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[CITE: 42USC10246]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 108--NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY
 
                 SUBCHAPTER IV--NUCLEAR WASTE NEGOTIATOR
 
Sec. 10246. Monitored retrievable storage


(a) Construction and operation

    Upon enactment of legislation to implement an agreement negotiated 
under section 10243(a) of this title to site a monitored retrievable 
storage facility, the Secretary shall construct and operate such 
facility as part of an integrated nuclear waste management system in 
accordance with the terms and conditions of such agreement.

(b) Financial assistance

    The Secretary may make grants to any State, Indian tribe, or 
affected unit of local government to assess the feasibility of siting a 
monitored retrievable storage facility under this section at a site 
under the jurisdiction of such State, tribe, or affected unit of local 
government.

(Pub. L. 97-425, title IV, Sec. 406, as added Pub. L. 100-202, 
Sec. 101(d) [title III], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-104, 1329-121; 
Pub. L. 100-203, title V, Sec. 5041, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330-246.)

                          Codification

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