10. a. The department shall review the regional management plan developed by the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission pursuant to Article V of P.L.1983, c.329 (C. 32:31-6), and revise and update the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Plan when, in the discretion of the department, changes in the amount or class of low-level radioactive waste generated in the region, or technological advances in the means of managing, storing, transporting, or disposing of low-level radioactive waste, so require.

b. The plan shall include, but need not be limited to:

(1) A current inventory of all low-level radioactive waste generators within the region;

(2) A current inventory of the sources, volumes, classes, and hazardous life of the low-level radioactive wastes generated within the region;

(3) Projections of the volumes, classes, and hazardous life of the low-level radioactive wastes which are expected to be generated in the region during the next 20 years; and

(4) An analysis of transportation routes and transportation costs from low-level radioactive waste generators in the region to out-of-State processing and disposal sites.

c. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2002, c.105).

d. The department shall establish and maintain a public information program which addresses:

(1) The nature and dimension of the low-level radioactive waste disposal problem;

(2) The need for the proper and expeditious siting of a regional low-level radioactive waste disposal facility or the need to develop other disposal or management options that will be used to manage the State‘s low-level radioactive waste; and

(3) The necessity and opportunities for public participation as provided herein.

e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2002, c.105).

L.1987,c.333,s.10; amended 2002, c.105, s.3.