No person shall store or dispose of radioactive materials, radioactive waste or spent fuel in a disposal facility until the state has concurred in the creation of the disposal facility, except as specifically preempted by federal law. As used in this section, "disposal facility" means an engineered facility designed primarily for the isolation of radioactive materials, radioactive waste or spent fuel other than tailings or other waste from the extraction, beneficiation or processing of ores and minerals.
History: 1978 Comp., § 74-4A-11.1, enacted by Laws 1981, ch. 374, § 6; 1991, ch. 2, § 8.
The 1991 amendment, effective January 30, 1991, substituted "facility" for "subterranean cavern" in the second sentence.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement
Article 4A - Radioactive Materials
Section 74-4A-1 - Radioactive material transport; conditions.
Section 74-4A-2 - Short title.
Section 74-4A-4 - Definitions.
Section 74-4A-7 - Duties of the task force.
Section 74-4A-8 - Powers of the task force.
Section 74-4A-10 - Membership; appointment; vacancies.
Section 74-4A-11 - Committee duties.
Section 74-4A-11.1 - Condition.
Section 74-4A-12 - Subcommittees.