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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="7-233" title_number="7" title_name="Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Substances" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Controlled Hazardous Substances">
  <text>The Department may not issue a low-level nuclear waste facility permit to a person unless:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>The person meets the requirements of this subtitle for a low-level nuclear waste facility permit; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <level label="i">
      <text>The low-level nuclear waste facility permit conforms to any interstate low-level nuclear waste disposal compact of which this State is a member;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>The Governor issues an executive order under § 7-234 of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>The Department determines under standards set by its rules or regulations that:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>The half-life or specific activity of the low-level nuclear waste is such that within a period of not more than 6 months, the low-level nuclear waste will not require special handling, special subsurface disposal, or special storage; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The low-level nuclear waste can be disposed of in the same manner as other hazardous substances or handled as conventional waste.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
