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[CITE: 42USC10121]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 108--NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY
 
  SUBCHAPTER I--DISPOSAL AND STORAGE OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE, 
           SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL, AND LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE
 
Sec. 10121. State and affected Indian tribe participation in 
        development of proposed repositories for defense waste
        

(a) Notification to States and affected Indian tribes

    Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10107 of this title, upon 
any decision by the Secretary or the President to develop a repository 
for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel 
resulting exclusively from atomic energy defense activities, research 
and development activities of the Secretary, or both, and before 
proceeding with any site-specific investigations with respect to such 
repository, the Secretary shall notify the Governor and legislature of 
the State in which such repository is proposed to be located, or the 
governing body of the affected Indian tribe on whose reservation such 
repository is proposed to be located, as the case may be, of such 
decision.

(b) Participation of States and affected Indian tribes

    Following the receipt of any notification under subsection (a) of 
this section, the State or Indian tribe involved shall be entitled, with 
respect to the proposed repository involved, to rights of participation 
and consultation identical to those provided in sections 10135 through 
10138 of this title, except that any financial assistance authorized to 
be provided to such State or affected Indian tribe under section 
10136(c) or 10138(b) of this title shall be made from amounts 
appropriated to the Secretary for purposes of carrying out this section.

(Pub. L. 97-425, title I, Sec. 101, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat. 2206.)
