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[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
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  January 23, 2000 and December 4, 2001]
[CITE: 42USC10166]

 
                 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
 
                  Part C--Monitored Retrievable Storage
 
Sec. 10166. Notice of disapproval


(a) In general

    The selection of a site under section 10165 of this title shall be 
effective at the end of the period of 60 calendar days beginning on the 
date of notification under such subsection, unless the governing body of 
the Indian tribe on whose reservation such site is located, or, if the 
site is not on a reservation, the Governor and the legislature of the 
State in which the site is located, has submitted to Congress a notice 
of disapproval with respect to such site. If any such notice of 
disapproval has been submitted under this subsection, the selection of 
the site under section 10165 of this title shall not be effective except 
as provided under section 10135(c) of this title.

(b) References

    For purposes of carrying out the provisions of this subsection, 
references in section 10135(c) of this title to a repository shall be 
considered to refer to a monitored retrievable storage facility and 
references to a notice of disapproval of a repository site designation 
under section 10136(b) or 10138(a) of this title shall be considered to 
refer to a notice of disapproval under this section.

(Pub. L. 97-425, title I, Sec. 146, as added Pub. L. 100-202, 
Sec. 101(d) [title III, Sec. 300], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-104, 
1329-121; Pub. L. 100-203, title V, Sec. 5021, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 
1330-235.)

                          Codification

    Pub. L. 100-202 and Pub. L. 100-203 added identical sections.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 10162, 10168 of this title.
