicable.
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