(1) The General Assembly finds:
(a) That the Central Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact was enacted by the State of Illinois and the Commonwealth of Kentucky to provide the instrument and framework for a cooperative effort, and to provide sufficient facilities for the proper management of low-level radioactive waste generated within the region, limiting the number of facilities, protecting the health and safety of citizens, and promoting the volume and source reduction of low-level radioactive waste generated in the region, and for other purposes.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 211.861

  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(b) That it is the responsibility of each party state to the compact to prescribe and enforce penalties against any person who is not an officer of another state for violation of any provision of the compact.
(2) It is the purpose of KRS § 211.861 to KRS § 211.869 to establish a program by which these sections and the provisions of the compact may be implemented and enforced.
Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998.