It is the intent of this Legislature that the Mississippi Energy and Transportation Board shall have jurisdiction over state nuclear waste policy, activities and siting, including the long-term or temporary storage and/or disposal of high-level radioactive and transuranic waste, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 17-17-48 through 17-17-51 and Chapter 49 of Title 57, Mississippi Code of 1972.
Miss. Code Ann. § 17-17-48
Legislative intent as to regulation of radioactive waste disposal facilities
Known as the Solid Wastes Disposal Law
The act spans §§ 17–17 (126 sections).
Laws, 1980, ch. 480, § 1; Laws, 1982, ch. 474, § 23; Laws, 1983, ch. 505, § 6, eff from and after passage (approved April 12, 1983
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